...to oversee the forces of the four military services based in the continental United States (CONUS) was long considered a problem that the Joint Chiefs...forces resurfaced again at the end of the Cold War and led to the establishment of the US Atlantic Command (USACOM) in 1993 as the unified command for...

...and (3) recent expansion of the Command's responsibilities and its possible effects on the Command. Until 1993, the lack of a joint headquarters to oversee...headquarters, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), General Colin Powell, said that such a command would bring greater focus to joint...