A look at the wish lists for CENTCOM, NORTHCOM, SOUTHCOM, INDOPACOM and STRATCOM
INDOPACOM had the biggest request of these five COCOMS, asking for nearly $12 billion in additional funding.
By Carley Welch, Aaron Mehta and Valerie Insinna
on July 08, 2025 at 2:40 PM
WASHINGTON — Five US combatant commands have requested $13.15 billion total in their annual Unfunded Priority Lists, according to documents obtained by Breaking Defense.
The heads of US Central Command, Northern Command, Southern Command, Indo-Pacific Command and Strategic Command are required by law to send in what amount to wish lists to Congress after the Pentagon’s budget is formally submitted. In essence, these cover things that the COCOM bosses wanted but didn’t get into the budget.
Here’s what you need to know:
US Indo-Pacific Command
The biggest ask of all the five commands comes from INDOPACOM Commander Adm. Samuel Paparo, who is requesting an additional nearly $12 billion in funding. The majority of the funds are directed toward all-domain unmanned systems ($4.4 billion) and counter command, control, computing, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting systems ($2.9 billion).
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/07/a-look-at-the-wish-lists-for-centcom-northcom-southcom-indopacom-and-stratcom/
