Legal Basis
The creation and organization of the Unified Combatant Commands is legally mandated in Title 10, U.S. Code Sections 161-168.
The Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 clarified and codified responsibilities that commanders-in-chief (CINCs) and their predecessors (theater or area commanders) had undertaken since World War II, and which were first given legal status in 1947.
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