Command (military formation)

<h2 id="major-command">Major Command</h2>
<p>Major Command or Major Commands are large <a href="/facts/Military_organization/M93qdLz7">formations</a> used by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Defense/dWAvf7e3">United States Department of Defense</a>.  Historically, a Major Command is the highest level of command. Within the <a href="/facts/United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">United States Army</a>, the acronym MACOM is used for Major Command.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>  Within the <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">United States Air Force</a> (USAF), the acronym MAJCOM is used.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p><p>There are several types of DOD major commands:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force/EhIrMeA3">List of major commands of the United States Air Force</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">List of major commands of the United States Army</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Naval_Education_and_Training_Command/gbfH32Mo">Naval Education and Training Command</a> of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Navy/xYK0fUou">United States Navy</a></li>
<li>Special operations commands such as <a href="/facts/Special_Operations_Command_Europe/nf9QXw7f">Special Operations Command Europe</a></li>
<li>Unified commands overseas such as <a href="/facts/Multinational_Force_Iraq/EjqnPlUS">Multinational Force Iraq</a>; <a href="/facts/United_States_Forces_Iraq/T95vcKuC">United States Forces Iraq</a> or <a href="/facts/Combined_Security_Transition_Command_-_Afghanistan/Bb1CLb3t">Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Arctic_Command/g9nJNfpP">Arctic Command</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Chain_of_command/s91MBp3L">Chain of command</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Command_and_control/t1huKNbX">Command and control</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Military_organization/M93qdLz7">Military organization</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tactical_formation/IwHcV4YP">Tactical formation</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Unit_cohesion/VQHgWdFq">Unit cohesion</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, [1] Archived 2016-10-10 at the Wayback Machine <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" target="_blank">/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Department of Defense Acronyms". NHHC. United States Navy. Retrieved 2022-06-03. <a href="https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/d/dod-acronyms.html" target="_blank">https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/d/dod-acronyms.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Major Commands". www.AFHRA.AF.mil. United States Air Force. Retrieved 2022-06-03. <a href="https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/Information/Organizational-Records/Major-Commands/" target="_blank">https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/Information/Organizational-Records/Major-Commands/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Part 5302 - Definitions of Words and Terms". Acquisition.gov. Retrieved 2022-06-03. <a href="https://www.acquisition.gov/affars/part-5302-definitions-words-and-terms" target="_blank">https://www.acquisition.gov/affars/part-5302-definitions-words-and-terms</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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