title: Commanding General, United States Army Pacific
text: # Commanding General, United States Army Pacific
  
  The Commanding General of United States Army Pacific (CG USARPAC or CG, USARPAC) is the commander of United States Army Pacific, the army service component command of United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). As CG USARPAC, the officeholder is responsible for United States Army forces stationed within INDOPACOM's area of operations, including Hawaii, South Korea and Japan. United States Army Alaska was initially under CG USARPAC's authority until it was transferred to United States Northern Command.
  
  The current Commanding General, United States Army Pacific is General Charles A. Flynn, who succeeded General Paul LaCamera in a change of command ceremony on June 3, 2021. He is the 37th commanding general since the formation of USARPAC as a regional command, the 13th since the creation of its current iteration, and the 9th since its designation as a service component command in 2000.
  
  ## Rank
  
  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".
  
  ## List of commanders
  
  ### Commander, District of Hawaii
  
  | No. | Commander | Commander | Term | Term | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length |
  | 1 | | Colonel Walter S. Schuyler (1850–1932) | 1909 | 1910 | ~1 year |
  | 2 | | Lieutenant Colonel Homer W. Wheeler (1848–1930) | 1910 | 1911 | ~1 year |
  | 3 | | Brigadier General Montgomery M. Macomb (1852–1924) | October 1, 1911 | 1911 | ~1 year |
  
  ### Commander, Department of Hawaii
  
  | No. | Commander | Commander | Term | Term | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length |
  | 1 | | Brigadier General Montgomery M. Macomb (1852–1924) | 1911 | 1912 | ~1 year |
  | 2 | | Colonel George K. McGunnegle (1854–1938) | December 5, 1912 | February 14, 1913 | 71 days |
  
  ### Commander, Hawaiian Department
  
  | No. | Commander | Commander | Term | Term | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length |
  | 1 | | Brigadier General Montgomery M. Macomb (1852–1924) | 1913 | 1913 | ~1 year |
  | 2 | | Brigadier General Frederick Funston (1865–1917) | 1913 | 1914 | ~1 year |
  | 3 | | Brigadier General Montgomery M. Macomb (1852–1924) | January 23, 1914 | March 12, 1914 | 48 days |
  | 4 | | Major General William Harding Carter (1851–1925) | March 12, 1914 | November 19, 1915 | 1 year, 252 days |
  | 5 | | Brigadier General John Philip Wisser (1852–1927) | 1915 | 1916 | ~1 year |
  | 6 | | Brigadier General Robert K. Evans (1852–1926) | 1916 | 1916 | ~1 year |
  | 7 | | Brigadier General Frederick S. Strong (1855–1935) | 1916 | 1917 | ~1 year |
  | 8 | | Brigadier General Charles G. Treat (1859–1941) | 1917 | 1917 | ~1 year |
  | 9 | | Brigadier General John Philip Wisser (1852–1927) | 1917 | 1917 | ~1 year |
  | 10 | | Brigadier General Augustus P. Blocksom (1854–1931) | 1918 | November 17, 1918 | ~1 year |
  | 11 | | Brigadier General John W. Heard (1860–1922) | 1918 | 1919 | ~1 year |
  | 12 | | Major General Henry Clay Hodges Jr. (1860–1963) | March 1919 | May 1919 | ~61 days |
  | 13 | | Colonel Thomas Ridgway (1861–1939) | 1919 | 1919 | ~1 month |
  | 14 | | Major General Charles Gould Morton (1861–1933) | 1919 | 1921 | ~2 years |
  | 15 | | Major General Charles P. Summerall (1867–1955) | 1921 | 1924 | ~3 years |
  | 16 | | Major General Charles T. Menoher (1862–1930) | 1924 | 1925 | ~1 year |
  | 17 | | Major General Edward Mann Lewis (1863–1949) | January 1925 | August 1927 | ~2 years, 212 days |
  | 18 | | Major General William Ruthven Smith (1868–1941) | August 1927 | January 1928 | ~153 days |
  | 18 | | Major General Fox Conner (1874–1951) | January 1928 | October 1930 | ~2 years, 273 days |
  | - | | Major General Edwin B. Winans (1869–1947) Acting | 1930 | 1930 | ~1 year |
  | 19 | | Major General William Lassiter (1867–1959) | 1930 | 1931 | ~1 year |
  | 20 | | Major General Briant H. Wells (1871–1949) | 1931 | 1934 | ~1 year |
  | - | | Major General Halstead Dorey (1874–1946) Acting | 1934 | 1935 | ~1 year |
  | 21 | | Major General Hugh Aloysius Drum (1879–1951) | 1935 | 1937 | ~2 years |
  | 22 | | Major General Andrew Moses (1874–1946) | 1937 | June 30, 1938 | ~1 year, 180 days |
  | 23 | | Lieutenant General Charles D. Herron (1877–1977) | 1938 | March 1941 | ~3 years |
  | 24 | | Lieutenant General Walter Short (1880–1949) | February 8, 1941 | December 17, 1941 | 312 days |
  | 25 | | Lieutenant General Delos Carleton Emmons (1889–1965) | December 17, 1941 | September 1943 | ~1 year, 258 days |
  | 26 | | Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson Jr. (1882–1954) | 1943 | 1945 | ~2 years |
  
  ### Commanding General, United States Army Pacific
  
  | No. | Commanding General | Commanding General | Term | Term | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length |
  | Commander, United States Army Forces, Middle Pacific ||||||
  | 1 | | Richardson, Robert C. Jr.Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson Jr. (1882–1954) | 1945 | 1946 | ~1 year |
  | 2 | | Moore, George F.Major General George F. Moore (1887–1949) | 1946 | 1946 | ~1 year |
  | 3 | | Hull, John E.Lieutenant General John E. Hull (1895–1975) | 1946 | 1947 | ~1 year |
  | Commanding General, United States Army, Pacific ||||||
  | 3 | | Hull, John E.Lieutenant General John E. Hull (1895–1975) | 1947 | 1949 | ~2 years |
  | 4 | | Parks, Floyd L.Major General Floyd Lavinius Parks (1896–1959) | 1949 | 1949 | ~2 years |
  | 5 | | Aurand, Henry S.Lieutenant General Henry S. Aurand (1894–1980) | March 21, 1949 | August 31, 1952 | 3 years, 163 days |
  | 6 | | O'Daniel, John W.Lieutenant General John W. O'Daniel (1894–1975) | September 1952 | April 1954 | ~1 year, 212 days |
  | 7 | | Ruffner, Clark L.Major General Clark L. Ruffner (1903–1982) | 1954 | 1954 | ~1 years |
  | 8 | | Clarke, Bruce C.Lieutenant General Bruce C. Clarke (1901–1988) | December 1954 | April 1956 | ~1 year, 122 days |
  | 9 | | Powell, Herbert B.Major General Herbert B. Powell (1903–1998) | April 1956 | July 1956 | ~91 days |
  | 10 | | Bryan, Blackshear M.Lieutenant General Blackshear M. Bryan (1900–1977) | July 1956 | July 1957 | ~1 year, 0 days |
  | Commander-in-Chief, United States Army, Pacific ||||||
  | 11 | | White, Isaac D.General Isaac D. White (1901–1990) | July 1957 | March 1961 | ~3 years, 243 days |
  | 12 | | Collins, James FrancisGeneral James Francis Collins (1905–1989) | April 1961 | March 1964 | ~2 years, 335 days |
  | 13 | | Waters, John K.General John K. Waters (1906–1989) | March 1964 | September 1966 | ~2 years, 184 days |
  | 14 | | Beach, Dwight E.General Dwight E. Beach (1908–2000) | September 1966 | July 1968 | ~1 year, 335 days |
  | 15 | | Haines, Ralph E. Jr.General Ralph E. Haines Jr. (1913–2011) | August 1968 | October 1970 | ~2 years, 61 days |
  | 16 | | Rosson, William B.General William B. Rosson (1918–2004) | October 1970 | January 1973 | ~2 years, 92 days |
  | - | | Bennett, Donald V.General Donald V. Bennett (1915–2005) Acting | 1973 | 1973 | ~1 year |
  | 17 | | Weyand, Frederick C.General Frederick C. Weyand (1916–2010) | 1973 | 1973 | ~1 year |
  | 18 | | Bennett, Donald V.General Donald V. Bennett (1915–2005) | August 1973 | August 1974 | ~1 year, 0 days |
  | - | | Stilwell, Richard G.General Richard G. Stilwell (1917–1991) Acting | September 1974 | December 31, 1974 | ~1 year |
  | Commander, United States Army CINCPAC Support Group ||||||
  | 19 | | Bolton, Donnelly P.Major General Donnelly P. Bolton (1919–2000) | January 1, 1975 | August 27, 1975 | ~1 year |
  | 20 | | Greer, Thomas U.Major General Thomas U. Greer (1928–2014) | August 28, 1975 | 1977 | ~2 years |
  | 21 | | Wolff, Herbert E.Major General Herbert E. Wolff (1925–2009) | December 1977 | March 1979 | ~2 years |
  | Commanding General, United States Army Western Command ||||||
  | 21 | | Wolff, Herbert E.Major General Herbert E. Wolff (1925–2009) | March 1979 | 1981 | ~2 years |
  | 22 | | Forrester, Eugene P.Lieutenant General Eugene P. Forrester (1926–2012) | 1981 | 1983 | ~2 years |
  | 23 | | Lee, James M.Lieutenant General James Madison Lee (1926–2017) | 1983 | 1985 | ~2 years |
  | 24 | | Bagnal, Charles W.Lieutenant General Charles W. Bagnal (1933–2015) | June 1985 | July 1989 | ~4 years, 30 days |
  | 25 | | Kicklighter, Claude M.Lieutenant General Claude M. Kicklighter (born 1933) | July 1989 | 1990 | ~184 days |
  | Commanding General, United States Army Pacific ||||||
  | 25 | | Kicklighter, Claude M.Lieutenant General Claude M. Kicklighter (born 1933) | 1990 | July 1991 | ~1 year, 181 days |
  | 26 | | Corns, Johnnie H.Lieutenant General Johnnie H. Corns (1936–2020) | July 1991 | September 1993 | ~2 years, 62 days |
  | 27 | | Ord, Robert L. IIILieutenant General Robert L. Ord III (born 1940) | November 1993 | May 1996 | ~2 years, 182 days |
  | - | | Silvasy, Stephen Jr.Major General Stephen Silvasy Jr. (born 1941) Acting | May 1996 | July 24, 1996 | ~92 days |
  | 28 | | Steele, William M.Lieutenant General William M. Steele | July 25, 1996 | October 19, 1998 | 2 years, 86 days |
  | 29 | | Smith, Edwin P.Lieutenant General Edwin P. Smith (born 1945) | October 20, 1998 | November 4, 2002 | 4 years, 15 days |
  | 30 | | Campbell, James L.Lieutenant General James L. Campbell (born 1949) | November 5, 2002 | August 4, 2004 | 1 year, 273 days |
  | 31 | | Brown, John M. IIILieutenant General John M. Brown III | August 4, 2004 | February 1, 2008 | 3 years, 181 days |
  | 32 | | Mixon, Benjamin R.Lieutenant General Benjamin R. Mixon (born 1953) | February 1, 2008 | March 21, 2011 | 3 years, 48 days |
  | 33 | | Wiercinski, Francis J.Lieutenant General Francis J. Wiercinski (born 1956) | March 21, 2011 | July 2, 2013 | 2 years, 103 days |
  | 34 | | Brooks, Vincent K.General Vincent K. Brooks (born 1958) | July 2, 2013 | April 30, 2016 | 2 years, 303 days |
  | 35 | | Brown, Robert B.General Robert B. Brown (born 1956) | April 30, 2016 | October 8, 2019 | 3 years, 161 days |
  | - | | Johnson, John P.Major General John P. Johnson Acting | October 8, 2019 | November 18, 2019 | 41 days |
  | 36 | | LaCamera, Paul J.General Paul J. LaCamera (born 1963) | November 18, 2019 | June 4, 2021 | 1 year, 198 days |
  | 37 | | Flynn, Charles A.General Charles A. Flynn (born 1963) | June 4, 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 53 days |
  