 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mutemo wakagadzwa musi wa 1 January 1983. Sezvinoratidzwa nezita rayo, CENTCOM inovhara nzvimbo yepakati yepasi rose iri pakati peAfrica, European neIndo-Pacific Commands. Apo dambudziko revanhu vakatapwa muIranuye kupinda kweSoviet muAfghanistan kwakasimbisa kudiwa kwekusimbisa zvido zveU.S. mudunhu, Mutungamiri Jimmy Carter vakagadzira Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force RDJTF munaKurume 1980. Nhanho dzakatorwa kushandura RDJTF kuva mutungamiri akabatana anogara kwenguva yakareba kwemakore maviri. Danho rokutanga rakanga riri rokuita kuti RDJTF ive yakazvimirira neU.S. Readiness Command, yakateverwa nokushandiswa kweCENTCOM muna January 1983. Kukunda pfungwa dzisina chokwadi dzokuti hurumende yakanga ichiri RDJTF muzvinhu zvose kunze kwezita, rakagadzirirwa kutsigira nzira yeHondo Yemashoko, yakatora nguva. 