Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation. USARPAC provided combat forces, training, and logistics. The command provided the same support to United States Army Vietnam. After the war the Army cut its presence in the region as there was no longer a need for such a large number of combat forces in the Pacific. Subsequently, USARPAC was eliminated as a component command and Army forces in Korea and Japan became separate major commands.
In 1979 the Army established US Army Western Command (WESTCOM) as a major command and the Army component of US Pacific Command. And in 1990 United States Army, Japan. In 1990 WESTCOM was renamed USARPAC.
USARPAC has sent forces on multiple humanitarian missions, disaster relief, and defense support of civil authorities. In October 2000 the headquarters reorganized as a multi-component Army service component command. The command plays a major role in the homeland defense. The command has also sent soldiers in support of the Global War on Terrorism. The command insignia was designed in 1944. It depicts the axis of advance of U.