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Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall (center left), U.S. deputy secretary of energy; Adm. Cecil D. Haney (center right), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) commander; Chief Master Sgt. Patrick F. McMahon (left), USSTRATCOM senior enlisted leader; and Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Mendoza, assigned to USSTRATCOM’s Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike; cut the birthday cake during the 2016 USSTRATCOM birthday ball in Bellevue, Neb., Sept. 23, 2016. Military members and civilians assigned to USSTRATCOM and its components, and their families, attended the event to celebrate the establishment of the command in its current form, which occurred in 2002. The event also featured a prisoner of war/missing in action recognition and remarks from Dr. Sherwood-Randall, Haney, and Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts. One of nine DoD unified combatant commands, USSTRATCOM has global strategic missions assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence; space operations; cyberspace operations; joint electronic warfare; global strike; missile defense; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; combating weapons of mass destruction; and analysis and targeting. (USSTRATCOM photo by Steve Cunningham)
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Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall (center left), U.S. deputy secretary of energy; Adm. Cecil D. Haney (center right), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) commander; Chief Master Sgt. Patrick F. McMahon (left), USSTRATCOM senior enlisted leader; and Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Mendoza, assigned to USSTRATCOM’s Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike; cut the birthday cake during the 2016 USSTRATCOM birthday ball in Bellevue, Neb., Sept. 23, 2016. Military members and civilians assigned to USSTRATCOM and its components, and their families, attended the event to celebrate the establishment of the command in its current form, which occurred in 2002. The event also featured a prisoner of war/missing in action recognition and remarks from Dr. Sherwood-Randall, Haney, and Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts. One of nine DoD unified combatant commands, USSTRATCOM has global strategic missions assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence; space operations; cyberspace operations; joint electronic warfare; global strike; missile defense; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; combating weapons of mass destruction; and analysis and targeting. (USSTRATCOM photo by Steve Cunningham)


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