The United States Indo-Pacific Command, secondarily known as the United States Pacific Command, is the unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Pacific regi
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The command was renamed from "Pacific Command" to "Indo-Pacific Command" in 2018.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates shakes hands with the incoming PACOM commander, Admiral Robert F. Willard, as Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and outgoing commander, Admiral Timothy J. Keating look on at the change of command ceremony on 19 October 2009.
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A unified combatant command, also referred to as a combatant command, is a joint military command of the United States Department of Defense that is composed of units from two or more service branches
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…The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), secondarily known as the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM), is the unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Pacific region. It is the oldest and largest of the unified combatant commands. Its commander…
Commanders of unified and specified combatant command during an annual meeting with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at The Pentagon, Joint Chiefs of Staff Room (also known as "The Tank") on 15 January 1981.
President George W. Bush (sitting third from the right) and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (sitting second from the left) meeting with the joint chiefs and combatant commanders
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ADM Charles B. Cooper II