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A History Of The United States Caribbean Defense Command (1941-1947), Cesar A. Vasquez
A History Of The United States Caribbean Defense Command (1941-1947), Cesar A. Vasquez
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The United States Military is currently organized along the lines of regional combatant commands (COCOMs). Each COCOM is responsible for all U.S. military activity in their designated area of responsibility (AOR). They also deal with diplomatic issues of a wide variety with the countries within their respective AORs. Among these COCOMs, Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), whose AOR encompasses all of Central and South America (less Mexico) and the Caribbean, is one of the smallest in terms of size and budget, but has the longest history of activity among the COCOMs as it is the successor to the first joint command, the …