Over time, USACOM will probably evolve into a joint training and readiness command similar to that suggested in the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986. This concept was supported by General Colin Powell, CJCS; envision and ordered by Secretary of Defense Les Aspin in 193; and approved by President Bill Clinton on September 29, 1993. Specifically, USACOM will probably develop into an organization that:

• Forms, trains, and provides joint task forces (or groups or elements) to the combatant CINCs or Joint Force Commanders, in response to the mission requirements of the other CINCs and the Secretary of Defense
• Provides military support and assistance during natural disasters or civil disturbances in CONUS
• Plans for the land defense of CONUS
• Turns over responsibility for all nations, territories, and non-national seas in the current USACOM area of responsibility to other combatant CINCs
• Divests itself of NATO responsibilities as SACLANT

When the ocean areas currently assigned to USACOM pass to other combatant CINCs, COMNAVUSA will directly execute all Navy component functions for USACOM.