United States Army Pacific

United States Army Pacific
Lineup	October 1, 2000
Country	United States
Armed forces	United States Armed Forces
Armed forces	army
Type	Army subdivision
Strength	around 80,000 (plus around 11,400 civilian employees)
Insinuation	US Indo-Pacific Command
Location	Fort Shafter, Hawaii
motto	"One Team"
management
Commander	General Paul J. LaCamera (since November 18, 2019)

The United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) is one of nine main commands of the United States Army headquartered in Fort Shafter , Hawaii . It is as army component of the US Indo-Pacific Command (USPACOM), a part contending powerful cross-regional command of the United States Armed Forces , assumed.

USARPAC's area of ​​responsibility includes Hawaii and Alaska and extends across the Pacific to Japan , South Korea , Southeast Asia and Australia . In addition, units subordinate to USARPAC are sometimes used for humanitarian missions in other areas.

The United States has been permanently stationing troops on the island since the annexation of Hawaii in 1898. Today's USARPAC developed out of these military associations, which have been organized in different ways since then and with different strengths; it has existed in its current form since October 2000.

history

With the annexation of Hawaii in 1898, the United States stationed troops on the island, which was regarded as a strategically important location for the Pacific region, especially for the US intervention in the Philippines that was ongoing at the time . The first bases were the tent cities of Camp McKinley and Camp Otis , built in the same year , which were replaced in the first decade of the 20th century by fortified military posts, some of which have been used up to the present day. In 1910, i.e. since the completion of fortified structures that offered enough space for a larger contingent of troops, the US Army officially ran its own sub-command District of Hawaii (later also Department of Hawaii or Hawaiian Department ), which was Colonel Walter S Schuyler commanded. Fort Shafter has been the official headquarters since 1921 , construction began in 1905 and completed in 1907, and is named after William R. Shafter , a major general of the Spanish-American War who died in 1906 .

Especially after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into the Second World War , Hawaii became a strategically important center in the Pacific War and the USARPAC subsequently became the US Army Forces, Central Pacific Area (1943-44), US Army Forces , Pacific Ocean Areas (1944–45) and US Army Forces, Middle Pacific (1945–47) subordinated to the newly formed Pacific Ocean Areas Command as an army component . Only after the end of the war did it operate again as USARPAC from 1947.

In early 2013, the US Department of Defense announced that it would rebalance the distribution of foreign forces and give more weight to the Pacific region. In addition to the decision to move almost 60% of all available ships of the US Navy to the Pacific, the position of the USARPAC commander was raised from a 3 to a 4 star position. The first incumbent in the rank of general was Vincent K. Brooks, who on July 2 of the same year took over command from Lieutenant General Francis Wiercinski, who in turn retired .

organization

In addition to the Pacific Fleet ( Navy ), the Pacific Air Forces ( Air Force ) and the Marine Corps Forces Pacific ( Marine Infantry ), the USARPAC is subordinate to the USPACOM as an army component. With around 80,000 soldiers, it is its third largest component after the Pacific Fleet (around 140,000) and the Marine Corps Forces Pacific (around 84,000).

Subordinate units

USARPAC organization chart (to the graphic of the 8th US Army )

• Army Pacific , Fort Shafter, Hawaii
  • 8th US Army , Yongsan Garrison (South Korea)
  • 94th Army Air & Missile Defense Command, Fort Shafter
  • 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Schofield Barracks
    • 8th Military Police Brigade, Schofield Barracks
    • 130th Engineer Brigade, Schofield Barracks
  • 311th Signal Command (Pacific)
    • 1st Signal Brigade, Yongsan Garrison
    • 516th Signal Brigade, Fort Shafter
  • 196th Infantry Brigade, Fort Shafter
  • 18th Medical Command, Fort Shafter
  • 500th Military Intelligence Brigade, Schofield Barracks

operation area

Schematic representation of the area of ​​operation of the USARPAC with information on troop stationing (2014)

The USARPAC's operational area measures around 14,500 km and covers the entire Pacific region from the northwest coast of the United States to Southeast Asia and Australia; a total of 36 countries are wholly or partially under the jurisdiction of the USARPAC, including Australia , Bangladesh , Bhutan , Brunei , Burma , China , Guam , India , Indonesia , Japan, Cambodia , Laos , Malaysia , Mongolia , Nepal , New Zealand , North Korea , East Timor , the Philippines , Samoa , Singapore , South Korea, Thailand , Tonga , the United States, and Vietnam .

Furthermore, units subordinate to USARPAC are sometimes used for humanitarian missions in other areas, for example after the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 .

Troop strength

The USARPAC today has around 80,000 soldiers, around 9,000 of whom serve in the Reserve or the National Guard ; there are also around 11,400 civilian employees. Although their units are nominally subordinate to the USARPAC, not all soldiers on active duty are also subordinate to its operational command. For example, the 8th US Army stationed in South Korea is integrated into the chain of command of the US Forces Korea , which as a composite command is also part of USPACOM.

guide

Since July 2013, USARPAC has been commanded by an officer with the rank of general. He is supported by five deputy commanders in the rank of major general with different areas of responsibility, as well as the command sergeant major as the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer .

In order to strengthen cooperation with the alliance partners in the Pacific region, Richard M. Burr , a member of the Australian Army, was appointed to one of the deputy positions for the first time in January 2013 .

Insignia

USARPAC insignia (since 1944)

The USARPAC insignia was introduced on October 18, 1944 and shows a red arrow surrounded by twelve stars on a blue background, the arrow symbolizing the courage and independence of the emergency services, the blue background the large extent of the operational area across the Pacific. The twelve stars depict stylized constellations , the seven stars in the upper half the constellation Big Dipper , the four in the lower half the Southern Cross . Finally, the star at the arrowhead represents the North Star .

In fact, the number of stars also has a meaning: the total number of twelve stands for the month of December, the seven stars of the Big Dipper for the seventh day in December and the four stars of the Southern Cross plus the remaining North Star stand for the year '41 . Taken together, the figures with December 7, 1941, give the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent entry of the United States into World War II.

List of commanders

The following list lists all officers that the USARPAC officially leads as commanders of US soldiers stationed in Hawaii since 1910. Especially in the early years there are occasional overlaps in the dates.

	Surname	photo	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment	Remarks
70	GEN Paul J. LaCamera		18th November 2019	---
69	GEN Robert B. Brown		April 30, 2016	18th November 2019
68	GEN Vincent K. Brooks		2nd of July 2013	April 30, 2016	since April 30, 2016 Commander of the United Nations Command (UNC), the Republic of Korea - US Combined Forces Command (CFC) and the US Forces Korea (USFK)
67	LTG Francis J. Wiercinski		May 1, 2011	2nd of July 2013
66	LTG Benjamin R. Mixon		February 1, 2008	May 1, 2011
65	LTG John M. Brown III.		August 25, 2004	February 1, 2008
64	LTG James L. Campbell		November 2002	August 2004
63	LTG Edwin P. Smith		October 1998	November 2002
62	LTG William M. Steele		July 1996	October 1998
61	MG Stephen Silvasy		1996	1996
60	LTG Robert L. Ord III.		November 1993	May 1996
59	LTG Johnnie H. Corns		July 1991	September 1993
58	LTG Claude M. Kicklighter		July 1989	August 31, 1991
57	LTG Charles W. Bagnal		June 1985	August 1989
56	LTG James M. Lee		1983	1985
55	LTG Eugene Forrester		1981	1983
54	MG Herbert E. Wolff		December 1977	1981
53	MG Thomas U. Greer		1975	1977
52	MG Donnelly P. Bolton		September 1974	August 1975
51	GEN Richard G. Stilwell		September 1974	December 1974	interim
50	GEN Donald V. Bennett		August 1973	August 1974
49	GEN Frederick C. Weyand		August 1973	August 1973	only between 1973 and 1974 Deputy General Staff Chairman, then from 1974 to 1976 Chairman of the General Staff of the US Army
48	GEN Donald V. Bennett		August 1973	August 1974	interim
47	GEN William B. Rosson		October 1970	January 1973
46	GEN Ralph E. Haines Jr.		August 1968	October 1970	between 1968 and 1969 Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Army
45	GEN Dwight E. Beach		September 1966	July 1968
44	GEN John K. Waters		March 1964	August 1966
43	GEN James F. Collins		April 1961	1964
42	GEN Isaac D. White		July 1957	March 1961
41	LTG Blackshear M. Bryan		July 1956	July 1957
40	MG Herbert B. Powell		April 1956	July 1956
39	LTG Bruce C. Clarke		December 1954	April 1956
38	MG Clark L. Ruffner		1954	1954
37	LTG John W. O'Daniel		September 1952	April 1954
36	LTG Henry S. Aurand		April 1949	1952
35	MG Floyd L. Parks		1949	1949
34	LTG John E. Hull		1946	1949	between 1951 and 1953 Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Army
33	MG George F. Moore		1946	1946
32	LTG Robert C. Richardson Jr.		1943	1946
31	LTG Delos C. Emmons		December 1941	September 1943
30th	LTG Walter C. Short		1941	1941
29	LTG Charles D. Herron		1938	March 1941
28	MG Andrew Moses		1937	June 30, 1938
27	MG Hugh A. Drum		1935	1937
26th	MG Halstead Dorey		1934	1935	interim
25th	MG Briant H. Wells		1931	1934
24	MG William Lassiter		1930	1931
23	MG Edwin B. Winans		1930	1930	interim
22nd	MG Fox Conner		January 1928	October 1930
21st	MG William R. Smith		August 1927	January 1928
20th	MG Edward M. Lewis		January 1925	August 1927
19th	MG Charles T. Menoher		1924	1925
18th	MG Charles P. Summerall		1921	1924	between 1926 and 1930 Chief of Staff of the US Army
17th	MG Charles G. Morton		1919	1921
16	COL Thomas Ridgway		1919	1919	interim
15th	MG Henry C. Hodges Jr.		March 1919	May 1919
14th	BG John W. Heard		1918	1919
13	BG Augustus P. Blocksom		1917	November 7, 1918
12	BG John P. Wisser		1917	1917	second term
11	BG Charles G. Treat		1917	1917
10	BG Fredrick S. Strong		1916	1917
9	BG Robert K. Evans		1916	1916
8th	BG John P. Wisser		1915	1916
7th	MG William H. Carter		1914	November 19, 1915
6th	BG Montgomery M. Macomb		January 23, 1914	March 12, 1914	second term
5	BG Frederick Funston		1913	1914	Medal of Honor holder
4th	COL George K. McGunnegle		December 5, 1912	February 14, 1913
3	BG Montgomery M. Macomb		October 1, 1911	April 3, 1913
2	Lt. COL Homer W. Wheeler		1910	1911
1	COL Walter S. Schuyler		1910	1910

Web links

Commons : United States Army Pacific  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• USARPAC website (English)

literature

Institute of Land Warfare (Ed.) : Torchbearer National Security Report - The US Army in the Pacific: Assuring Security and Stability . Arlington : Association of the United States Army, 2013. ( available online ; English; PDF, 15.5 MB; last accessed July 23, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} USARPAC - A Short History ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at usarpac.army.mil (last accessed on August 11, 2014). 
2. ↑ Slavin, Erik : Brooks nominated as Army Pacific commander in new 4-star post. Stars and Stripes, February 11, 2013 (last accessed August 7, 2014).
3. ↑ USARPAC - Leaders ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at usarpac.army.mil (last accessed August 7, 2014). 
4. ↑ Mcavoy, Audrey : Australian general gets key US Army post. Associated Press, February 1, 2013 (last accessed March 6, 2016).
5. ↑ ^{a b} The USARPAC Insignia ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at usarpac.army.mil (last accessed on July 22, 2014). 
6. ↑ The information corresponds to the official listing USARPAC - Commanding Generals 1910 to present ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at usarpac.army.mil (last accessed on August 26, 2014).