United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)

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Senior Leadership:

Commander:	General Kevin P. Chilton
Deputy Commander:	Vice Admiral Carl V. Mauney
Chief of Staff:	Major General Abraham J. Turner
Command Chief:	Chief Master Sgt. Thomas S. Narofsky

Vision:

Leaders in Strategic Deterrence and Preeminent Global Warfighters In Space and Cyberspace

Mission Statement:

The missions of U.S. Strategic Command are:  to deter attacks on U.S. vital interests, to ensure U.S. freedom of action in space and cyberspace, to deliver integrated kinetic and non-kinetic effects to include nuclear and information operations in support of U.S. Joint Force Commander operations, to synchronize global missile defense plans and operations, to synchronize regional combating of weapons of mass destruction plans, to provide integrated surveillance and reconnaissance allocation recommendations to the SECDEF, and to advocate for capabilities as assigned.

U.S. Cyber Command

Ft. Meade, MD – USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes, and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full-spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries.

Component Structure

JFCC - Global Strike (JFCC-GS) Offutt AFB, NE – Conducts kinetic (nuclear and conventional) and non-kinetic effects planning. GS manages global force activities to assure allies and to deter and dissuade actions detrimental to the United States and its global interests; should deterrence fail, employs global strike forces in support of combatant commander. (more)

JFCC - Space (JFCC-SPACE) Vandenberg AFB, CA – Continuously coordinates, plans, integrates, commands and controls space operations to provide tailored, responsive, local and global effects, and on order, denies the enemy the same, in support of national, USSTRATCOM, and combatant commander objectives. (more)

JFCC - Network Warfare (JFCC-NW) Fort Meade, MD – Plans, and when directed, executes operations in and through cyberspace to assure US and allied freedom of action, denying adversaries' freedom of action, and enabling effects beyond the cyber domain.

Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations (JTF-GNO) Arlington, VA – Directs the operation and defense of the Global Information Grid to assure timely and secure Net-Centric capabilities across strategic, operational, and tactical boundaries in support of Department of Defense full spectrum warfighting, intelligence, and business missions. (more)

JFCC - Integrated Missile Defense (JFCC-IMD) Schriever AFB, CO – Synchronizes operational-level global missile defense planning, operations support, and the development of missile defense effects for DoD. When directed, also provides alternate missile defense execution support. (more)

JFCC - Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JFCC-ISR) Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. – Identifies and recommends appropriate resources to meet high priority intelligence requirements. Essentially, ISR helps ensure the best use of resources to provide decision makers and troops with crucial information when and where they need. (more)

Joint Information Operations Warfare Center (JIOWC) Lackland AFB, TX – Uses information as a tool to change attitudes or perceptions, creating desired results. Information Operations tactics help protect United States interests while disrupting the adversary's capabilities. (more)

USSTRATCOM Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (SCC-WMD) Fort Belvoir, VA – Provides the Defense Department with expertise in contingency and crisis planning to interdict and eliminate the proliferation or use of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Personnel:

Headquarters: More than 1,200
Components: More than 1,500

Point of contact:

U.S. Strategic Command, Public Affairs Office (J020)
901 SAC Blvd., Suite 1A1
Offutt AFB, NE 68113-6020
Phone: DSN 271-4130 or (402) 294-4130
Fax: (402) 294-4892

(Current as of July 2010)