It provides land forces to the Department of Defense's (DOD) unified combatant commands.

On 30 August 1945, Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall created a board headed by Lieutenant General Alexander M. Patch to review the organization of the War Department.

[4] Seven years later, the recommendations of the Davis Committee were implemented, establishing Continental Army Command (CONARC) to carry out both training and operations.

FORSCOM assumed CONARC's responsibility for the command and collective training of all divisions and corps in the continental U.S. and for the installations where they were based.

brigade-level formations – armour, infantry, airborne, air assault and Stryker - are more capable.

It executes missions within the continental United States and Puerto Rico.

The current FORSCOM Army National Guard strength is approximately 351,000 soldiers[when?].

[citation needed] The current Commanding General is GEN Andrew P. Poppas, who assumed the role in July 2022.