United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-12-05 monographic deposited born digital 29 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-97-41BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-41BR P0b002ee18039dc8f f:ns97041b DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-41BR machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-41BR NSIAD-97-41BR Military operations International cooperation Strategic planning Defense contingency planning Federal agency reorganization Interagency relations Caribbean JCS Unified Command Plan Latin America Briefing Report NSIAD Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed changes in the U.S. Southern Command's and the U.S. Atlantic Command's geographic responsibilities resulting from the 1995 review of the Unified Command Plan (UCP).<p/>GAO found that: (1) the 1995 UCP review provided numerous opportunities for participants to express their views regarding potential UCP changes; (2) throughout the 1995 UCP review, the Southern and Atlantic commands maintained opposing views on realigning the responsibility for the Caribbean Basin; (3) the Southern Command supported the Caribbean realignment, viewing it as a positive move to enhance unity of command in Latin America and the Caribbean Basin, but the Atlantic Command opposed realignment believing that the change would prevent it from fully developing its functional role as a joint force trainer, integrator, and provider; and (4) the Joint Chiefs of Staff stated rationale for the Caribbean realignment was that these changes would improve the Southern command's interaction with navies of Central and South America, make the UCP consistent with the way the rest of the U.S. government is organized to interact with Latin America and the Caribbean Basin, and eliminate a seam in DOD counter-drug operations and military-to-military relations in the region. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-41BR/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-41BR.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-41BR/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-41BR.pdf GAO/NSIAD-97-41BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-41BR Briefing Report GAO/NSIAD-97-41BR; Unified Command Plan: Atlantic and Southern Command Participation in 1995 Review; Military operations International cooperation Strategic planning Defense contingency planning Federal agency reorganization Interagency relations Caribbean JCS Unified Command Plan Latin America H. Rept. 104-563