United States Southern Command [USSOUTHCOM] Law and Legal Definition
United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) is one of ten unified Combatant Commands in the Department of Defense that is responsible for providing contingency planning, operations, and security cooperation for Central and South America, the Caribbean (except U.S. commonwealths, territories, and possessions), Cuba; as well as for the force protection of U.S. military resources at these locations. It is also responsible for ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal and canal area.
The USSOUTHCOM has a four-star commander leadership and its staff is organized into directorates, component commands and military groups that represent USSOUTHCOM in the region of Central America, South America & the Caribbean. It is a joint command comprised of more than 1,200 military and civilian personnel representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and several other federal agencies. The USSOUTHCOM headquarters is in Miami, Florida.
Legal Definition list
- United States Southern Command [USSOUTHCOM]
- United States Sentencing Commission
- United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
- United States Secretary of Defense
- United States Special Operations Command [USSOCOM]
- United States Tax
- United States Trade and Development Agency
- United States Trade Representative
- United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939
- United States Trustee
Related Legal Terms
- Accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States
- Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States
- Administration of Estates
- Administrative Conference of the United States
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO)
- Agency of the United States
- Aircraft Commander
- Ally of Enemy of the United States
- Base Cluster Commander
- Bonds and Notes of the United States
