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- A military strike force consisting of units
- from the US army, navy, and air force, which
- operates in the Middle East and North Africa.
- Its headquarters are in Fort McDill, Florida.
- It was established 1979, following the
- Iranian hostage crisis and the Soviet
- invasion of Afghanistan, and was known as the
- Rapid Deployment Force until 1983. Plagued by
- organizational problems, interservice
- rivalries, equipment shortages, and lack of
- access to bases in the Middle East, it was
- reorganized by President Reagan in 1983 as
- the US Central Command.
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