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Mission
U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), together with other U.S. Government agencies, protects and defends the United States, its territories, Allies, and interests; alongside Allies and partners, promotes regional security and deters aggression; and, if deterrence fails, is prepared to respond to the full spectrum of military contingencies to restore Asia-Pacific stability and security.

Commander's Intent
Purpose.
To protect and defend the United States, its territories and interests; to promote regional security and deter aggression; and to be prepared to respond to the full spectrum of military contingencies.

Method.
Synchronize USPACOM actions across the U.S. Government, associated Combatant Commands, regional Allies, and partners.
Through continual forward presence enabled by an adaptive regional military posture and enhanced by synergy with capable partners, maintain security of the regional commons.
Provide conventional and strategic military capabilities for extended deterrence of aggression against the United States, its territories, Allies, and interests.
Maintain ready forces and plan, train, and exercise to accomplish the full range of military contingencies.
In particular, concentrate on five Focus Areas: Allies and Partners, China, India, North Korea, and Transnational Threats.

End State.
The United States, its territories, and interests are protected; and the Asia-Pacific region is stable and secure.

Focus Areas
Strengthen and Advance Alliances and Partnerships
Strengthen existing Alliances and leverage them to shape the environment for building multilateral relationships and a more effective presence.
Enhance Alliances and partnerships to build capacity over the full spectrum of military activities.
Promote military professionalism and enhance interoperability among Allies and partners to build trust and increase multilateral effectiveness.

Mature the U.S.-China Military-to-Military Relationship
Sustain a consistent military-to-military relationship to prevent miscommunication and miscalculation.
Pursue opportunities for increased military cooperation in areas of mutual interest.
Monitor China's military modernization program and prepare accordingly.

Develop the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership
Deepen military-to-military interaction and interoperability.
Encourage military-to-civilian relationships to counter common threats.
Support India's evolution as a leading and stabilizing force in South Asia.

Remain Prepared to Respond to Korean Peninsula Contingency
Leverage multilateral engagement to address North Korea challenges, ensure stability in Northeast Asia, and support international diplomatic efforts.
Anticipate the military implications of dynamic changes on the Korean Peninsula.
Stand with Allies to deter aggression, and if necessary, defeat aggression.

Counter Transnational Threats
Work with Allies and partners to build capacity and share information to counter violent extremism, transnational crime, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Disrupt violent extremist organization networks and defeat the threats they pose.
Partner with other nations to counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and associated technologies.

Guiding Principles
Lead Credibly. USPACOM leaders will demonstrate leadership rooted in service and strength, trust and partnership, and commitment to people and their quality of life. USPACOM will remain committed to sustaining a credible leadership role in the region.

Focus Strategically. USPACOM will focus on the strategic level of leadership, engagement, planning, and warfighting. Our strategic behavior will be shaped and informed by an analysis and assessment effort that seeks to understand fully the complex and dynamic Asia-Pacific security environment by concentrating on the five Focus Areas.

Enable the Warfighter. USPACOM will ensure the warfighter is enabled to lead, plan, and execute successfully at the operational level; and will support the warfighter by providing capstone guidance, facilitating decision-making processes, and enabling effective command and control.

Ensure Joint and Combined Capability. USPACOM will remain committed to exercising, testing, and maturing joint and combined warfighting skills, to enhancing interoperability and collective ability to address shared challenges, and to developing the trust-based relationships upon which warfighting effectiveness and regional security depend.

Align with U.S. Government Agencies. USPACOM will emphasize interagency alignment, especially within the Department of Defense and with the Department of State, and will support whole-of-government approaches to regional challenges and opportunities.

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 300,000, 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 857 Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps officers and enlisted personnel, and 540 civil service employees.

USPACOM comprises Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force service components, all headquartered in Hawaii. Additional commands that report to USPACOM include U.S. Forces Japan, headquartered at Yokota Air Base, Japan; U.S. Forces Korea, headquartered at Yongsan Army Garrison, South Korea; Special Operations Command Pacific, headquartered at Camp Smith; U.S. Alaska Command, headquartered at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, headquartered at Hickam Air Base, Hawaii; and Joint Interagency Task Force West. The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu and the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific in Pearl Harbor also fall under the Pacific Command. More detailed information is available at http://www.pacom.mil.