CASING COLORS - Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command, and Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, command sergeant major, salute during the playing of the national anthem at the command's disestablishment ceremony in Suffolk, Va., Aug. 4, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeleyU.S. Joint Forces Command Formally Dissolved -- Washington Post
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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