Overview[]
The United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is one of ten U.S. unified commands under the Department of Defense (DoD). The Command, including components, employs more than 2,700 people, representing all four services, including DoD civilians and contractors, who oversee the command's operationally focused global strategic mission.
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.
| “ | USSTRATCOM directs the operation and defense of the Global Information Grid (GIG) to assure timely and secure net-centric capabilities across strategic, operational, and tactical boundaries in support of the Department of Defense's (DoD) full spectrum of warfighting, intelligence, and business missions.[1] | ” |