Mission Statement
USPACOM protects and defends, in concert with other U.S. Government agencies, the territory of the United States, its people, and its interests. With allies and partners, USPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, fighting to win. This approach is based on partnership, presence and military readiness.

Objectives
• Protect the Homeland
• Maintain a Robust Military Capability
• Develop Cooperative Security Arrangements
• Strengthen and Expand Relationships with Allies and Partners
• Reduce Susceptibility to Violent Extremism
• Deter Military Aggression
• Deter Adversaries from Using Weapons of Mass Destruction

U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) is a Unified Combatant Command of the Armed Forces of the United States. It encompasses about half the earth's surface, stretching from the west coast of the U.S. to the western border of India, and from Antarctica to the North Pole. There are few regions as culturally, socially, economically and geo-politically diverse as the Asia-Pacific. The 36 nations that comprise the Asia-Pacific region are home to more than 50 percent of the world's population, 3,000 different languages, several of the world's largest militaries and five nations allied with the U.S. through mutual defense treaties. Two of the four largest economies are located in the Asia-Pacific along with 10 of the 14 smallest. The AOR includes the most populous nation in the world, the largest democracy, and the largest Muslim-majority nation. More than one-third of Asia-Pacific nations are smaller island nations that include the smallest republic in the world and the smallest nation in Asia.

Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (CDRUSPACOM) is the senior U.S.military authority in the Pacific Area of Responsibility (AOR). CDRUSPACOM reports to the President of the United States through the Secretary of Defense and is supported by four component commands: U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. Pacific Air Forces, U.S. Army Pacific and U.S. Marine Forces Pacific. These commands are headquartered in Hawaii and have forces stationed and deployed throughout the region.

USPACOM military personnel number approximately 250,000, or about one-fifth of total U.S. military strength. U.S. Navy and Marine forces are numerically the largest elements in the AOR. U.S. Pacific Fleet, including five aircraft carrier strike groups. The U.S. Marine Corps Pacific possesses about two-thirds of U.S. Marine Corps combat strength. The entire U.S. Navy-Marine team comprises more than 135,000 personnel, 180 ships and 1,400 aircraft. U.S. Air Forces Pacific comprises approximately 39,000 airmen and 350 aircraft; and U.S. Army, Pacific has about 50,000 personnel, including four Stryker brigades. USPACOM also has more than 1,200 Special Operations personnel. Finally, there are more than 13,000 U.S. Coast Guard personnel available to support U.S. military forces in the region.

USPACOM's headquarters is located above Pearl Harbor at Camp H. M. Smith, a small Marine base overlooking the harbor. USPACOM is commanded by Admiral Robert F. Willard, a four-star Navy admiral. The staff consists of about 1,500 Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps officers and enlisted personnel, and 150 civil service employees.