United States Indo-Pacific Command

United States Indo-Pacific Command - USINDOPACOM -
Emblem of the United States Indo-Pacific Command
Lineup	January 1, 1947 (as USPACOM)
Country	United States
Armed forces	United States Armed Forces
Armed forces	Cross-armed regional command ( Unified Combatant Command )
Strength	approx. 325,000
Nimitz-McArthur Pacific Command Center, Camp HM Smith	Salt Lake (Hawaii)
motto	"Partnership, Readiness, Presence"
Commander
Commander	Admiral Philip S. Davidson , ( USN )
Deputy Commander	Lieutenant General Anthony G. Crutchfield ( USA )
chief of staff	Maj. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider (USAF)

The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM; German Indo-Pacific Command of the United States ) one of eleven Unified Combatant Commands of the US armed forces , whose geographical area of ​​responsibility lies in the Pacific and Southeast Asian regions. Founded in 1947 as the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM), the prefix "Indo-" was added on May 30, 2018 to reflect the growing importance of the Indian and Southeast Asian regions. As the highest command post, it is in command of all of the United States' troops regularly stationed in the region. Since 2018, Admiral Philip S. Davidson has been the 25th Commander of USINDOPACOM. The headquarters of Camp HM Smith is located in Halawa near Honolulu in the US state of Hawaii .

history

The PACOM was established on January 1, 1947 by US President Harry S. Truman and stationed in Honolulu (Hawaii). It is the oldest and largest of the Unified Combatant Commands . All US units in the region, which the US designated as the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II , were under the command. Exceptions were Japan , Korea , the Ryūkyū Islands , the Philippines , the Mariana Islands and the Bonin Islands , which were under the jurisdiction of the Far East Command ( FECOM ) until 1957 , but then also came under the PACOM . Until January 13, 1958, the commander of the PACOM was also subordinate to the US Pacific Fleet , over which he was still in direct command until 1956. This was subordinated to the PACOM as a maritime component and was given its own commander. The next expansion took place in 1972 under President Richard Nixon , who extended the PACOM operational area to South Asia , most of the Indian Ocean , the Aleutian Islands and parts of the Arctic Ocean . A little later, jurisdiction was expanded to include the entire Indian Ocean and its islands with the exception of Madagascar, as well as the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Oman . In 1983, under President Ronald Reagan , China , Mongolia , North Korea and Madagascar were added to the area of ​​responsibility.

In 1986 the Goldwater-Nichols Act , which reorganized the command structure of the US armed forces, laid down the competencies of the commanders of the individual Unified Combatant Commands .

From 1989 to 2000 the area of ​​responsibility of the PACOM was gradually reduced again. In 1989 the areas of operation of the Gulf of Oman and the Gulf of Aden, and in 1996 the Arabian Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean were placed under CENTCOM . And finally in 2000 the coastal strips of the Indian Ocean of Tanzania , Mozambique and South Africa were assigned to the United States European Command ( EUCOM ).

Since the focus of US military strategists after the events of September 11th turned more towards the Middle East , the command structure of the US armed forces was reformed again in 2002. For the first time, the entire surface of the earth was assigned to the various Unified Combatant Commands . As a result of these reforms, the United States Northern Command ( NORTHCOM ) was created to improve the " homeland security " of the USA. The west coast of the USA was also transferred to this new regional command as an area of ​​operations and thus outsourced from the area of ​​responsibility of PACOM . In the course of the restructuring, the area of Alaska was assigned to NORTHCOM , while the command of the US forces stationed there remained with PACOM . The Antarctic was also transferred to PACOM's responsibility .

The last major aspect of the reform is the relations of command affecting Russia . Although the entire national territory of Russia is assigned to EUCOM as an operational area, responsibility for evacuations of civilians ( noncombatant evacuation operations (NEO) ), counter-terrorism planning for US diplomatic missions (counterterrorism (CT) planning ) and the protection of troops east of the 100th longitude remains with the PACOM (see figure for PACOM's area of ​​responsibility ). EUCOM and PACOM have the task of organizing the cooperation effectively in order to do justice to the security efforts of the USA.

Mission and responsibility

Area of ​​responsibility of the PACOM (blue)

The USINDOPACOM is the supreme command of all US forces in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean .

The area of ​​responsibility extends to more than 50% of the earth's surface, this is approx. 169 million km². The area extends from the west coast of the United States to the east coast of Africa , with the exception of the waters north of the 5th parallel south and 68th east longitude, which fall under the jurisdiction of the United States Central Command ( CENTCOM ). In north-south expansion, jurisdiction extends from the Arctic to the Antarctic , including the US state of Hawaii and troops in Alaska . This affects an area of ​​over 100 million square miles , 16 time zones , nearly 60% of the world's population, 43 countries and five of the seven mutual defense treaties of the United States ( Philippines , Australia and New Zealand , South Korea , Thailand and Japan ).

Subordinate commands and units

The US Indo-Pacific Command reports about 300,000 soldiers from all US armed forces and thus more than 20% of all active US troops. These units are divided into three categories: deployed upstream (approx. 100,000), stationed upstream and stationed in the USA.

In the operational command chain , PACOM are subordinate to the following commands:

• US Army Pacific (USARPAC)
  • Headquarters I Corps in Fort Lewis ( Washington )
  • 25th Infantry Division , Hawaii and Alaska
  • US Army , Japan, in Japan
  • US Army Chemical Activity Pacific , on Johnston Island
  • 9. Regional Support Command

• Commander, US Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT)
  • US 3rd Fleet , Pearl Harbor ( Hawaii )
  • US 7th Fleet , in Yokosuka ( Japan )

• US Marine Forces Pacific (MarForPac)
  • I Marine Expeditionary Force , Camp Pendleton ( California )
  • III. Marine Expeditionary Force , Camp Courtney, Gushikawa, Okinawa

• US Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)
  • Fifth Air Force , Yokota Air Base, Japan
  • Seventh Air Force , Osan Air Base, South Korea
  • Eleventh Air Force , Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
  • Thirteenth Air Force , Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam , Oahu, Hawaii

• US Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC) , Camp HM Smith , Oahu ( Hawaii )
  • Joint Task Force 510
  • Joint Special Operation Task Force - Philippines
  • 1st Special Forces Group
  • 353rd Special Operations Group

Three further regional sub-unified commands are subordinate to the PACOM :

• US Alaskan Command ( Elmendorf Air Force Base , Anchorage )
• US Forces Japan (Yokota AB)
• US Forces Korea / Combined Forces Command (Yongsan Army Garrison , Seoul ). This command is itself a composite forces command and, like the PACOM, is under the command of a four-star general. The command consists of:
  • 8th US Army ( Yongsan Army Garrison , Seoul )
  • Seventh Air Force (7th Air Fleet)
  • Commander, US Naval Forces Korea (NAVFOR-K)
  • Marine Forces Korea (MARFOR-K)
  • US Special Operations Command Korea ( SOCKOR )

Further affiliated support units:

• Asia- Pacific Center for Security Studies ( Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies ; APCSS) in Honolulu , Hawaii
• United Intelligence Center Pacific ( Joint Intelligence Center Pacific ) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), Hawaii
• Center for Disaster Management and studies of humanitarian aid ( Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance ) in collaboration with the University of Hawaii at Manoa; Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii
• Defense POW / MIA Accounting Agency (formerly Joint POW / MIA Accounting Command ) searching for prisoners of war and missing soldiers at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), Hawaii

guide

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(As of May 30, 2018)
The commander as Commander, US Indo-Pacific Command (CDRUSINDOPACOM) is Admiral Philip S. Davidson , (United States Navy | USN), who has held the post since May 30, 2018.

• Deputy: Lieutenant General Bryan P. Fenton (United States Army | USA) and
• Chief of Staff : Major General Kevin B. Schneider

( USAF )

The headquarters of USINDOPACOM is on the US Marine Corps base Camp HM Smith on the island of Oahu (Hawaii) and employs more than 530 soldiers of the US Army , US Navy , US Air Force and the US Marine Corps and 110 civilian employees.

Commander

number	image	Surname	Armed forces	Taking office	Resignation
1		John H. Towers *	USN	January 1, 1947	February 28, 1947
2		Louis E. Denfeld *	USN	February 28, 1947	December 3, 1947
3		DeWitt C. Ramsey *	USN	January 12, 1948	April 30, 1949
4th		Arthur W. Radford *	USN	April 30, 1949	July 10, 1953
5		Felix B. Stump *	USN	July 10, 1953	July 31, 1958
6th		Harry D. Felt	USN	July 31, 1958	June 30, 1964
7th		Ulysses S. Grant Sharp	USN	June 30, 1964	July 31, 1968
8th		John S. McCain, Jr.	USN	July 31, 1968	1st September 1972
9		Noel AM Gayler	USN	1st September 1972	August 30, 1976
10		Maurice F. Weisner	USN	August 30, 1976	October 31, 1979
11		Robert LJ Long	USN	October 31, 1979	July 1, 1983
12		William J. Crowe, Jr.	USN	July 1, 1983	September 18, 1985
13		Ronald J. Hays	USN	September 18, 1985	September 30, 1988
14th		Huntington Hardisty	USN	September 30, 1988	March 1, 1991
15th		Charles R. Larson	USN	March 1, 1991	July 11, 1994
interim		Harold T. Fields	United States	July 11, 1994	July 19, 1994
16		Richard C. Macke	USN	July 19, 1994	January 31, 1996
17th		Joseph W. Prueher	USN	January 31, 1996	February 20, 1999
18th		Dennis C. Blair	USN	February 20, 1999	May 2, 2002
19th		Thomas B. Fargo	USN	May 2, 2002	February 26, 2005
20th		William J. Fallon	USN	February 26, 2005	March 12, 2007
interim		Daniel P. Leaf	USAF	March 12, 2007	March 26, 2007
21st		Timothy J. Keating	USN	March 26, 2007	October 19, 2009
22nd		Robert F. Willard	USN	October 19, 2009	March 9, 2012
23		Samuel J. Locklear	USN	March 9, 2012	May 27, 2015
24		Harry B. Harris , Jr.	USN	May 27, 2015	May 30, 2018
25th		Philip S. Davidson	USN	May 30, 2018	officiating

^* Between 1947 and 1958, the PACOM commander was also the commander of the US Pacific Fleet .

Web links

• US Pacific Command website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.pacom.mil ( Memento of the original dated June 6, 2013 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. USPACOM: Facts (last accessed June 7, 2013) 
2. ^ Edward J. Drea, Ronald H. Cole, Walter S. Poole, James F. Schnabel, Robert J. Watson, Willard J. Webb: History of the Unified Command Plan 1946–2012. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , March 2013, p. 9 , accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
3. ^ Edward J. Drea, Ronald H. Cole, Walter S. Poole, James F. Schnabel, Robert J. Watson, Willard J. Webb: History of the Unified Command Plan 1946–2012. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , March 2013, p. 19 , accessed on March 25, 2020 (English): “The Secretary of Defense approved the proposed new UCP on June 21, 1956. In so doing, he approved the disestablishment of CINCFE, effective July 1, 1957. " 
4. ^ ^{A b} Edward J. Drea, Ronald H. Cole, Walter S. Poole, James F. Schnabel, Robert J. Watson, Willard J. Webb: History of the Unified Command Plan 1946–2012. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , March 2013, p. 19 , accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
5. ^ Edward J. Drea, Ronald H. Cole, Walter S. Poole, James F. Schnabel, Robert J. Watson, Willard J. Webb: History of the Unified Command Plan 1946–2012. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , March 2013, p. 29 , accessed on March 25, 2020 (English): “CINCPAC assumed responsibility for the countries of southern Asia , much of the Indian Ocean, the Aleutian Islands, and part of the Arctic Ocean. " 
6. ^ Edward J. Drea, Ronald H. Cole, Walter S. Poole, James F. Schnabel, Robert J. Watson, Willard J. Webb: History of the Unified Command Plan 1946–2012. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , March 2013, p. 34 , accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
7. ^ Edward J. Drea, Ronald H. Cole, Walter S. Poole, James F. Schnabel, Robert J. Watson, Willard J. Webb: History of the Unified Command Plan 1946–2012. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , March 2013, p. 52 , accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
8. ^ Edward J. Drea, Ronald H. Cole, Walter S. Poole, James F. Schnabel, Robert J. Watson, Willard J. Webb: History of the Unified Command Plan 1946–2012. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , March 2013, p. 63 u. 74 , accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
9. ^ "US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) was created for homeland security" ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ^ ^{A b} Edward J. Drea, Ronald H. Cole, Walter S. Poole, James F. Schnabel, Robert J. Watson, Willard J. Webb: History of the Unified Command Plan 1946–2012. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , March 2013, p. 84 , accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} "... USPACOM, in coordination with USEUCOM, RETAIN responsibility for noncombatant evacuation operations (NEO), counterterrorism (CT) planning for US diplomatic missions, and force protection in Those areas in the Russian Federation east of 100 degrees East longitude." ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2006 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. 
12. ↑ pacom.mil ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed November 20, 2013) 
13. ↑ See facts on pacom.mil ( memento of the original from September 15, 2008 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. (accessed July 27, 2008) 
14. ↑ https://apcss.org/about-2/
15. ↑ https://fas.org/irp/agency/dod/uspacom/jicpac/index.html
16. ↑ https://www.goarmy.com/amedd/health-care/facilities/tripler-army-medical-center.html