---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stA/ptI/ch6"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 6"
heading: "Combatant Commands"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stA-ptI-ch6"
sections_count: 13
---

# Chapter 6 — Combatant Commands

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle A — General Military Law › Part I — Organization and General Military Powers

## Sections

- [§161. Combatant commands: establishment](/usc/10/161.md)
- [§162. Combatant commands: assigned forces; chain of command](/usc/10/162.md)
- [§163. Role of Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff](/usc/10/163.md)
- [§164. Commanders of combatant commands: assignment; powers and duties](/usc/10/164.md)
- [§165. Combatant commands: administration and support](/usc/10/165.md)
- [§166. Combatant commands: budget proposals](/usc/10/166.md)
- [§166a. Combatant commands: funding through the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff](/usc/10/166a.md)
- [§166b. Combatant commands: funding for combating terrorism readiness initiatives](/usc/10/166b.md)
- [§167. Unified combatant command for special operations forces](/usc/10/167.md)
- [§167a. Repealed.](/usc/10/167a.md)
- [§167b. Unified combatant command for cyber operations](/usc/10/167b.md)
- [§168. Repealed.](/usc/10/168.md)
- [§169. Repealed.](/usc/10/169.md)