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SOCPAC Special Operations Command - Pacific. Welcomes . UNCLASSIFIED. Command Video. Click the link below to view the SOCPAC Command Video f rom the SOCPAC Web Server (File Size approx. 350 MB – BE PATIENT!). History. Special Operations Center Okinawa Special Operations Staff CINCPAC
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SOCPAC Special Operations Command - Pacific Welcomes UNCLASSIFIED
Command Video Click the link below to view the SOCPAC Command Video from the SOCPAC Web Server (File Size approx. 350 MB – BE PATIENT!)
History • Special Operations Center Okinawa • Special Operations Staff CINCPAC • SOCPAC activated • SOCPAC assigned component units • 26 years of continuous SOCPAC presence Mar SOCPAC established Joint Sp Ops Aviation Component Jun SOCPAC gained OPCON 160th Sp Ops Regiment (Abn) Taegu, Korea Oct Special Operations Command (SOCPAC) established Nov SOCPAC activated with 18 personnel Nov Special Operations Center, Pacific Command established in Okinawa Dec SOCPAC gained OPCON 353rd Sp Ops / 1st Battalion, 1st Sp Forces (Airborne) Jul SOCPAC assigned OPCON of Naval Sp Warfare Task based in Guam May Special Operations Staff established in CINCPAC Jul SOCPAC Establish JSOTF-P Jul Center is dissolved 1965 1969 1976 1983 1989 1991 2001 2002
UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Pacific Command U.S. Pacific Command Marine Corps Forces Pacific Special Ops Command Pacific Pacific Fleet Pacific Air Forces U.S. Army Pacific U.S. Forces Japan Alaskan Command U.S. Forces Korea Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command Joint Interagency Task Force – West C Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Asia Pacific Center For Security Studies MISSION: Together with other U.S. government agencies, protect and defend the United States, its territories, Allies and interests. Alongside Allies and partners, promote regional security and deter aggression. If deterrence fails, be prepared to respond to the full spectrum of military contingencies to restore Asia Pacific security.
UNCLASSIFIED Special Operations Command Pacific Mission: • Mission: Plan, conduct and support Special Operations and Related Activities in the Asia-Pacific region. • Enhance Regional Security and Stability through development and cooperation with Allies, Partners, U.S. DoD and other Agencies. • On Order, respond to crisis in support of CDRUSPACOM objectives. • CDRUSPACOM Priorities: • Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines (OEF-P) • LeT Network • Contingency Response Special Operations Command Pacific • 353rd SOG • - 754 personnel - 5 Squadrons • 5 MC 130 H • 5 MC 130 P • 2 PC-12 • 2 U-28 • NSWU-1 • - 254 personnel • 1 SEAL Platoon • 6 RIBs • 4 MK V • 1/1 SFG (A) • 434 personnel • 3 Companies • each w/ 1 ODB/ • 6 ODA UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Force Posture UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Lines of Effort Strategic Objectives Gain Visibility and Understanding of the Environment Theater Strategy Preparation of the Environment Shape the Operational Environment Build Partner Capacity Attack the Threat UNCLASSIFIED
Theater Campaign Plan (TCP) 2012 Events • Approximately 70 Planned Events • Event Types • Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Exercises • Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) • Counter Narcotics Training (CNT) • Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE)or Mobile Training Teams (MTT) • Counter Terrorism Activities • Pacific Area Special Operations Conference • 19 Countries Indonesia Japan Malaysia Australia India China Mongolia Bangladesh Cambodia Maldives Thailand Vietnam Nepal Sri Lanka Taiwan Philippines Singapore S. Korea N. Zealand
UNCLASSIFIED COMSOCPAC’s Theater Vision • We are interagency partners • We will increase our understanding of potential adversaries and enemy networks… and their vulnerabilities • We will strengthen the friendly network… increasingly through multi-lateral mechanisms • We will contribute to conduct Operations, Actions and Activities “by, with, and through” Allies and Partner Nations • Bottom Line: Over time, our focused, tailored and synchronized SOF Operations, Actions, and Activities significantly contribute or help achieve CDR USPACOM objectives and COM goals…within countries and across regions to shape the theater UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED • Comments/Questions? UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED SOCPAC Country Relationships Broad base, full spectrum of engagement with military and security forces, to include Counterterrorism • Australia • Japan • New Zealand (Treaty Suspended) • Philippines • South Korea • Taiwan (Taiwan Foreign Relations Act) • Thailand Treaty Allies/Defense Partnerships Building National CT capability and capacity • Bangladesh • Cambodia • Hong Kong • India • Indonesia • Malaysia • Maldives • Nepal • Singapore • *Sri Lanka CT Partnerships • *Policy restrictions limit to non lethal interaction • *China • *Vietnam • Laos • Mongolia • Russia (Far East Military District) • Brunei • *Myanmar/Burma • Asia-Pacific Geo-Political Partnerships • ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nations • SAARC – South Asia Association of Regional Nations Emerging Opportunities • *Policy restrictions limit interaction Not Prioritized UNCLASSIFIED