U.S. Joint Forces Command formally dissolved
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The four-star military command known as JFCOM is officially no more.
On Thursday, a year after then-Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates recommended the closing of the Hampton Roads-based U.S. Joint Forces Command, the colors were rolled up, the commemorative plaque unveiled and the 12-year-old combatant command dissolved.
The command was set up to coordinate training and military doctrine among the branches of the armed services. But in tough fiscal times, and with the spirit of "jointness" far more inculcated in the services than it was a decade ago, Gates decided the command's functions no longer justified an annual budget of nearly $1 billion.
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