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In 1990 WESTCOM was renamed USARPAC. USARPAC has sent forces on multiple humanitarian missions, disaster relief, and defense support of civil authorities. In October 2000 the headquarters reorganized as a multi-component Army service component command. Since 9/11, the command plays a major role in the homeland defense of the United States.
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".
CINCPAC's staff was thereafter separated from CINCPACFLT's staff and moved from Pearl Harbor to a new headquarters building (the former Aiea Naval Hospital) at Camp H.M. Smith. Service components for the Army and Air Force – U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) and U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) – were also assigned to PACOM.
In January 1975, with the discontinuance of USARPAC, USARJ was designated a major Army command, reporting directly to the Department of the Army. In August 1990, USARPAC was reestablished. USARJ became a major subordinate command of that headquarters, as well as continuing as the Army Component Command of U.S. Forces, Japan (USFJ).
The 8th Theater Sustainment Command (8th TSC), as the senior Army logistics command in the United States Pacific Command's Area of Responsibility (AOR), provides command and control of all assigned and attached and units under its operational control (OPCON); trains, equips and tailors forces, as required; plans and generates expeditionary combat support/combat service support (CS/CSS ...
The Pacific LandWarNet is the communications architecture for the U.S. Army Pacific AOR. It serves as the command and control information network throughout the Pacific theater. Pacific LandWarNet supports missions associated with the integration of strategic, operational and tactical communications, and data exchange requirements within the AOR.
The 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (94th AAMDC) is an activated (at Fort Shafter on 16 October 2005) Air Defense Artillery command of the United States Army assigned to United States Army Pacific.
The 500th Military Intelligence Brigade is a unit of the United States Army and subordinate to the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command.Its mission is to provide tailored, multi-disciplined intelligence and intelligence capabilities in support of USARPAC and other Commands, to defeat adversaries, promote regional stability, support partners and allies, and protect US interests.