SOCPACSpecial Operations Command - Pacific

Welcomes

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Command Video

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History

Special Operations Center Okinawa

Special Operations Staff CINCPAC

SOCPAC activated

SOCPAC assigned component units

26 years of continuous SOCPAC presence

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1965

NovSpecial

Operations Center, Pacific

Command established in Okinawa

JulCenter is dissolved

1969 1976

MaySpecial

Operations Staff established in

CINCPAC

1983

OctSpecial Operations

Command (SOCPAC) established

NovSOCPAC activatedwith 18 personnel

DecSOCPAC

gained OPCON

353rd Sp Ops / 1st Battalion, 1st Sp Forces

(Airborne)

JulSOCPAC assigned

OPCON of Naval Sp

Warfare Task based in Guam

MarSOCPAC

established Joint Sp Ops Aviation

ComponentJun

SOCPAC gained OPCON

160th Sp Ops Regiment (Abn) Taegu, Korea

1989 1991 2001 2002

Jul SOCPAC Establish JSOTF-P

U.S. Pacific Command

Marine Corps Forces Pacific

Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command

Joint Interagency Task Force – West

Asia Pacific Center For Security Studies

U.S. Forces Korea

U.S. Forces Japan

Alaskan Command

U.S. Army Pacific

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U.S. Pacific Command

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.

Pacific Air Forces

Pacific Fleet

Special Ops Command

Pacific

C Center for Excellence in

Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance

Special Operations Command Pacific

Special Operations Command Pacific

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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

1/1 SFG (A)- 434 personnel- 3 Companies- each w/ 1

ODB/ 6 ODA

NSWU-1- 254 personnel- 1 SEAL

Platoon- 6 RIBs - 4 MK V

353rd SOG- 754 personnel - 5 Squadrons- 5 MC 130 H- 5 MC 130 P- 2 PC-12- 2 U-28

Mission:

Force Posture

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Lines of Effort

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Build Partner Capacity

Preparation of the Environment

Gain Visibility and Understanding of the Environment

Attack the Threat

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Shape the Operational Environment

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

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Philippines

IndonesiaIndia Malaysia

S. Korea Vietnam

Bangladesh Cambodia

Sri Lanka

China

Thailand

Australia Maldives

Taiwan

MongoliaJapan

Nepal N. Zealand Singapore

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

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SOCPAC Country Relationships

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Treaty Allies/Defense Partnerships

AustraliaJapanNew Zealand (Treaty Suspended)Philippines South KoreaTaiwan (Taiwan Foreign Relations Act)Thailand

Broad base, full spectrum of engagement withmilitary and securityforces, to includeCounterterrorism

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CT Partnerships

Emerging Opportunities

*China*Vietnam LaosMongolia Russia (Far East Military District)Brunei*Myanmar/Burma

Asia-Pacific Geo-Political PartnershipsASEAN – Association of South East Asian NationsSAARC – South Asia Association of Regional Nations

BangladeshCambodiaHong KongIndiaIndonesiaMalaysiaMaldivesNepalSingapore*Sri Lanka

Building National CTcapability and capacity

*Policy restrictions limit to non lethal interaction

*Policy restrictions limit interaction

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