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Fort Shafter is the oldest military base on Oahu and celebrated its 100th birthday on 22 June 2007. Fort Shafter has been home to the senior Army headquarters in Hawaii for a century. Construction began in 1905 on the ahupua'a of Kahauiki, former Hawaiian crown lands that were ceded to the United States government after annexation.
On April 27, 1987, the Command was re-designated IX Corps (Reinforcement). On October 1, 1995, the Command was renamed 9th U.S. Army Reserve Command following the inactivation of IX Corps, a month earlier at Camp Zama, Japan. The Command moved to its current location at Fort Shafter Flats from Fort DeRussy in December 1997.
Hawaii-based Army units are continuing to play a central role in U.S.-Philippine relations as tensions mount between China and the Philippines. ... the Fort Shafter-based 196th Infantry Brigade ...
Palm Circle or the Pineapple Pentagon, [2] is a historic portion of Fort Shafter in Honolulu, Hawaii. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987, it housed the headquarters of the commanding general and his staff, U.S. Army forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, during World War II. By 1944 this command was responsible for the supply and ...
US Army Pacific active component in 2021 (Click graphic to enlarge) For organization of major subordinate commands: see Eighth Army and I Corps. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter (HI) [3] Eighth Army, Yongsan Garrison (South Korea) 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Humphreys (South Korea) 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Daegu (South Korea)
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. It is headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawai'i at the Pacific Air Force Headquarters.
Today's brigade headquarters therefore traces its legacy in two directions: On the TOE side, the 516th Signal Brigade was originally activated as the 3367th Signal Service Battalion on 25 November 1944 at New Guinea; and on the TDA side, the 1106th Signal Brigade was a successor to the United States Army Strategic Communications Command-Pacific ...
At the end of 1948, post war organizational reductions in force brought the first of several inactivations for the battalion at Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii. In May 1958, the Chief of Signal ordered the 972nd Signal Battalion back to active service at Tobyhanna Signal Depot, Pennsylvania .