According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine and other senior Pentagon officials are preparing to present a sweeping reorganization plan to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the coming days. The proposal would downgrade several U.S. Unified Combatant Commands and rebalance authority among the military’s top generals, advancing a consolidation effort long advocated by Hegseth and other members of the Trump administration.

If approved, the plan would bring some of the most consequential changes to the military’s senior leadership structure in decades. It would reduce the prominence of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), U.S. European Command (EUCOM), and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) by placing them under a new umbrella organization called U.S. International Command (INTERCOM). The proposal also calls for reorganizing U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) into a single entity overseeing the Western Hemisphere, to be known as U.S. Americas Command (AMERICOM).