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Unified Command Plan Change
Signed May 23, 2025, printed at 90 FR 23853. 76 words.
A plan splits the world among war commands. This changes that plan.
What It Says
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to my authority as Commander in Chief, I hereby approve and direct implementation of the revised 2022 Unified Command Plan requested by the Secretary of Defense on April 22, 2025. Consistent with section 161(b)(2) of title 10, U.S. Code, and section 301 of title 3, U.S. Code, you are directed to notify Congress on my behalf. You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
- The memorandum itself
Memorandum, “Unified Command Plan Change,” signed May 23, 2025, 90 FR 23853 (June 4, 2025).
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/04/2025-10323/unified-command-plan-change - This page
Memorandum, quoted from its opening. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/presidential/memo-2025-10323/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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