United States Army Pacific

The United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) is an Army Service Component Command (ASCC)[3] of the United States Army and is the army component unit of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. The main areas that this command has jurisdiction in include Hawaii, Alaska, the Pacific Ocean, South Korea and Japan. It also performs missions in Southeast Asia, in the countries stretching from the Philippines all the way to Bangladesh and India. United States Forces Korea (USFK) has operational command and control on US Forces in Korea since January 2012, and USARPAC headquarters oversees the manning, training, and equipping of US Army forces assigned to USFK.[4]

United States Army Pacific
United States Army Pacific shoulder sleeve insignia.
ActiveOctober 2000 – present
Country United States
Branch United States Army
TypeArmy Service Component Command
RoleTheater Army
Size~80,000 soldiers[1]
Garrison/HQFort Shafter, Hawaii
Motto(s)One Team
Websitewww.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/usarpac
Commanders
Current
commander
GEN Paul J. LaCamera[2]
Notable
commanders
Charles P. Summerall
Fox Conner
Hugh A. Drum
Frederick C. Weyand
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

However, subordinate units of this command sometimes perform humanitarian missions in places such as Haiti, Cuba, and the Middle East.

General information

Command Group[2]

  • Commanding General: General Paul J. LaCamera
  • Deputy Commanding General – South: Major General John P. Johnson
  • Deputy Commanding General – North: Major General Daniel McDaniel
  • Deputy Commanding General, Army National Guard: Major General Timothy M. McKeithen
  • Deputy Commanding General, Army Reserve: Brigadier General Timothy D. Connelly
  • Chief of Staff: Major General Timothy M. McKeithen
  • Command Sergeant Major: Command Sergeant Major Benjamin Jones

Current structure

Active units of Army Pacific. OrBat of the subordinated Eighth Army. (Click graphic to enlarge)

Army Pacific, Fort Shafter

Former units include the U.S. Army Chemical Activity, Pacific, at Johnston Atoll, which traced some of its history to the 267th Chemical Company and the Project 112 biological warfare defense experiments. This became the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System, which was finally deactivated in 2001.

Commanders

Commanders, District of Hawaii

Commanders, Department of Hawaii

Commanders, Hawaiian Department 1913–1945

Commanders, U.S. Army Forces, Middle Pacific

  • LTG Robert C. Richardson, Jr. 1945–1946
  • MG George F. Moore 1946
  • LTG John E. Hull 1946–1947

Commanding Generals, U.S. Army, Pacific

Commanders-in-Chief, U.S. Army, Pacific

U.S. Army CINCPAC Support Group

  • MG Donnelly P. Bolton 1975
  • MG Thomas U. Greer 1975–1977
  • MG Herbert E. Wolff 1977–1979

U.S. Army Western Command

U.S. Army, Pacific

References

  1. http://www.usarpac.army.mil/about.asp
  2. "USARPAC Leaders". United States Army Pacific. United States Army. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. "The United States Army Organization". US Army.
  4. Eighth Army – An Operational Field Army Headquarters Thursday, April 26, 2012
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