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Presidential Memorandum

Unified Command Plan 2011

The President, acting as Commander in Chief, approves and directs implementation of the revised Unified Command Plan 2011, and directs the Secretary of Defense to notify Congress of this approval as required by statute.

Federal Register Open PDF 76 FR 19893

Key directives

  • Approve and direct implementation of revised Unified Command Plan
  • Notify Congress of approval pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 161(b)(2)
  • Publish memorandum in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Approval and direction to implement revised Unified Command Plan
  • Direction to Secretary of Defense to notify Congress

Near term (90d)

  • Publication of memorandum in Federal Register

Long term

  • Operational restructuring of U.S. military combatant commands per revised plan

Risks & tensions

  • Document does not specify content of Unified Command Plan changes; actual impact depends on undisclosed revisions to geographic/functional command structure
  • Statutory notification to Congress is procedural but may carry political sensitivity depending on scope of command changes
Presidential Memorandum: Unified Command Plan 2011 · Executive Orders