United States Strategic Command
| United States Strategic Command | |
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Official emblem of United States Strategic Command. | |
| Founded | June 1, 1992 |
| Country | United States |
| Type | Functional combatant command |
| Role | Strategic deterrence, global strike, integrated missile defense, global C4ISR |
| Size | 150,000 personnel, 14 ballistic missile submarines, 400 ICBMs, 140 bombers |
| Part of | U.S. Department of Defense |
| Headquarters | Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Nicknames | STRATCOM, USSTRATCOM |
| Motto | Peace is our Profession ... |
| Website | www |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | ADM Richard A. Correll, USN |
| Deputy Commander | Lt Gen Michael J. Lutton, USAF |
| Command Senior Enlisted Leader | SgtMaj Howard L. Kreamer, USMC |
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| pre-2002 seal | |
| Strategic Command Army Element SSI | |
| United States Armed Forces |
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| Nuclear weapons of the United States |
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| Nuclear triad |
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| Command and control |
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| Missile Defense Agency |
The United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM or STRATCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense. Headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, USSTRATCOM is responsible for strategic nuclear deterrence, global strike, and operating the Defense Department's Global Information Grid. It also provides a host of capabilities to support the other combatant commands, including integrated missile defense; and global command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR). This command exists to give "national leadership a unified resource for greater understanding of specific threats around the world and the means to respond to those threats rapidly".