United States Army Pacific

United States Army Pacific
United States Army Pacific shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	October 2000 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Army Service Component Command
Role	Theater command
Size	~7,300 soldiers
Garrison/HQ	Fort Shafter, Hawaii
Motto	One Team
Commanders
Current commander	LTG Francis J. Wiercinski
Notable commanders	Charles P. Summerall Fox Conner Hugh A. Drum Frederick C. Weyand
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) is an Army Service Component Command (ASCC) of the United States Army and is the army component unit of the United States 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 such as the Philippines and Bangladesh. Eighth United States Army in Korea has operational command and control on US Forces in Korea since January 2012, and USARPAC headquarters became its Army Component Command at the same date.

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

Due to the Growing activity an need for military in the Pacific Region and in US Pacific Command, the US Government decided that whoever is to become the next Commanding General of USARPAC in 2013, will be promoted to General, marking for the first time in history that USARPAC will be a 4 star Level Force

General information

Command Group

• Commanding General: Lieutenant General Francis J. Wiercinski
• Deputy Commanding General: Brigadier General Roger F. Mathews
• Deputy Commanding General, National Guard: Major General Joseph J. Chaves
• Deputy Commanding General, Army Reserve: Major General William G. Beard
• Deputy Commanding General, Operations: Major General Richard Burr, DSC, AM, MVO
• Chief of Staff: Colonel Lewis F. Setliff III
• Command Sergeant Major: Command Sergeant Major Frank M. Leota

Current structure

Army Pacific Structure (click to enlarge

Army Pacific, Fort Shafter

• 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks
• United States Army Alaska, Fort Richardson
• United States Army Japan, Camp Zama – Japan
• 94th Army Air & Missile Defense Command, Fort Shafter
• 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Schofield Barracks
  • 8th Military Police Brigade, Schofield Barracks
  • 10th Support Group, Okinawa
  • 45th Sustainment Brigade, Schofield Barracks
  • 130th Engineer Brigade, Schofield Barracks
• 311th Signal Command (Theater) (Pacific)
  • 1st Signal Brigade (Seoul, South Korea) supporting Eighth United States Army
  • 516th Signal Brigade (Fort Shafter, Hawaii)
• 196th Infantry Brigade (Fort Shafter, Hawaii)
• 18th Medical Command, Fort Shafter
• 500th Military Intelligence Brigade, Schofield Barracks

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

• COL Walter S. Schuyler 1910
• LTC Homer W. Wheeler 1910–1911
• BG Montgomery M. Macomb 1911

Commanders, Department of Hawaii

• BG Montgomery M. Macomb 1911–1912
• COL George K. McGunnegle 1912–1913

Commanders, Hawaiian Department 1913-1945

• BG Montgomery M. Macomb 1913
• BG Frederick Funston 1913–1914
• BG Montgomery M. Macomb 1914
• MG William H. Carter 1914–1915
• BG John Philip Wisser 1915–1916
• BG Robert K. Evans 1916
• BG Fredrick S. Strong 1916–1917
• BG Charles G. Treat 1917
• BG John Philip Wisser 1917
• BG Augustus P. Blocksom 1918
• BG John W. Heard 1918–1919
• MG Henry C. Hodges, Jr. 1919
• COL Thomas Ridgway 1919
• MG Charles G. Morton 1919–1921
• MG Charles P. Summerall 1921–1924
• MG Charles T. Menoher 1924–1925
• MG Edward M. Lewis 1925–1927
• MG William R. Smith 1927–1928
• MG Fox Conner 1928–1930
• MG Edwin B. Winans (Acting) 1930
• MG William Lassiter 1930–1931
• MG Briant H. Wells 1931–1934
• MG Halstead Dorey (Acting) 1934–1935
• MG Hugh A. Drum 1935–1937
• MG Andrew Moses 1937–1938
• LTG Charles D. Herron 1938–1941
• LTG Walter C. Short 1941
• LTG Delos C. Emmons 1941–1943
• LTG Robert C. Richardson, Jr. 1943–1945

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

• LTG John E. Hull 1947–1949
• MG Floyd L. Parks 1949
• LTG Henry S. Aurand 1949–1952
• LTG John W. O'Daniel 1952–1954
• MG Clark L. Ruffner 1954
• LTG Bruce C. Clarke 1954–1956
• MG Herbert B. Powell 1956
• LTG Blackshear M. Bryan 1956–1957

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

• GEN Isaac D. White 1957–1961
• GEN James F. Collins 1961–1964
• GEN John K. Waters 1964–1966
• GEN Dwight E. Beach 1966–1968
• GEN Ralph E. Haines, Jr. 1968–1970
• GEN William B. Rosson 1970–1973
• GEN Donald V. Bennett (Acting) 1973
• GEN Frederick C. Weyand 1973
• GEN Donald V. Bennett 1973–1974
• GEN Richard G. Stilwell (Acting) 1974

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

• MG Herbert E. Wolff 1979–1981
• LTG Eugene P. Forrester 1981–1983
• LTG James M. Lee 1983–1985
• LTG Charles W. Bagnal 1985–1989
• LTG Claude M. Kicklighter 1989–1990

U.S. Army, Pacific

• LTG Claude M. Kicklighter 1990–1991
• LTG Johnnie H. Corns 1991–1993
• LTG Robert L. Ord, III 1993–1996
• MG Stephen Silvasy, Jr. 1996
• LTG William M. Steele 1996–1998
• LTG Edwin P. Smith 1998–2002
• LTG James L. Campbell 2002–2004
• LTG John M. Brown III 2004–2008
• LTG Benjamin R. Mixon 2008 – 2010
• LTG Francis “Frank” Wiercinski 2010 - Present

External links

• United States Army Pacific