U.S. Africa Command

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Military organization Unified combatant command

U.S. Africa Command is a United States unified combatant command responsible for military operations, security cooperation, and strategic partnerships across the African continent.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
United States Africa Command 18
AFRICOM 1
Commander, United States Africa Command 1
U.S. joint force in Africa 1
USAFRICOM 1
United States Africa Command area of responsibility 1
United States Africa Command theater forces 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Military organization ⓘ
Unified combatant command ⓘ
areaOfResponsibility Africa ⓘ
African continent ⓘ
becameFullyOperational 2008-10-01 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy George W. Bush ⓘ
surface form: George W. Bush administration
dateFounded 2007-02-06 ⓘ
excludesFromAreaOfResponsibility Egypt ⓘ
focusesOn Countering violent extremist organizations in Africa ⓘ
Humanitarian assistance and disaster response in Africa ⓘ
Maritime security in African waters ⓘ
Strengthening African security institutions ⓘ
Supporting African-led peace operations ⓘ
garrison Stuttgart ⓘ
surface form: Stuttgart, Germany
hasAbbreviation U.S. Africa Command self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: USAFRICOM
hasComponent U.S. Special Operations Command ⓘ
surface form: Special Operations Command Africa

United States Air Forces Africa ⓘ
United States Army Africa ⓘ
United States Marine Corps Forces Africa ⓘ
United States Naval Forces Africa ⓘ
hasHeadquarters Kelley Barracks ⓘ
Stuttgart ⓘ
surface form: Stuttgart, Germany
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.africom.mil/ ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Unified Command Plan ⓘ
missionStatement To protect and defend the national security interests of the United States by strengthening the defense capabilities of African states and regional organizations ⓘ
operatesIn Africa ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
partOf United States Armed Forces ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
predecessor U.S. Central Command ⓘ
surface form: United States Central Command

United States European Command ⓘ
United States Indo-Pacific Command ⓘ
surface form: United States Pacific Command
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
responsibleFor Building defense partnerships in Africa ⓘ
Counterterrorism operations in Africa ⓘ
Crisis response in Africa ⓘ
Military operations in Africa ⓘ
Security cooperation in Africa ⓘ
Theater security cooperation programs in Africa ⓘ
shortName U.S. Africa Command self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AFRICOM
typeOfCommand Unified Combatant Commands ⓘ
surface form: Geographic combatant command
worksWith African Union ⓘ
African partner nations ⓘ
Regional economic communities in Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
this entity surface form: U.S. joint force in Africa
United States Naval Forces Africa → componentOf → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
United States European Command → coordinatesWith → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
Kelley Barracks → garrison → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
U.S. Africa Command → hasAbbreviation → U.S. Africa Command self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: USAFRICOM
United States Armed Forces → hasSubOrganization → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
Unified Combatant Commands → includes → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
Special Operations Command Africa → operatesIn → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command area of responsibility
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
Special Operations Command Africa → partOf → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
United States Air Forces Africa → partOf → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
United States Army Africa → partOf → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
United States Army Europe and Africa → partOf → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command theater forces
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
Special Operations Command Africa → reportsTo → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
U.S. Africa Command → shortName → U.S. Africa Command self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFRICOM
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
this entity surface form: Commander, United States Africa Command
subject surface form: United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command
II Marine Expeditionary Force → supportsCommand → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
U.S. Fleet Forces Command → supportsCommand → U.S. Africa Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Africa Command