PACOM Marks 70 Years of Protecting & Defending the U.S.
Posted on January 1, 2017 by Yolanda R. Arrington
003 U.S. Pacific Command celebrates 70 years of service on January 1, 2017.
By Tatum Vayavananda
Defense Media Activity Forward Center – Pacific
U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), America’s largest and oldest unified combatant command, turns 70 today.
Since 1947, U.S. PACOM sailors, soldiers, Marines, airmen and Coast Guardsmen have stood watch across half the planet –from Hollywood to Bollywood, the Arctic to the Antarctic– the combatant command, or COCOM, is responsible for military operations in an area more than 100-million square-miles, or roughly 52% of the Earth’s surface.
Today, U.S. PACOM protects and defends the territory of the United States, its people and its interests through security cooperation with allies and partners, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression, and, if necessary, fighting to win.
http://www.dodlive.mil/index.php/2017/01/pacom-marks-70-years-of-protecting-defending-the-u-s/
