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Encyclopedia > U.S. Army Forces Command
US Army Forces Command

USA Forces Command Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active
Garrison/HQ Fort McPherson
Commanders
Current
commander
GEN Dan K. McNeill

U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) is the Army's largest major command. Headquartered at Fort McPherson, Georgia, FORSCOM consists of more than 730,000 Active Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and Army National Guard soldiers. FORSCOM trains, mobilizes, deploys, and sustains combat ready forces capable of responding rapidly to crises world-wide. FORSCOM develops and cares for people, optimizes available resources, develops quality installations, and establishes major facilities to project power globally. Fort McPherson is a U.S. Army base located in southwest Atlanta, Georgia. ... Fort McPherson is a U.S. Army base located in southwest Atlanta, Georgia. ...


FORSCOM is the Army component of U.S. Joint Forces Command. JFCOM mission is to provide U.S. military forces where needed throughout the world and to ensure they are integrated and trained as unified forces ready for any assigned task. The FORSCOM commander functions as commander of the Army forces of this unified command and plans for and, on order, provides military support to civil authorities, including response to natural disasters and civil emergencies. FORSCOM is also the Army Service Component Command to NORTHCOM. NORTHCOM’s mission is to deter, prevent, and defeat threats and aggression aimed at the U.S., its territories, and interests and provides military assistance to civil authorities including consequence management operations. The FORSCOM commander is the Joint Force Land Component Commander under United States Northern Command. USJFCOM Logo U.S. Joint Forces Command is one of nine unified combatant commands of the U.S. military. ... Emblem of the United States Northern Command. ...


FORSCOM has major units located at 15 installations, including the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California and the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana. ... The entrance to the NTC. Fort Irwin Military Reservation, located in Fort Irwin, California, U.S., this military facility is used for live-fire training of brigade-sized forces. ... The small city of Leesville is the parish seat of Vernon Parish, in the US state of Louisiana. ...

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Active Component

The Active Component of FORSCOM has nearly 200,000 soldiers. Third U.S. Army, also located at Fort McPherson, is the Army component of United States Central Command, the Joint command responsible for Southwest Asia and the Horn of Africa. FORSCOM also commands three Army corps: I Corps at Fort Lewis, WA; III Corps at Fort Hood, TX; and XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, NC. Together they include six divisions, two armored cavalry regiments, five separate brigades and a range of other corps combat, combat support and combat service support units. Emblem of the United States Central Command. ... List of military corps — List of military corps by number A number of countries have First, or I, Corps: I Anzac Corps (Australia and New Zealand) British I Corps US I Corps Republic of Vietnam This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Fort Lewis is a census-designated place and U.S. Army post located in Pierce County, Washington. ... List of military corps — List of military corps by number A number of countries have Third, or III, Corps: British III Corps Finnish III Corps (Continuation War) German III Panzer Corps (WWII) Indian III Corps Iraqi III Corps Soviet 3 Breakthrough Artillery Corps Soviet 3 Guards Rifle Corps Soviet... Fort Hood is a census-designated place and US Army post located outside of Killeen Texas. ... Patch of the XVIII Airborne Corps. ... Fort Bragg is a census-designated place and a major United States Army fort, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA, near Fayetteville. ...


Two Continental U.S. Armies, First U.S. Army at Fort Gillem, GA and Fifth U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston, TX, are responsible for training, mobilization and deployment support to Reserve Component units in FORSCOM. They also execute FORSCOM missions within their geographic areas of responsibility. Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the U.S. First Army. ... Fort Gillem is a U.S. Army military base located in Forest Park, Georgia, on the southwest edge of Atlanta. ... The U.S. Fifth Army was one of the principal formations of the US Army in the Mediterranean during World War II. It was activated on January 4, 1943 and made responsible for the defence of Algeria and Morocco. ... Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. ...


U.S. Third Army is a field army headquartered at Fort McPherson. Third Army serves as the Army component to CENTCOM. CENTCOM's Area of Responsibility stretches from the Horn of Africa to Central Asia. Since October 2001, Third Army is leading the fight in the war on terrorism in the Central Command area of responsibility. U.S. Army South, USARSO serves as the Army component to SOUTHCOM. USARSO relocated from Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in 2003 and became a FORSCOM major subordinate command October 1st. Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the U.S. Third Army. ...


United States Army Reserve

A major subordinate command of Forces Command, the U.S. Army Reserve Command (USARC), headquartered in Atlanta, GA, commands all U.S. Army Reserve units in the continental United States, except those assigned to Special Operations Command. FORSCOM's Army Reserve strength stands at about 179,000 soldiers. The United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. ...


USARC units are part of the Federal force and make their primary contribution to FORSCOM combat power in combat support and combat service support specialties, such as medical, civil affairs, transportation, maintenance and supply. Many USARC units are designated to deploy early for contingency operations worldwide.


Army National Guard

The Army National Guard provides Forces Command a balanced force of eight National Guard combat divisions, 15 brigades, and extensive combat support and combat service support units. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


The current FORSCOM Army National Guard strength is approximately 351,000 soldiers. Mobilizing the Army National Guard into active federal service would bring the total strength of FORSCOM to nearly two-thirds of the Army's combat ground forces.


External links

  • FORSCOM homepage official site


 

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