The commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Marine General Francis Donovan, has ordered the formation of a new command. This command, it turns out, is the so-called “autonomous warfare command” (SAWC).

The purpose of creating SAWC is stated as supporting the priorities of the US President’s National Security Strategy, the key directions of the Secretary of Defense’s National Defense Strategy, and the imperatives of SOUTHCOM (US Southern Command) itself.