Unified Command Plan: Atlantic and Southern Command Participation in 1995 Review

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), specifically relating to the realignment of responsibility for the Carribean Basin from the Atlantic to the Southern Command, focusing on the: (1) UCP review process and how the Atlantic and Southern Commands participated in the process; (2) views of the Southern and Atlantic Commands regarding the Carribean realignment; and (3) rationale for the Joint Chiefs of Staff's Chairman's recommendation of the realignment.