As a part of this realignment, most of the regional readiness commands were eliminated, leaving only seven globally. These were redesignated "civil or mission support commands"; the four in the Continental United States being "regional"; the geography for which each regional support command increased significantly, but all of the support commands were stripped of their former command and control authority over units in their respective territories. Instead, the support commands provide base operations and administrative support to Army Reserve units within their geographic region.