Your Army in Hawaii

Mission Statement
U.S. Army, Pacific (USARPAC)
As the Army Service Component Command (ASCC) to U.S. Pacific Command, USARPAC provides forces, commands assigned forces and enables full-spectrum operations to deter aggression, advance regional security and cooperation, and respond to crises and fight to win. On order, USARPAC provides C2 for small-scale contingency operations or serves as Combined or Joint Headquarters (HQ) to support humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and peacekeeping operations.

Major USARPAC units include the 8th Army in Korea; 25th Infantry Division; 8th Theater Sustainment Command; 311th Signal Command (Theater); 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command; 9th Mission Support Command; U.S. Army-Alaska; I CORPS (Forward) and U.S. Army-Japan; 18th Medical Command; and 196th Infantry Brigade.

U.S. Army Installation Management Command, Pacific, which oversees U.S. Army Garrisons in Hawaii, Alaska and Japan, is headquartered at Fort Shafter, which is also home to USARPAC.

Please visit USARPAC at these websites:
http://www.usarpac.army.mil
http://www.facebook.com/usarpac
http://www.flickr.com/usarpac
http://twitter.com/usarpac
http://www.youtube.com/usarpacpao

25th Infantry Division (ID)
The Soldiers of the 25th ID, "Tropic Lightning," are capable of deploying to a theater of operations anywhere in the world and conducting missions across the full spectrum of warfare, including both combat and noncombat operations.

The 25th ID has a standing mission to deploy when directed and conduct operations upon arrival. The Tropic Lightning Division is a tactical force with strategic responsiveness and flexibility. It operates as a combined arms force with organic, attached or supporting infantry, armor, engineers, artillery, aviation and air defense.

Please visit the 25th ID at these websites:
http://www.25idl.army.mil
http://www.facebook.com/pages/25th-Infantry-Division/317829027372
http://www.flickr.com/25th_infantry_division
http://www.twitter.com/25id
http://www.youtube.com/pao25id

8th Theater Sustainment Command (TSC)
The 8th TSC is a complex organization of approximately 5,000 Soldiers with sustainment responsibilities spanning the Pacific Command area of responsibility (AOR). Major subordinate commands include the 8th Military Police Brigade, 130th Engineer Brigade and the 45th Sustainment Brigade located on Schofield Barracks. The 8th TSC also has logistics operations control over the 10th Support Group in Okinawa, Japan.

8th TSC units and Soldiers support and sustain the Army in the Pacific and are a benefit to their communities. As the Senior Army Logistics Command in the Pacific Command AOR, the 8th TSC has command and control of all assigned, attached and OPCON units; trains, equips and tailors forces, as required; plans and generates expeditionary Combat Support (CS) and Combat Service Support (CSS) capability; provides timely and robust support of joint and combined forces across the full spectrum of military operations in order to maintain peace and stability, deters aggression, and fights and wins in the Pacific AOR.

The 8th TSC functions as a fully-capable and relevant theater-enabling command integrating multifunctional skill sets across the Pacific theater, while continuing to support overseas contingency operations with trained and ready forces. As a credible enabler with an expanding mission set in a complex environment, the 8th TSC continues to train technically and tactically adaptive leaders to successfully execute the mission safely and autonomously.

Please visit the 8th TSC at these websites:
http://www.usarpac.army.mil/8tsc/index.html
http://www.facebook.com/8thtsc
http://www.flickr.com/8tsc
http://twitter.com/8thtsc
http://vimeo.com/the8thtsc

311th Signal Command (Theater)
Headquartered at Fort Shafter, the 311th Signal Command (Theater) combines the strengths of more than 4,000 active duty and Reserve Soldiers and Army civilians to bring expertise, experience and commitment to meet the Army's communications mission in the Pacific.

As a USARPAC Theater Enabling Command (TEC), The 311th SC(T) exercises operational control over the 516th Signal Brigade, headquartered in Hawaii, and the 1st Signal Brigade, in Korea.

The 516th Signal Brigade commands five battalions and a Theater Network Operations and Security Center (TNOSC), the 4th Signal Center, in Hawaii.

Battalions include the 30th Signal Battalion in Hawaii; the 58th Signal Battalion in Okinawa, Japan; the 78th Signal Battalion in Japan; the 59th Signal Battalion in Alaska; and the 307th Expeditionary Signal Battalion (ESB) in Hawaii and Alaska.

The 1st Signal Brigade in Korea commands the 6th Signal Center (TNOSC), the 36th Signal Battalion, the 41st Signal Battalion, and the 304th ESB.

The 311th Signal Command (Theater) plans, engineers, builds, operates, defends and maintains Army Cyberspace in the Pacific Theater to enable Mission Command through all phases of Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) Operations, and when directed, supports full-spectrum cyberspace operations to ensure U.S./JIMM freedom of action and to deny the same to our adversaries.

Please visit the 311th Sig. Cmd. at these websites:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/311th-Signal-Command/101727249863028
http://twitter.com/311thSignalCmd

94th Army Air and Missile
Defense Command (AAMDC)
Headquartered at Fort Shafter, the 94th AAMDC is responsible for conducting joint and combined theater air and missile defense in support of designated operational plans and contingency operations within the Pacific Command area of responsibility.

Initially constituted as the 94th Air Defense Artillery, Dec. 16, 1940, the command has gone through many reorganizations and re-designations during its storied history. The current command was activated Oct. 16, 2005, at Fort Shafter, under the USARPAC headquarters.

The 94th AAMDC serves as a joint integrator providing synchronization with Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps in joint theater air and missile defense operations. During multinational operations, the 94th AAMDC, with subordinate units in Japan and Korea, also integrates combined air and missile defense assets to provide protection for all coalition forces.

Please visit the 94th AAMDC at these websites:
http://www.usarpac.army.mil/94AAMDC
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-94th-Army-Air-and-Missile-Defense-Command/106890449350154
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40680125@N02
http://cg94thaamdc.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/9thAAMDC
http://twitter.com/The94thAAMDC

9th Mission Support Command (MSC)
The 9th MSC supports units in Hawaii, Alaska, American Samoa, Korea, Japan, Guam and Saipan. It provides combat-ready forces that meet the peacetime and wartime requirements of the Warfighting Combatant Commander. The 9th MSC also provides command and control of U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) forces in the USARPAC area of responsibility.

The 9th MSC has experienced numerous organizational changes since its first inception as part of the original IX Corps activated at Fort Lewis, Wash., in 1940. However, in Apr. 2008, the command was last transformed into its current structure as Headquarters, 9th MSC, which, during peacetime, falls under the command of USARPAC. It is currently located at Fort Shafter.

Please visit the 9th MSC at this website:
http://www.facebook.com/9thMissionSupportCommand

Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC)
One of the U.S. Army Medical Command's seven medical centers, TAMC is discussed in greater detail in the Medical and Dental Services section. Tripler is located on Moanalua Ridge, near Fort Shafter and Aliamanu Military Reservation. See the Medical and Dental Services section for more information.

Please visit Tripler at these websites:
http://www.tamc.amedd.army.mil/
http://www.facebook.com/TriplerArmy MedicalCenter

Pacific Ocean Division (POD),
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Pacific Ocean Division is the engineering, design, and construction agent for the Army and Air Force in Alaska, Army in Hawaii, and for all Department of Defense agencies in Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.

Most notably, the Division contributes significantly to the peace and security in the Pacific region through the execution of multi-billion dollar construction programs for U.S. forces in Japan and the Republic of Korea. Pacific Ocean Division also supports U.S. Pacific Command and U.,S. Army Pacific's Theater Security Cooperation strategies, Humanitarian Assistance Program, and Civil Military Emergency Preparedness with projects throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

The Division's 1,700-plus-strong workforce produces every type of construction in support of service members and their families, from barracks to high-rise family housing, from fitness centers to child care centers, and from ship berths to aircraft runways and hangars.

In addition, POD has a civil works mission in Alaska and Hawaii. The Division is responsible for executing the federal water resources development program in Alaska and Hawaii, as well as in U.S.-controlled land in the Pacific. Ancillary to these duties are environmental services that include studies and hazardous and toxic waste cleanup.

The POD has the largest area of responsibility of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' nine divisions. The Division's mission is executed through its four Districts: Honolulu, Alaska, Japan and the Far East (Korea).

Please visit the POD at these websites:
http://www.pod.usace.army.mil
http://www.facebook.com/PODCorps
http://www.youtube.com/PacificOceanDivision

Honolulu District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Honolulu District's area of operations stretches across five time zones, the equator and the International Dateline. It covers an estimated 12 million square miles from the Hawaiian Islands to American Samoa, through Micronesia to Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The District accomplishes military missions, including military construction, real estate and environmental services for the Army and Air Force in Hawaii, for all DoD agencies in Kwajalein Atoll, and for other defense agencies in its area of operations as assigned.

The Honolulu District's missions include federal water resource management and development (civil works), focusing on navigation, flood reduction and shore protection in Hawaii, the U.S. territories of Guam and American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The District also has regulatory jurisdiction governing work in waters and wetlands of the U.S. within its area of operations.

Please visit the District at these websites:
http://www.poh.usace.army.mil
http://www.facebook.com/HonoluluDistrict
http://www.youtube.com/HonoluluDistrict
http://www.flickr.com/honoluludistrict

Headquarters, U.S. Army
Installation Management
Command, Pacific (IMCOM-Pacific)
The Army activated the Installation Management Command, Oct. 24, 2006, to consolidate and strengthen installation support services to Soldiers, civilians and their families. The Pacific Region, headquartered at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, has garrison installations in Hawaii, Alaska, Japan and Korea.

IMCOM-Pacific replaces the former agency and marks the next step in the evolution of Army installation management. IMCOM evolved out of the Installation Management Agency, established in 2002 to reduce bureaucracy and apply a uniform business structure to manage U.S. Army installations worldwide. IMCOM continues to oversee such facets of installation management as construction, family care, food management, environmental programs, well-being, public works and installation funding.

IMCOM presently has more than 100 installations in the four regions; two regions in the continental United States, along with one region in Europe and one in the Pacific.

IMCOM oversees a standardization process that provides Soldiers, civilians and families a consistent quality of services at all installations. It also streamlines how installations receive money and ensures that installation funds are used for installation services.

By assuming installation management duties, IMCOM relieves warfighters and mission commanders of garrison tasks so they can focus on training and missions.

The full authority of command is vital to effectively direct the vast resources necessary to support troop deployments while meeting the needs of their families. Consolidating the installation management structure under IMCOM optimizes resources, protects the environment and enhances well-being of the Army community.

IMCOM provides fast, efficient and agile support to commanders in the performance of their tactical and strategic missions.

The Installation Management Command is headquartered on Fort Sam Houston in Texas.

Please visit IMCOM-P at these websites:
http://www.imcom.pac.army.mil
http://www.flickr.com/imcom-p

U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii (USAG-HI) 
USAG-HI reports directly to IMCOM-Pacific.
USAG-HI operates 22 Army installations and sub-installations in Hawaii, and provides quality installation management service and logistical support for more than 95,000 Army and civilian personnel assigned to Fort Shafter, Tripler Army Medical Center, Schofield Barracks, Wheeler Army Airfield, the Pohakuloa Training Area, and other sub-installations located throughout the islands of Oahu and Hawaii. Although its communities are geographically separate, the garrison is organized, staffed and operated under the single post concept.

The headquarters for USAG-HI is located on Wheeler Army Airfield, while the adjacent Schofield Barracks serves as home to the 25th Infantry Division.

Centrally located on Oahu, on the eastern slope of the Waianae Mountain Range, Schofield Barracks is named in honor of Lt. Gen. John M. Schofield, who, in 1872, recognized the strategic importance of Oahu to the defense of the United States. Construction was begun on the barracks in 1909.

Today, Schofield's training areas and cantonment area occupies more than 18,000 acres. Schofield Barracks supports approximately 65,000 Soldiers, civilians, contractors and family members.

Fort Shafter, located outside Honolulu, has been home to the senior Army headquarters in Hawaii for almost a century. Principal tenants include USARPAC, the 8th TSC, the 311th TSC, the 94th AAMDC and the Army Corps of Engineers-Pacific Ocean Division.

When the post opened in 1907, it was named for Maj. Gen. William R. Shafter (1835-1906), who led the U.S. expedition to Cuba in 1898. Tripler Army Medical Center, Fort DeRussy and the U.S. Army Museum in Waikiki are also located nearby.

Fort Shafter supports nearly 30,000 Soldiers, civilians, contractors and family members. Today, Fort Shafter remains the focal point for command, control and support of Army forces in the dynamic Asia-Pacific region.

USAG-Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) is located on the Big Island of Hawaii. PTA is the major training area for USARPAC and is used extensively by USPACOM and Reserve forces in the Pacific for joint and combined training exercises. It is also the largest U.S.-owned training area in the Pacific that permits the effective integration of fire and maneuver in joint and combined-arms operations.

Find out more about all of the services USAG-HI provides for Soldiers, civilians and their families in Hawaii at these websites:
http://www.garrison.hawaii.army.mil
http://www.facebook.com/usaghawaii
http://www.flickr.com/usaghawaii
http://twitter.com/usaghawaii
http://youtube.com/usaghawaii
http://www.vimeo.com/usaghi
http://www.hawaiiarmyweekly.com
http://www.himwr.com

If you can't find the information you're looking for, send an e-mail to AskTheCommander.usaghi@us.army.mil.

196th Infantry Brigade
The 196th Infantry Brigade (Training Support Brigade) is one of 17 TSB's Army-wide. It is a multi-compo organization and Major Subordinate Command (MSC) within USARPAC. Soldiers provide professional, high-quality and responsive training support to Reserve Component (RC) units throughout USARPAC, by planning, resourcing and executing pre- and post-mobilization training for all Army National Guard & U.S. Army Reserve units assigned throughout Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Saipan, American Samoa and Arizona. The brigade also provides training readiness oversight for three civil support teams (93d CST, 94th CST & 103d CST) in Hawaii, Guam and Alaska.

Please visit the 196th Inf. Bde. at these websites:
http://www.usarpac.army.mil/196th
http://www.facebook.com/196thinbde

500th Military Intelligence (MI) Brigade
The 500th MI Brigade, located at Schofield Barracks, provides multi-disciplined intelligence support for joint and coalition warfighters in the USARPAC area of responsibility.

The 500th MI Brigade has theater-wide collection and analytical responsibilities at the tactical, operational and strategic levels. The brigade also provides continuous force protection assessments, tactical and strategic overwatch, foundry, red teaming and area of responsibility situational awareness for the warfighting decision makers.

The 500th MI Brigade is comprised of five subordinate battalions with Soldiers, DoD civilians and contractors who stand ready to deploy throughout the Pacific Rim and into the sands of Iraq and hills of Afghanistan.

Please visit the 500th MI at these websites:
http://www.inscom.army.mil/500th/index.html 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/500th-Military-Intelligence-Brigade/141943325828078
http://www.flickr.com/500th_mi_bde/

599th Transportation Brigade
Headquartered at Wheeler Army Airfield, the 599th Transportation Brigade's mission is to provide surface deployment and distribution services in order to project and sustain forces throughout the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations and globally as required.

The brigade manages all DoD port operations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans with the assistance of its three transportation battalions in Busan, South Korea; Naha, Okinawa, Japan; and Yokohama, Japan; and its detachments in Alaska, Guam and Singapore.

Please visit the 599th Trans. Bde. at this website:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/599th-Transportation-Brigade/190518617659845