The Strategic Operations Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (CEOFANB) (Spanish: Comando Estratégico Operacional de la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana) is one of the six branches of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela.
It has the responsibility of guiding operations of the Venezuelan Armed Forces.
Admiral Remigio Ceballos is the current Commandant of the OSC, with Major General Jose Ornellas Ferreira as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (as of 2017), and the roles of the OSC have been updated with a recent amendment of the Organic Law of the National Armed Forces in 2014.
The Strategic Operations Command of Venezuela was founded by the late President Hugo Chávez on 26 September 2005, replacing the Unified Command of the National Armed Forces (CUFAN).
[2] Part of its responsibility is providing a unified national air defense capability, as well as for holding joint exercises to enhance combat readiness.