| United States Army Forces Command | |
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 Army Forces Command shoulder sleeve insignia |
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| Active | 1973-Present |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort McPherson |
| Motto | Freedom's Guardian |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
GEN Charles C. Campbell |
| Notable commanders |
GEN Colin Powell |
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United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) is the largest Army Command and the preeminent provider of expeditionary, campaign-capable land forces to Combatant Commanders. Headquartered at Fort McPherson, Georgia, FORSCOM consists of more than 800,000 Active Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and Army National Guard soldiers. FORSCOM trains, mobilizes, deploys, sustains, transforms and reconstitutes conventional forces, providing relevant and ready land power to combatant commanders worldwide in defense of the nation - both at home and abroad. FORSCOM develops and cares for its Soldiers, Army civilian employees and their families, and optimizes available resources.
FORSCOM is the Army Service Component Command of U.S. Joint Forces Command and provides Army forces to the joint war fight. JFCOM's 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.
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.
As directed by law, and in accordance with the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission, Ft. McPherson, Ga. will close and FORSCOM will relocate to Ft. Bragg, N.C. not later than Sept. 15, 2011. A new FORSCOM/U.S. Army Reserve Command Headquarters facility is currently under construction at Ft. Bragg.
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Active Component
The Active Component of FORSCOM has over 237,000 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, Washington; III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas; and XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Together they include seven divisions (1st Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, 3rd Infantry Division, 4th Infantry Division, 10th Mountain Division, 82nd Airborne Division, and the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), two armored cavalry regiments, five separate brigades and a range of other corps combat, combat support and combat service support units.
Two Continental U.S. Armies, First U.S. Army at Fort Gillem, Georgia and Fifth U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 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.
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. United States 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.
United States Army Reserve
A major subordinate command of Forces Command is the United States Army Reserve Command (USARC), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It commands all 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.
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.
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.
Subordinate Units
- First United States Army
- I Corps
- III Corps
- XVIII Airborne Corps
- Air Traffic Services Command
- National Training Center
- Joint Readiness Training Center
- 7th Signal Command
- 20th Support Command (CBRNE)
- 32nd Army Air & Missile Defense Command
- 49th Quartermaster Group
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