Members of the US Army participate in a military demonstration at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, on June 10, 2025, during a visit by President Donald Trump. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images/File

The US Army officially stood up a new command on Friday to oversee the Army’s activities in the Western Hemisphere in the latest signal of increasing focus on homeland defense.

The new command, called Army Western Hemisphere Command, will combine US Army Forces Command, US Army North, and US Army South into one organization, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

The combined organization will oversee Army operations like that at the southern border, disaster response, and Army mobilizations in support of federal law enforcement around the country.

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