Which of the following lists all Geographic Combatant Commands?

• A. NORTHCOM, SOUTHCOM, EUCOM, AFRICOM, CENTCOM, INDOPACOM.
• B. SOCOM, STRATCOM, TRANSCOM, SPACECOM, CYBERCOM.
• C. NORTHCOM, AFRICOM, INDOPACOM, SPACECOM.
• D. NORTHCOM, SOUTHCOM, EUCOM, STRATCOM, CYBERCOM, INDOPACOM.

Answer: (A)

Geographic Combatant Commands are unified commands that oversee operations and security in specific regions of the world. They are defined by geography, not by a particular mission type, and are designated to cover distinct areas under the Unified Command Plan.

The six geographic commands are North American Command, Southcom, European Command, African Command, Central Command, and Indo-Pacific Command. Together they span the globe from North America through Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, to the Indo-Pacific region.

Other options mix in functional commands that operate across the globe by mission—such as Special Operations, Strategic Deterrence, Transportation, Space, and Cyber—rather than by geography. Those functional commands aren’t Geographic Combatant Commands, so they don’t complete the list of GCCs.