Commanding General, United States Army Pacific
Commanding General of United States Army Pacific | |
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since June 4, 2021 | |
United States Army Pacific | |
Type | Service component commander |
Abbreviation | CG USARPAC CG, USARPAC |
Reports to | Commander, United States Indo-Pacific Command (operational) Secretary of the Army (administrative) Chief of Staff of the United States Army (administrative) |
Seat | Fort Shafter, Hawaii |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | 2–3 years (approx.) |
Formation | 1910 (as Commander, Military District of Hawaii) 1990 (as Commanding General, U.S Army Pacific) |
First holder | Walter S. Schuyler (as Commander, Military District of Hawaii) Claude M. Kicklighter (as Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific) |
Deputy |
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Website | Official website |
The Commanding General of United States Army Pacific (CG USARPAC or CG, USARPAC)[1] is the commander of United States Army Pacific, the army service component command of United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). As CG USARPAC, the officeholder is responsible for United States Army forces stationed within INDOPACOM's area of operations, including Hawaii, South Korea and Japan. United States Army Alaska was initially under CG USARPAC's authority until it was transferred to United States Northern Command.[2]
The current Commanding General, United States Army Pacific is General Charles A. Flynn, who succeeded General Paul LaCamera in a change of command ceremony on June 3, 2021. He is the 37th commanding general since the formation of USARPAC as a regional command, the 13th since the creation of its current iteration, and the 9th since its designation as a service component command in 2000.[3][4]
Rank
[edit]When the modern iteration of USARPAC was created, the holder of the position was a three-star lieutenant general. In July 2013, USARPAC transitioned into a four-star command with the confirmation of Vincent K. Brooks to the position "to broaden political-military aims through increased shaping activities and building partner capacity in the USARPAC area of responsibility".[5][6]
List of commanders
[edit]Commander, District of Hawaii
[edit]No. | Commander | Term | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | |
1 | Colonel Walter S. Schuyler (1850–1932) | 1909 | 1910 | ~1 year | |
2 | Lieutenant Colonel Homer W. Wheeler (1848–1930) | 1910 | 1911 | ~1 year | |
3 | Brigadier General Montgomery M. Macomb (1852–1924) | October 1, 1911 | 1911 | ~1 year |
Commander, Department of Hawaii
[edit]No. | Commander | Term | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | |
1 | Brigadier General Montgomery M. Macomb (1852–1924) | 1911 | 1912 | ~1 year | |
2 | Colonel George K. McGunnegle (1854–1938) | December 5, 1912 | February 14, 1913 | 71 days |
Commander, Hawaiian Department
[edit]No. | Commander | Term | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | |
1 | Brigadier General Montgomery M. Macomb (1852–1924) | 1913 | 1913 | ~1 year | |
2 | Brigadier General Frederick Funston (1865–1917) | 1913 | 1914 | ~1 year | |
3 | Brigadier General Montgomery M. Macomb (1852–1924) | January 23, 1914 | March 12, 1914 | 48 days | |
4 | Major General William Harding Carter (1851–1925) | March 12, 1914 | November 19, 1915 | 1 year, 252 days | |
5 | Brigadier General John Philip Wisser (1852–1927) | 1915 | 1916 | ~1 year | |
6 | Brigadier General Robert K. Evans (1852–1926) | 1916 | 1916 | ~1 year | |
7 | Brigadier General Frederick S. Strong (1855–1935) | 1916 | 1917 | ~1 year | |
8 | Brigadier General Charles G. Treat (1859–1941) | 1917 | 1917 | ~1 year | |
9 | Brigadier General John Philip Wisser (1852–1927) | 1917 | 1917 | ~1 year | |
10 | Brigadier General Augustus P. Blocksom (1854–1931) | 1918 | November 17, 1918 | ~1 year | |
11 | Brigadier General John W. Heard (1860–1922) | 1918 | 1919 | ~1 year | |
12 | Major General Henry Clay Hodges Jr. (1860–1963) | March 1919 | May 1919 | ~61 days | |
13 | Colonel Thomas Ridgway (1861–1939) | 1919 | 1919 | ~1 month | |
14 | Major General Charles Gould Morton (1861–1933) | 1919 | 1921 | ~2 years | |
15 | Major General Charles P. Summerall (1867–1955) | 1921 | 1924 | ~3 years | |
16 | Major General Charles T. Menoher (1862–1930) | 1924 | 1925 | ~1 year | |
17 | Major General Edward Mann Lewis (1863–1949) | January 1925 | August 1927 | ~2 years, 212 days | |
18 | Major General William Ruthven Smith (1868–1941) | August 1927 | January 1928 | ~153 days | |
18 | Major General Fox Conner (1874–1951) | January 1928 | October 1930 | ~2 years, 273 days | |
- | Major General Edwin B. Winans (1869–1947) Acting | 1930 | 1930 | ~1 year | |
19 | Major General William Lassiter (1867–1959) | 1930 | 1931 | ~1 year | |
20 | Major General Briant H. Wells (1871–1949) | 1931 | 1934 | ~1 year | |
- | Major General Halstead Dorey (1874–1946) Acting | 1934 | 1935 | ~1 year | |
21 | Major General Hugh Aloysius Drum (1879–1951) | 1935 | 1937 | ~2 years | |
22 | Major General Andrew Moses (1874–1946) | 1937 | June 30, 1938 | ~1 year, 180 days | |
23 | Lieutenant General Charles D. Herron (1877–1977) | 1938 | March 1941 | ~3 years | |
24 | Lieutenant General Walter Short (1880–1949) | February 8, 1941 | December 17, 1941 | 312 days | |
25 | Lieutenant General Delos Carleton Emmons (1889–1965) | December 17, 1941 | September 1943 | ~1 year, 258 days | |
26 | Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson Jr. (1882–1954) | 1943 | 1945 | ~2 years |
Commanding General, United States Army Pacific
[edit]No. | Commanding General | Term | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | |
Commander, United States Army Forces, Middle Pacific | |||||
1 | Robert C. Richardson Jr. (1882–1954) | Lieutenant General1945 | 1946 | ~1 year | |
2 | George F. Moore (1887–1949) | Major General1946 | 1946 | ~1 year | |
3 | John E. Hull (1895–1975) | Lieutenant General1946 | 1947 | ~1 year | |
Commanding General, United States Army, Pacific | |||||
3 | John E. Hull (1895–1975) | Lieutenant General1947 | 1949 | ~2 years | |
4 | Floyd Lavinius Parks (1896–1959) | Major General1949 | 1949 | ~2 years | |
5 | Henry S. Aurand (1894–1980) | Lieutenant GeneralMarch 21, 1949 | August 31, 1952 | 3 years, 163 days | |
6 | John W. O'Daniel (1894–1975) | Lieutenant GeneralSeptember 1952 | April 1954 | ~1 year, 212 days | |
7 | Clark L. Ruffner (1903–1982) | Major General1954 | 1954 | ~1 years | |
8 | Bruce C. Clarke (1901–1988) | Lieutenant GeneralDecember 1954 | April 1956 | ~1 year, 122 days | |
9 | Herbert B. Powell (1903–1998) | Major GeneralApril 1956 | July 1956 | ~91 days | |
10 | Blackshear M. Bryan (1900–1977) | Lieutenant GeneralJuly 1956 | July 1957 | ~1 year, 0 days | |
Commander-in-Chief, United States Army, Pacific | |||||
11 | Isaac D. White (1901–1990) | GeneralJuly 1957 | March 1961 | ~3 years, 243 days | |
12 | James Francis Collins (1905–1989) | GeneralApril 1961 | March 1964 | ~2 years, 335 days | |
13 | John K. Waters (1906–1989) | GeneralMarch 1964 | September 1966 | ~2 years, 184 days | |
14 | Dwight E. Beach (1908–2000) | GeneralSeptember 1966 | July 1968 | ~1 year, 335 days | |
15 | Ralph E. Haines Jr. (1913–2011) | GeneralAugust 1968 | October 1970 | ~2 years, 61 days | |
16 | William B. Rosson (1918–2004) | GeneralOctober 1970 | January 1973 | ~2 years, 92 days | |
- | Donald V. Bennett (1915–2005) Acting | General1973 | 1973 | ~1 year | |
17 | Frederick C. Weyand (1916–2010) | General1973 | 1973 | ~1 year | |
18 | Donald V. Bennett (1915–2005) | GeneralAugust 1973 | August 1974 | ~1 year, 0 days | |
- | Richard G. Stilwell (1917–1991) Acting | GeneralSeptember 1974 | December 31, 1974 | ~1 year | |
Commander, United States Army CINCPAC Support Group | |||||
19 | Donnelly P. Bolton (1919–2000) | Major GeneralJanuary 1, 1975 | August 27, 1975 | ~1 year | |
20 | Thomas U. Greer (1928–2014) | Major GeneralAugust 28, 1975 | 1977 | ~2 years | |
21 | Herbert E. Wolff (1925–2009) | Major GeneralDecember 1977 | March 1979 | ~2 years | |
Commanding General, United States Army Western Command | |||||
21 | Herbert E. Wolff (1925–2009) | Major GeneralMarch 1979 | 1981 | ~2 years | |
22 | Eugene P. Forrester (1926–2012) | Lieutenant General1981 | 1983 | ~2 years | |
23 | James Madison Lee (1926–2017) | Lieutenant General1983 | 1985 | ~2 years | |
24 | Charles W. Bagnal (1933–2015) | Lieutenant GeneralJune 1985 | July 1989 | ~4 years, 30 days | |
25 | Claude M. Kicklighter (born 1933) | Lieutenant GeneralJuly 1989 | 1990 | ~184 days | |
Commanding General, United States Army Pacific | |||||
25 | Claude M. Kicklighter (born 1933) | Lieutenant General1990 | July 1991 | ~1 year, 181 days | |
26 | Johnnie H. Corns (1936–2020) | Lieutenant GeneralJuly 1991 | September 1993 | ~2 years, 62 days | |
27 | Robert L. Ord III (born 1940) | Lieutenant GeneralNovember 1993 | May 1996 | ~2 years, 182 days | |
- | Stephen Silvasy Jr. (born 1941) Acting | Major GeneralMay 1996 | July 24, 1996 | ~92 days | |
28 | William M. Steele | Lieutenant GeneralJuly 25, 1996 | October 19, 1998 | 2 years, 86 days | |
29 | Edwin P. Smith (born 1945) | Lieutenant GeneralOctober 20, 1998 | November 4, 2002 | 4 years, 15 days | |
30 | James L. Campbell (born 1949) | Lieutenant GeneralNovember 5, 2002 | August 4, 2004 | 1 year, 273 days | |
31 | John M. Brown III | Lieutenant GeneralAugust 4, 2004 | February 1, 2008 | 3 years, 181 days | |
32 | Benjamin R. Mixon (born 1953) | Lieutenant GeneralFebruary 1, 2008 | March 21, 2011 | 3 years, 48 days | |
33 | Francis J. Wiercinski (born 1956) | Lieutenant GeneralMarch 21, 2011 | July 2, 2013 | 2 years, 103 days | |
34 | Vincent K. Brooks[note 1] (born 1958) | GeneralJuly 2, 2013 | April 30, 2016 | 2 years, 303 days | |
35 | Robert B. Brown (born 1956) | GeneralApril 30, 2016 | October 8, 2019 | 3 years, 161 days | |
- | John P. Johnson Acting | Major GeneralOctober 8, 2019 | November 18, 2019 | 41 days | |
36 | Paul J. LaCamera (born 1963) | GeneralNovember 18, 2019 | June 4, 2021 | 1 year, 198 days | |
37 | Charles A. Flynn (born 1963) | GeneralJune 4, 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 94 days |
See also
[edit]- United States Army Pacific
- Commanding General, United States Army Europe and Africa
- List of active duty United States four-star officers
Notes
[edit]- ^ First commander of the current iteration of USARPAC to be a four-star general.
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, John B. (1998). Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades. Center of Military History, U.S. Army. p. 352.
- ^ "NORTHCOM assumes oversight of Alaskan Command". Stars and Stripes. October 29, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ Staff Sgt. Jennifer Delaney (June 5, 2021). "General Charles Flynn Takes Command of U.S. Army Pacific". U.S. Army. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ Sgt. Jennifer Delaney (June 4, 2021). "Gen. Charles Flynn Takes Command of U.S. Army Pacific". dvidshub.net. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ Staff Sgt. Amber Robinson (July 2, 2013). "USARPAC becomes 4-star headquarters during change of command". U.S. Army. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ Articola, Garry (July 9, 2013). "U.S. Army Pacific Elevated To Four-Star Command, Furthering Policy". Defense Daily. Retrieved June 5, 2021.