The Senate Committee on the Pacific Railroad is a List of defunct UnitedStates Congressional committees defunct committee of the UnitedStates Senate . It was first established as a Select or special committee UnitedStates select committee on July 7, 1861, to examine legislation to authorize construction of a transcontinental railroad . This legislation formed the basis of the Pacific Railway Acts enacted in 1862, which granted a charter to the Union Pacific Railroad Company to construct the First Transcontinental Railroad first transcontinental railroad in the UnitedStates and to provide federal ... present , UnitedStates Senate Historical Office , November 2006 reflist DEFAULTSORT UnitedStates Senate Committee On The Pacific Railroad Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStates Senate Pacific ... UnitedStates Congress standing committee on December 22, 1863 ref name Globe Congressional Record ... 064 llcg064.db&recNum 147 76 1864 ref during the 38th UnitedStates Congress to oversee matters ... decreased in relevance and in 1873 when it was replaced by the UnitedStates Senate Committee on Railroads ... Michigan party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Jacob Collamer Vermont party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Reverdy Johnson Maryland Party shading Union Union Party UnitedStates Union James Harlan senator James Harlan Iowa party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Lyman Trumbull Illinois party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican John Sherman politician John Sherman Ohio party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican Edwin D. Morgan New York party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican John Conness California party shading Republican Republican Party UnitedStates Republican B. Gratz Brown Gratz Brown Missouri Party shading Union Unconditional ... in the UnitedStates Category 1873 disestablishments Category Rail transportation in the United ... more details
The UnitedStates Miscellaneous Pacific Islands is an obsolete term used to collectively describe Baker Island , Howland Island , Jarvis Island , Kingman Reef , and Palmyra Atoll , all of them territories controlled by the UnitedStates by the Guano Islands Act in the Pacific Ocean . The islands were given the ISO country codes of tt PU tt ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 alpha 2 , tt PUS tt ISO 3166 1 alpha 3 alpha 3 , and tt 849 tt ISO 3166 1 numeric numeric before 1986, and the FIPS country code of tt IQ tt before 1981. For ISO purposes, the islands are now defined as part of the UnitedStates Minor Outlying Islands , together with Johnston Atoll , Midway Atoll , Navassa Island , and Wake Island , while each island is now given a separate FIPS code. See also UnitedStates Minor Outlying Islands UnitedStates Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands External links http www.statoids.com wfipshis.html Changes in FIPS PUB 10 Category UnitedStates Minor Outlying Islands Category Islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act Category Islands of the Pacific Ocean Category Islands of Oceania US Pacific stub no USAs stillehavs yer pt Diversas Ilhas do Pac fico dos Estados Unidos ... more details
1930. References Reflist UnivPacific Category Lists of people by university in the UnitedStates University of the PacificUnitedStates Category Lists of people from California University of the Pacific ...Unreferenced date November 2009 This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of University of the PacificUnitedStates . Dynamic list Alumni Academia William A. Finley , 1863 non graduate , First president ... John Doolittle , 1978, UnitedStates House of Representatives Morrison England , 1976, 1983 JD , U.S. ... Theodore Olson , 1962, lawyer and former Solicitor General of the UnitedStates Richard F. Pederson, COP 1946, Former diplomat to United Nations, former ambassador to Hungary ref Slotnik, Daniel E. http ... ref Pacific Alumni Association. http www.pacificalumni.org s 738 internal.aspx?sid 749&gid 1&pgid 340 ... Doris D rrie , 1975, Germany German film film director director and film producer producer Jo Van Fleet , 1941, actress ref Pacific Alumni Association. http www.pacificalumni.org s 738 internal.aspx ... Gerber , COP 1950, Golden Globe, Emmy and Peabody Award winning TV producer executive ref Pacific Alumni ... ref Pacific Alumni Association. http www.pacificalumni.org s 738 internal.aspx?sid 749&gid 1&pgid ... and Stereoscopic Supervisor at ImageMovers Digital for Robert Zemeckis and Disney ref Pacific Alumni ... of engineering at University of California, Davis ref Pacific Alumni Association. http www.pacificalumni.org ... League NFL football player and NFL executive Ted Leland , 1970, 1972, Pacific s current Vice President ... titles and had 7 Final Four appearances as Pacific s head coach from 1985 2000 now head coach at Stanford University Jon Gruden , former Pacific assistant football coach, later served as head coach ... 3 time Olympic women s volleyball head coach Pacific s head coach from 1977 84 Buddy Ryan , former Pacific assistant football coach, former NFL head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona ... at Pacific from 1933 46 Bob Thomason , 5 time Big West Coach of the Year and school s all time winningest ... more details
Infobox military unit unit name UnitedStates Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific image caption dates June 6 Dec 1945 country UnitedStates of America allegiance branch UnitedStates Army Air Forces type ... Victory Medal ribbon.svg 60px Image Asiatic Pacific Campaign ribbon.svg 60px center World War II Asiatic Pacific Campaign 1945 notable commanders General Carl Spaatz anniversaries The UnitedStates Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific USASTAF ref Also known as UnitedStates Army Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific USASTAF ref was a World War II command and control authority of the strategic UnitedStates Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II Pacific Theater . History USASTAF was the Pacific counterpart of the UnitedStates Strategic Air Forces in Europe USSTAF . Its ... and headquarters squadron. Its personnel, equipment and aircraft were assigned to PACAF Pacific Air Command, UnitedStates Army PACUSA which was assigned to UnitedStates Army Forces, Pacific ... Established as UnitedStates Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific , 2 July 1945 Activated and organized on 16 July 1945 Inactivated on 6 December 1945 Assets reassigned to Pacific Air Command, United ... 8th Air Force UK DEFAULTSORT UnitedStates Strategic Air Forces In The Pacific Category Military units and formations of the UnitedStates in World War II ... in the UnitedStates Air Force Published by DIANE Publishing ISBN 1428993193. http books.google.co.uk ... July 1945 6 December 1945 Notes reflist References Portal box UnitedStates Air Force Military of the United ... was reassigned to Tokyo , Japan on 17 May 1946. The USAAF Air Forces in the Pacific region were reassigned ... Air Force Assigned to Harmon Field, Guam , Mariana Islands There was also the Pacific Air Service ... CHAPTER 17 REDEPLOYMENT AND DEMOBILIZATION ref The USAAF Air Forces in the Pacific region had a total .... Although by December 1945 most of these units were in the process of being reassigned to the United ... more details
of the UnitedStates Army Category Military in California Category Military in Oregon Category ...Pacific Division of the U. S. Army was created on October 10, 1848, as the Army reorganized its administration for the new territories acquired during the Mexican American War . Military Department 10 California and Military Department 11 Oregon Territory were subordinated to the new Division that had its headquarters at Monterey . In June 1849 division headquarters moved to the San Francisco, California California , for a month then moved to Benicia, California Benicia and the Benicia Arsenal in the upper San Francisco Bay in July 1849. On May 17, 1851, the Army merged Military Departments 10 and 11 into the Pacific Division as the Army again reorganized its administration on the West Coast. Both of those military departments merged into the Pacific Division ceased to exist. Division headquarters directly administered affairs in California and Oregon Territory. On June 15, 1852, Pacific Division headquarters was moved from Benicia to the San Francisco. On October 31, 1853, the Pacific Division was replaced by the Department of the Pacific , with headquarters at San Francisco. It was created when the Army abandoned the system of divisions and numbered departments, establishing departments having a descriptive name, and reporting directly to Army Headquarters. ref Durwood Ball, Army regulars on the western frontier, 1848 1861 , University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2001. ref Commander of the Pacific Division Major General Persifor Frazer Smith October 10, 1848 1849 Brevet military Brevet Major General Bennet Riley 1849 1851 Brevet Brigadier General Ethan A. Hitchcock general Ethan A. Hitchcock 1851 1853 Posts in Military Department 10 Post at Monterey , Monterey , 1847 1852 Monterey Ordnance Depot 1852 1856 ref The California State Military Museum Historic California Posts Historic California Posts Posts at Monterey ref Sonoma Barracks , Sonoma, California Sonoma , 1847 ... more details
Fleet Marine Force The UnitedStatesFleet Marine Force, Pacific FMFPac is the largest maritime landing force in the world. Its units are spread across the Pacific Ocean and reports to the UnitedStatesPacific Command . It is headquartered at Camp H. M. Smith MCB Camp H. M. Smith, HI and directs and commands ... of 500,000. Hierarchy of fleet marine force units center Commander, UnitedStatesPacificFleet br ... Commander UnitedStatesPacificFleet logo.gif 175px center Marine Forces, Pacific MARFORPAC File MARFORPAC insignia.gif left 150px class wikitable colspan 3 Landing Force, UnitedStates Third Fleet ... See also Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic FMFLANT UnitedStates Marine Corps Forces Pacific Marine Corps Forces, Pacific MARFORPAC UnitedStates Marine Corps Forces Command Marine Corps Forces, Command ...Distinguish UnitedStates Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Use mdy dates date September 2010 Infobox military unit unit name Fleet Marine Force, Pacific image File FMFPAC.png 250px caption dates Since December 1941 country UnitedStates allegiance branch Department of the Navy type maritime general and special ... Force and Marine Air Ground Task Force components that follow under the UnitedStates Third Fleet 3rd , UnitedStates Fifth Fleet 5th , and UnitedStates Seventh Fleet 7th Fleet and the UnitedStates Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Marine Forces, Pacific MarForPac . It is under operational control of the Commander, UnitedStatesPacificFleet ComPacFlt , when deployed. FMFPac was established by General ... colspan 3 Landing Force, UnitedStates Fifth Fleet Fifth Fleet LF5F center Task Force 56 center rowspan ... Landing Force, UnitedStates Seventh Fleet Seventh Fleet LF7F center Task Force 76 center rowspan 2 center File US Seventh Fleet.png 80px rowspan 2 center UnitedStatesFleet Activities Yokosuka U.S. ... of the UnitedStates Marine Corps USMC stub de Fleet Marine Force ... center Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton MCB Camp Pendleton br California, UnitedStates center center ... more details
File Chuichi Nagumo.jpg right 150px thumb Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, CIC Central PacificFleet The nihongo Central Pacific Area Fleet Ch bu Taiheiy H men Kantai was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy established during World War II . History The Central Pacific Area Fleet was a short lived operational headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Navy, established on March 4, 1944. With UnitedStates Navy forces having driven the Japanese out of the Marshall Islands and Caroline Islands in late 1943 to early 1944, the remnants of Japanese naval forces from those areas regrouped under the direction of Admiral Chuichi Nagumo . The new Central Pacific Area Fleet was a combined operational command containing air IJN 14th Air Fleet and ground Thirty First Army Japan IJA 31st Army elements, and was tasked with the defense of the Mariana Islands and Palau , from its command center in Saipan . With the Battle of Saipan fall of Saipan to American forces on July 8, 1944 and subsequent death of Admiral Nagumo and his staff, the Central Area Fleet ceased to exist. ref D Albas, Death of a Navy ref Transition class wikitable Date Higher unit Lower unit and vessels 4 March 1944 original Combined Fleet IJN 4th Fleet 4th Fleet , IJN 14th Air Fleet 14th Air Fleet , Japanese cruiser Isuzu Isuzu , br No.5 Special Base Force, No.30 Base Force, No.4 Weather Observation Unit 8 July 1944 colspan 2 HQ was annihilated. 18 July 1944 colspan 2 disbanded Commanders of the IJN Central Pacific Area Fleet Commander in chief ref Wendel, Axis History Database ref class wikitable Rank Name Date Note, additional post 1 Vice Admiral Admiral Ch ichi Nagumo 4 March 1944 Commander of the 14th Air Fleet. KIA on 8 July 1944. Posthumly promoted to Admiral on same day. x vacant post 9 July 1944 Chief of staff class ... Chief of staff of the 14th Air Fleet. KIA on 8 July 1944. Posthumly promoted to Vice Admiral on same ... in the Pacific The Battle of Saipan publisher Indiana University Press location id ISBN 0 253 34869 ... more details
180px Commander, U.S. PacificFleet COMPACFLT , is the title of the UnitedStates Navy officer who commands the UnitedStatesPacificFleet . Originally established in 1907 as a 2 star rank two star Rear admiral UnitedStates Rear admiral rear admiral s billet, the position has been held by a 4 star rank four star Admiral UnitedStates admiral since March 19, 1915. Between 1907 and December 6, 1922 ... Force, UnitedStatesFleet COMBATFOR . As of January 20, 2012 the 60th and current Commander, U.S. PacificFleet is Admiral Cecil D. Haney . ref name HonAdv Breaking cite news url http www.honoluluadvertiser.com article 20090925 BREAKING01 90925056 U.S. PacificFleet gets new commander title U.S. PacificFleet gets new commander publisher Honolulu Advertiser author date 2009 09 25 accessdate 2009 09 25 quote ref Commanders PacificFleet class wikitable style text align center style background cccccc Name Picture Rank Assumed Post Departed Post 1 Rear Admiral UnitedStates RADM William T. Swinburne ... insignia.svg 26px December 17, 1941 December 31, 1941 29 Fleet Admiral UnitedStates FADM Chester W ... of the UnitedStates Navy Category UnitedStates Navy admirals Commander, U.S. Pacific ...Infobox US Navy post Commander, U.S. PacificFleet image ADM Cecil D. Haney.jpg incumbent ADM Cecil D ... PacificFleet CINCPACFLT , between December 6, 1922 and April 1, 1931, it was styled Commander in Chief ... UnitedStates RADM Uriel Sebree br File Uriel Sebree.jpg 100px File US O8 insignia.svg 17px May 17, 1909 February 19, 1910 3 Rear Admiral UnitedStates RADM Giles B. Harber br br br br br br br File US O8 insignia.svg 17px February 19, 1910 1911 rowspan 1 Rear Admiral UnitedStates RADM Edward Buttevant ... O8 insignia.svg 17px 1911 January 15, 1911 resigned rowspan 1 Rear Admiral UnitedStates RADM Chauncey ... UnitedStates RADM William Henry Hudson Southerland William H. H. Southerland br br br br br br ... March 1913 January 1914 6 Admiral UnitedStates ADM Thomas B. Howard br File Thomas Benton Howard.jpg ... more details
PacificFleet sleeve insignia The PacificFleet lang ru , Romanization of Russian ... submarine base at Vilyuchinsk in the same bay. In the Soviet years, the PacificFleet was also ... under Rear Admiral A.A. Popov was sent from the Baltic Fleet to the Pacific. During the American ... they had to transfer a number of ships of the Baltic Fleet to the Pacific Ocean see Pacific Squadrons ... s of the PacificFleet showed heroism and courage however, most of the Russian Navy in the Pacific was destroyed. The Russian Baltic Fleet under Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky , renamed the Second Pacific ... the Russian Revolution of 1905 , the sailors of the PacificFleet were actively engaged in the revolutionary ... of the PacificFleet were taken away by the White army and the Japanese. After the departure of the interventionists ..., they were renamed the PacificFleet, under commander M. Viktorov. The creation of the fleet entailed ... , the PacificFleet had two surface ship subdivisions, four submarine subdivisions, one torpedo boat ... in World War II of 1941 45 was known in the Soviet Union, the PacificFleet was in a permanent state ... s, and 5 submarines from the Pacific to the Northern Fleet see Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet . More than 140,000 sailors from the PacificFleet were incorporated in the rifle brigade s and other units on the Western Front. By August 1945, the PacificFleet had already had two cruiser s, one ... , the PacificFleet participated in the removal of the Empire of Japan from North Korea Northern Korea ... Banner . Image Soviet PacificFleet 1990.jpg thumb left 250px Ships of the Soviet PacificFleet at Vladivostok in 1990 Cold War On May 5, 1965, the PacificFleet itself was awarded with the Order ... base was established at Cam Ranh Bay in the south of the unified country. The PacificFleet started ... strength in the Indian Ocean against that of the UnitedStates Navy, the Squadron played a role in promoting ... the PacificFleet lost many of its larger units. Just years after the collapse of the Soviet union ... more details
s UnitedStates Third Fleet . ref Morison, Victory in the Pacific , p. 272 ref In March 1945, while ... to the UnitedStates for consultation about the supply and administration of the fleet. He then proceeded to Australia where he became Vice Admiral, Administration, British PacificFleet, a role that if unspectacular .... The UnitedStates Navy USN , which had control of Allied operations in the Pacific Ocean Areas ... s UnitedStates Fifth Fleet on 15 March 1945. ref Roskill, The War at Sea , Volume III, Part ...Infobox military unit unit name British PacificFleet image File British aircraft carriers at anchor ... Bruce Fraser, Baron Fraser of North Cape Bruce Fraser anniversaries The British PacificFleet BPF ... base at Manus Island . Background The British PacificFleet was, and remains, the most powerful ... this, it was dwarfed by the forces that the UnitedStates had in action against Japan. While the British fleet was not vital to the war in the Pacific, it protected the flank of the Allied drive ... partner in what had been exclusively the UnitedStates battle. The Australian and New Zealand forces ... StatesFleet and Chief of Naval Operations, an alleged Anglophobe, ref Arthur Bryant, Triumph in the West ... Tarantula HMS Tarantula as Commander in Chief British PacificFleet. He later transferred his flag ... the British PacificFleet BPF . The BPF operated against targets in Sumatra , gaining experience ... on the British Eastern Fleet . The name British PacificFleet is misleading, as the BPF was multi ... New Zealand Navy RNZN . With its larger vessels integrated with UnitedStates Navy formations ... conference of the staff of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser s new British PacificFleet, held in Melbourne ... PacificFleet had assembled an enormous fleet of oilers and supply ships of every type. Even before ... attack, while holding a constant course during fuelling. ref Ernest King and the British PacificFleet ... PacificFleet , p. 120 ref The British Chiefs of Staff decided early on to base the BPF in Australia ... more details
Group , 16 May 28 October 1942 Col end See also Portal box Military of the UnitedStatesUnitedStates Air Force UnitedStates Army Air Forces in the Pacific War 1941 1945 UnitedStates Army Air Forces in Australia USAAF in Australia UnitedStates Army Air Forces in the Central Pacific Area USAAF in the Central PacificUnitedStates Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific Theatre USAAF in the Southwest PacificUnitedStates Army Air Forces in Okinawa USAAF in Okinawa References AFHRA Army Air ...Use dmy dates date May 2011 Infobox military conflict conflict Airfields of the UnitedStates Army Air Force BR in the South Pacific Area BR File 13thaf coloredbackground.jpg 70px partof World War II image File South pacific wwII.jpg 300px caption date 1942 1945 place South Pacific Area of World War II territory result Allied victory over the Empire of Japan 1945 status combatant1 combatant2 combatant3 commander1 commander2 commander3 strength1 strength2 strength3 casualties1 casualties2 casualties3 notes kml During World War II , the UnitedStates Army Air Forces engaged in combat against the Empire of Japan in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II South Pacific Area. As defined by the UnitedStates Department of War War Department , this consisted of the Pacific Ocean areas ... in the South Pacific Area during the Solomon Islands campaign . As the war progressed, Thirteenth Air Force units moved into the South West Pacific theatre and coordinated their activities with Fifth .... ISBN 0 89201 097 5 U.S. Base Facilities Summary, Advance Bases, Central Pacific Area U.S. PacificFleet and Pacific Ocean Areas Headquarters, 30 June 1945 External links USAAF 13th Air Force World War II DEFAULTSORT UnitedStates Army Air Forces In The South Pacific Area Category Intermediate combat commands of the UnitedStates Army Air Forces Category World War II Pacific Theatre Category South West Pacific theatre of World War II ... more details
File US Pacific States.svg thumb 300px States in the U.S. Census Bureau s Pacific division The PacificStates form one of the nine geographic divisions within the UnitedStates that are officially recognized by that country s census bureau. ref cite web url http www.census.gov geo www 2010census gtc gtc census divreg.html title Geographic Terms and Concepts Census Divisions and Census Regions publisher U.S. Census Bureau accessdate April 29, 2012 ref There are five states in this division &ndash Alaska , California , Hawaii , Oregon , Washington U.S. state Washington &ndash and, as its name suggests, they all have coastlines on the Pacific Ocean and are the only American states that border that ocean . The PacificStates division is one of two divisions that are located within the UnitedStates Census Bureau s Western UnitedStates Western region the other Western division is the Mountain States . Despite being slotted into the same region by the Census Bureau, the Pacific and Mountain divisions are vastly different from one another in many vital respects, most notably in the arena of politics while nearly all of the Mountain states are regarded as being Republican Party UnitedStates conservative red states , four out of five of the Pacificstates all except Alaska are clearly counted among the Democratic Party UnitedStates liberal blue states . History The Northwest Coast of the Early and Middle Holocene epoch consists of the Pacific coastline from the mouth of the Copper River in Alaska to the Klamath River in northern California. The forager societies mainly consisted of hunter ... of the West Coast of North America References Reflist http www.bls.gov ro9 Pacific Division Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S.Regions UnitedStates topics Category Census regions of the UnitedStates ar bg fr C te Ouest des tats Unis it Stati del Pacifico pt PacificStates vi C c ti u bang Th i B nh D ng zh ... more details
Infobox film name Miss PacificFleet image caption director Ray Enright producer writer starring music cinematography Arthur L. Todd editing Clarence Kolster distributor Warner Brothers released 14 December 1935 runtime 66 min. country Film US language English budget Miss PacificFleet is a 1935 American film featuring Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. The pair is in California, trying to hustle up the money to get back to New York by competing for the title of Miss PacificFleet. This is one of an informal series of four through the early 1930s where Blondell and Farrell were paired as a fast talking, wisecracking, working class comedy team Havana Widows , Kansas City Princess , We re in the Money film We re in the Money , and this one. All but Kansas City Princess were directed by Enright. They appear together, but are not teamed, in Gold Diggers of 1937 , I ve Got Your Number , and Traveling Saleslady . Cast Joan Blondell as Gloria Fay Glenda Farrell as Mae O Brien Hugh Herbert as J. August Freytag Allen Jenkins as Bernard Kewpie Wiggins Warren Hull as Sergeant Tom Foster Eddie Acuff as Dutch Marie Wilson American actress Marie Wilson as Vergie Minna Gombell as Sadie Freytag Guinn Williams actor Guinn Big Boy Williams as Nick unbilled players include Edward Gargan and Gino Corrado External links IMDb title id 0026721 Category 1935 films Category American films Category Films directed by Ray Enright Category Warner Bros. films ... more details
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific is a UnitedStates congressional subcommittee subcommittee within the House Foreign Affairs Committee . Jurisdiction The subcommittee is one of five with what the committees calls regional jurisdiction over a specific area of the globe. Such jurisdiction includes political relations between the UnitedStates and countries in the region and related legislation, disaster assistance, boundary issues, and international claims. The regional subcommitteess also oversee the activities of the United Nations and its programs in the region. ref name rules cite web url http foreignaffairs.house.gov about.asp?sec rules title Committee Rules, 112th Congress date February 9, 2011 accessdate 2011 02 15 ref Members, 112th Congress class wikitable Majority Minority party shading Republican valign top Donald A. Manzullo , Illinois, Chairman Ron Paul , Texas Bill Johnson Ohio politician Bill Johnson , Ohio Dan Burton , Indiana Ed Royce , California Steve Chabot , Ohio Mike Kelly Pennsylvania Mike Kelly , Pennsylvania, Vice Chair Jeff Duncan politician Jeff Duncan , South Carolina party shading Democratic valign top Eni Faleomavaega , American Samoa, Ranking Member Frederica Wilson , Florida Gary Ackerman , New York Brad Sherman , California Gregory Meeks , New York Dennis Cardoza , California External links http foreignaffairs.house.gov subcommittees.asp?committee 18 Official site References reflist UnitedStates House Foreign Affairs Subcommittees USCongressCommittees US Congress stub Category Subcommittees of the UnitedStates House of Representatives Foreign Affairs House Asia and the Pacific ... more details
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The UnitedStates Pan Pacific Championships roster consists of 60 swimmers 30 men & 30 females that will represent the UnitedStates at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 2010 Pan Pacs . ref cite news title U.S. Long Course Nationals Final U.S. Pan Pacific Championships Roster Named url http www.swimmingworldmagazine.com lane9 news 24771.asp?q U.S. 20Long 20Course 20Nationals 20Final 20U.S. 20Pan 20Pacific 20Championships 20Roster 20Named 20 20 font publisher Swimming World Magazine author date 2010 08 07 accessdate 2010 08 07 ref ref cite news title USA Swimming 2010 Pan Pacific championship team url http www.usaswimming.org Rainbow Documents 2a2b1338 a440 48de 8670 6f2c6f4c4d74 Pan 20Pac 20Roster 202010.pdf publisher USA Swimming author date accessdate 2010 08 08 ref The American team is as follows Men Aaron Peirsol , Alex Meyer , Andrew Gemmell , Arthur Frayler , Chad La Tourette , Charlie Houchin , Chip Peterson , Cullen Jones , David Plummer swimmer David Plummer , Elliott Keefer , Eric Shanteau , Fran Crippen , Garrett Weber Gale , Jason Lezak , Mark Dylla , Mark Gangloff , Michael Klueh , Michael Phelps , Mike Alexandrov , Nathan Adrian , Nick Thoman , Peter Vanderkaay , Ricky Berens , Robert Margalis , Ryan Lochte , Scott Spann , Sean Ryan swimmer Sean Ryan , Timothy Phillips swimmer Timothy Phillips , Tyler Clary and Tyler McGill . Women Allison Schmitt , Amanda Beard , Amanda Weir , Annie Chandler swimmer Annie Chandler , Ariana Kukors , Caitlin Leverenz , Chloe Sutton , Christine Jennings swimmer Christine Jennings , Christine Magnuson , Dana Vollmer , Elizabeth Beisel , Elizabeth Pelton , Emily Brunemann , Eva Fabian , Haley Anderson , Jessica Hardy , Kara Lynn Joyce , Kate Ziegler , Kathleen Hersey , Katie Hoff , Katy Freeman , Madison Kennedy , Mary Mohler , Missy Franklin , Micah Lawrence , Morgan Scroggy , Natalie Coughlin , Rachel Bootsma , Rebecca Soni and Teresa Crippen . Coaches Bill Rose coach Bill Rose open water head coach , Gregg Troy ... more details
strength2 strength3 casualties1 casualties2 casualties3 notes kml During World War II , the UnitedStates Army Air Forces engaged in combat against the Empire of Japan in the Central Pacific Area. As defined by the UnitedStates Department of War War Department , this consisted of most of the Pacific ... end See also Portal box Military of the UnitedStatesUnitedStates Air Force UnitedStates Army Air Forces in the Pacific War 1941 1945 UnitedStates Army Air Forces in Australia USAAF in Australia UnitedStates Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area USAAF in the South PacificUnitedStates Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific Theatre USAAF in the Southwest PacificUnitedStates Army Air ... World War II USAAF 8th Air Force UK DEFAULTSORT UnitedStates Army Air Forces In The Central Pacific Area Category Intermediate combat commands of the UnitedStates Army Air Forces Category World War ...Use dmy dates date May 2011 Infobox military conflict conflict Airfields of the UnitedStates Army Air Force BR in the Central Pacific Area BR File 7th USAAF.svg 60px File Patch 8thUSAAF.png 60px File 20th usaaf.png 60px partof World War II image File Central pacific wwII.jpg 300px caption date 1942 1945 place Central Pacific Area of World War II territory result Allied victory over the Empire ... manage. Most important of all, they could be put on a direct supply line from western UnitedStates ... in UnitedStates until inactivation. Twentieth Air Force Headquarters 315th Air Division 315th Bombardment ... at Hickam Field. The command however, deployed most of its combat units to the Central Pacific. As the war progressed, some Seventh Air Force units moved into the South West Pacific theatre ... strategic air force in the Pacific War , with a mission to carry out B 29 attacks on the Japanese ... forces in the Central Pacific, while Twentieth Air Force performed strategic bombing missions ... 1942 KAUAI ISLAND Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands Field , Kauai , Hawaiian Islands ... more details
The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs is one of seven UnitedStates Congressional subcommittee subcommittees of the UnitedStates Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Senate Foreign Relations Committee . Jurisdiction The Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs oversees UnitedStates relations with countries in East Asia and the Pacific Rim . This corresponds to the geographic region under the purview of Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the UnitedStates Department of State Department of State . This is a geographic area from the Japan , China and Mongolia to Burma , including Southeast Asia , the Pacific Islands , New Zealand , Australia , and Indonesia . The subcommittee also oversees regional organizations such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation . This subcommittee is also responsible for all matters within the region s under its jurisdiction with respect to terrorism and non proliferation , crime and illicit narcotics, U.S. foreign assistance programs, and the promotion of U.S. trade and exports. Members, 112th UnitedStates Congress 112th Congress The Committee is chaired by UnitedStates Democratic Party Democrat Jim Webb of Virginia , and the Ranking member Ranking Minority member is James Inhofe of Oklahoma . class wikitable Majority Minority party shading Democratic valign top Jim Webb , Chairman , Virginia Barbara Boxer , California Bob Casey, Jr. , Pennsylvania ... See also UnitedStates House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment External ... &city &state &zipcode &plusfour Subcommittee page at Congress Merge.com UnitedStates Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittees USCongressCommittees Category Subcommittees of the UnitedStates Senate Foreign Relations Senate East Asian and Pacific Affairs ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2008 Infobox Military Unit unit name Atlantic Fleet image Image Renown 7.jpg 300px caption Battlecruisers of the Atlantic Fleet dates 1909 1914 1919 1932 country United Kingdom ... Fleet was a major fleet formation of the Royal Navy . There have been two main formations in the Royal Navy officially called the Atlantic Fleet. The first was created in 1909 and lasted until 1914. The second lasted from 1919 until 1932. The Atlantic Fleet was formed in 1909 from the Channel Fleet as part of a reorganisation of the Royal Navy by the then First Sea Lord Admiral of the Fleet Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher Jackie Fisher . National Archives records, however, say that on 14 December 1904 the Channel Fleet was re styled the Atlantic Fleet and the Home Fleet became the Channel Fleet . From 1905 to 1910 it was under a Commander in Chief, and from 1910 to 1912 it was under a Vice Admiral Commanding, before it became the 3rd Battle Squadron United Kingdom . The Atlantic Fleet lasted until 1914 when rising tensions with Germany forced the Royal Navy to relook at fleet formations. As a result, the majority of the fleet s ships were merged together into the Home Fleet which was renamed the Grand Fleet . The Atlantic Fleet was again formed after the end ... situation in Europe. The fleet was created upon the disbandment of the Grand Fleet , absorbing ... held the title of Commander in Chief Atlantic and Home Fleets, before the Home Fleet became the Reserve Fleet and a totally separate command. HMS Queen Elizabeth 1913 HMS Queen Elizabeth became the Fleet s flagship and served in that capacity until 1924. The fleet never fought in a naval battle in its short history. The fleet s only point of note in history was in 1931, during the Invergordon Mutiny . Sailors of the fleet openly refused to obey orders over a dispute on pay sparked by the government at the time. The mutiny lasted 2 days. The fleet s short history ended in 1932, when ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Western Fleet image caption dates 5 June 1967 1971 country United Kingdom allegiance branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px Royal Navy type role size command structure garrison Northwood Headquarters , Middlesex nickname motto march mascot notable commanders anniversaries The British Western Fleet was a fleet level Command military formation command in the Royal Navy . The Western Fleet was formed in 1967 from the historic Home Fleet , as a result of the disbandment of the British Mediterranean Fleet Mediterranean Fleet . ref http hansard.millbanksystems.com ..., 5 June 1967 ref This created a fleet with greater responsibilities than either of its two predecessors, as it was responsible for the United Kingdom home waters, the North and South Atlantic, and the Mediterranean. The fleet was responsible for all Royal Navy operations West of Suez . One of the fleet commander s subordinates was Flag Officer Flotillas, Western Fleet, which Vice Admiral Andrew ... of the Western Fleet was at the Northwood Headquarters in Middlesex . The post of Commander in Chief Western Fleet abbreviated CINC WF came with the additional NATO responsibility as Commander ... that the same commander, the Royal Navy s Commander in Chief, Western Fleet, should direct the NATO ... Headquarters in Northwood. The fleet s existence was quite short in comparison to other fleets of the Royal Navy, and was amalgamated at the end of 1971 with the British Eastern Fleet Far East Fleet to form a single fleet command within the Royal Navy, commonly known as Commander in Chief FleetFleet Command or FLEET . Commanders in Chief Commanders in Chief included ref Whitaker s Almanacks 1967 ... Navy officer William O Brien 1970 1971 Admiral Sir Edward Ashmore 1971 1971 The fleet s last commander, Admiral Sir Edward Ashmore , became the first Commander in Chief Fleet of the new combined Fleet ... units and formations established in 1967 UK navy stub it Western Fleet ja ... more details
Approximate Iba Airfield , Luzon Nichols Field , Luzon Col end See also UnitedStates Army Air Forces in the Pacific War 1941 1945 UnitedStates Army Air Forces in Australia USAAF in Australia UnitedStates Army Air Forces in the Central Pacific Area USAAF in the Central PacificUnitedStates Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area USAAF in the South PacificUnitedStates Army Air Forces in Okinawa ... dmy dates date May 2011 DEFAULTSORT UnitedStates Army Air Forces In The South West Pacific Theatre Category Intermediate combat commands of the UnitedStates Army Air Forces Category Asia and the Pacific 1941 42 Category World War II Pacific Theatre Category South West Pacific theatre of World War ...Infobox military conflict conflict Airfields of the UnitedStates Army Air Force BR in the South West Pacific Theatre BR Image 5th usaaf.png 60px partof World War II image File Southwest Pacific Area.JPG 300px caption date 1942 1945 place South West Pacific Theatre of World War II territory result Allied victory over the Empire of Japan 1945 status combatant1 combatant2 combatant3 commander1 commander2 commander3 strength1 strength2 strength3 casualties1 casualties2 casualties3 notes kml During World War II , the UnitedStates Army Air Forces engaged in combat against the air, ground and naval forces of the Empire of Japan in the South West Pacific Theatre . As defined by the UnitedStates Department of War , the South West Pacific theatre included the Philippines , the Dutch East Indies ... Matting PSP airstrip on Yellow Beach as part of UnitedStates Army Invasion of Lingayen Gulf Lingayen ... E display inline type airport name Philippine Islands Luzon Clark Field Major UnitedStates Army airfield ... of airfields External links Portal box Military of the UnitedStatesUnitedStates Air Force USAAF ... West Pacific Area command South West Pacific Area . The major USAAF combat organizations ... forces were driven out of the Central and South Pacific Areas. Airfields and major unit assignments ... more details
Infobox Station name PacificFleet image PacificFleet Trolley.jpg image size image caption address 1800 South 32nd Street br San Diego, CA coordinates coord 32.724602 117.125458 display inline,title line Rail color box system MTS line Blue other platform parking bicycle passengers pass year pass percent pass system opened 1981 rebuilt ADA Yes code owned San Diego Metropolitan Transit System zone services s rail title MTS s line system MTS line Blue previous 8th Street next Harborside PacificFleet is a station of the Blue line on the San Diego Trolley . It is located at the edge of Naval Base San Diego , an important US Naval station. The primary purpose of the stop is to provide civilian workers with transportation to the facility and military personnel with access to downtown. Category Railway stations opened in 1981 Category San Diego Trolley stations California railstation stub San Diego Trolley es PacificFleet Tranv a de San Diego ... more details
Territories of the UnitedStates several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean . At 3.79 million ... States incorporated territory in the Pacific Ocean. The UnitedStates also possesses five major ...Hatnote This article is about the UnitedStates of America. For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US disambiguation , USA disambiguation , and UnitedStates disambiguation . noinclude pp semi small yes pp move indef noinclude Infobox country conventional long name UnitedStates of America common name the UnitedStates image flag Flag of the UnitedStates Pantone .svg image coat US GreatSeal ... leader title1 President of the UnitedStates President leader name1 Barack Obama Democratic Party UnitedStates D leader title2 Vice President of the UnitedStates Vice President leader name2 Joe Biden Democratic Party UnitedStates D leader title3 nowrap Speaker of the UnitedStates House of Representatives Speaker of the House leader name3 John Boehner Republican Party UnitedStates R leader title4 Chief Justice of the UnitedStates Chief Justice leader name4 John Roberts legislature UnitedStates Congress Congress upper house UnitedStates Senate Senate lower house UnitedStates House of Representatives ... note from the Kingdom of Great Britain established event1 UnitedStates Declaration of Independence ... date2 September 3, 1783 established event3 UnitedStates Constitution Current constitution ... data UnitedStates Poptoday ref name POP cite web url http www.census.gov population www popclockus.html ... 1&sort country&ds .&br 1&c 111&s NGDPD 2CNGDPDPC 2CPPPGDP 2CPPPPC 2CLP&grp 0&a title UnitedStates ... 2007 currency UnitedStates dollar currency code USD country code USA utc offset 5 to 10 utc offset ... language in the UnitedStates second most commonly spoken language . note areabox c. Whether the United ... Rico , or U.S. citizens living outside the UnitedStates. The following opening paragraphs on this subject ... mention of the territories to the first sentence they are possessions of the UnitedStates, not part ... more details
Infobox nrhp name CINCPAC Headquarters nrhp type nhl image U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Makalapa Support Facilities, Makalapa Administration Area, Pearl Harbor Honolulu, Hawaii .jpg caption Makalapa Support Facilities location Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii lat degrees 21 lat minutes 21 lat seconds 45 lat direction N long degrees 157 long minutes 56 long seconds 08 long direction W locmapin Hawaii area built 1942 architect Unknown architecture No Style Listed designated nrhp type May 28, 1987 ref name nhlsum cite web url http tps.cr.nps.gov nhl detail.cfm?ResourceId 2001&ResourceType Building title Cincpac Headquarters accessdate 2008 06 21 work National Historic Landmark summary listing publisher National Park Service ref added May 28, 1987 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref governing body DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY refnum 87001295 CINCPAC Fleet Headquarters , also known as Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet Headquarters , was the headquarters of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz from 1942 through 1945, while he was Pacific Ocean Areas command Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet during World War II . Commander in chief Commanding Army land , Navy sea , and Air force air forces, Admiral Nimitz had major responsibility for Military campaign campaigns such as the Battle of Midway , the Battle of Guam 1944 liberation of Guam , and the seizure of Battle of Saipan Saipan and Battle of Tinian Tinian in the Mariana Islands Marianas . References Reflist External links http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NHLS Text 87001295.pdf NRHP Nomination Form Registered Historic Places Category National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii Category History of Oahu Category Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places Category World War II sites in the United States Category Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii Hawaii NRHP stub ... more details
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