Unified Combatant Commands 2019-2025, graphic: Wikipedia

Unified Combatant Commands 2019-2025, graphic: Wikipedia

New American world - Greenland is already changing its MilGeo zone

Congress in Washington expects the Pentagon to review the "Unified Combatant Command Plan" every two years. Four years ago, the US Department of Defence separated the country of Israel from the US European Command Area of Responsibility (USEUCOM, Stuttgart) and transferred the territory to the US Central Command (USCENTCOM, Florida), which is responsible for military operations in the Middle East. This year - in mid-June - the Pentagon removed the island of Greenland from the EUCOM area of responsibility and transferred the American troops stationed there to Northern Command (USNORTHCOM, Colorado), which is responsible for security and military command in the Arctic zone and the North American area.

This shift in focus to "US Homeland Defence" reopens the old barrel of speculation regarding the intention of an American takeover of the island, which none of the known spokespeople have yet credibly denied. NATO is reluctant to comment on this national decision. In Brussels, they merely emphasise that the Arctic requires a greater commitment from all allied states in terms of security policy - which the German Navy is also swiftly meeting with its Arctic Deployment.

On the one hand, Denmark can see this decision as a revaluation of Greenland, but will view the detachment from the European military geography with suspicion.

Overall, however, there are calls from several sides for the Command Plan to be fundamentally revised and significantly simplified - with smaller line spans and clear lines. In other words, that what belongs together should grow together. I've also heard this before - but it had a different meaning!

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