1、JUNE 2025Form Follows FunctionOptions for Changing U.S.StrategyBy Todd Simmons,Benjamin Fernandes,and Benjamin JensenIntroductionAs the Trump administration makes a generational change in U.S.grand strategy,it should create a new map of the world that better aligns military activities to that strate
2、gy.The current command structure is inefficient and slowdesigned for an era when the United States military was larger and threats were more easily contained and geographically aligned.As a result,increasing lethality will require more than just cutting the number of general officers and consolidati
3、ng headquarters.It requires a new framework for seeing the world.It requires a new map.Making a new map starts with a bureaucratic document unknown to most Americans that has significant consequences for global security architecture:the Unified Command Plan(UCP).Every two years the chairman of the J
4、oint Chiefs of Staff(CJCS)initiates a review of the UCP.Sometimes there are sweeping changes,like creating new functional commands to address cyber and space operations.Other times,the UCP adjusts regional priorities,such as the creation of the U.S.Central Command(USCENTCOM)in 1983 and the U.S.Afric
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