{"id":46320,"date":"2018-05-30T20:32:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T20:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/30\/indo-pacom-it-is-pacific-command-gets-renamed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:57:03","slug":"indo-pacom-it-is-pacific-command-gets-renamed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/05\/30\/indo-pacom-it-is-pacific-command-gets-renamed\/","title":{"rendered":"INDOPACOM, it is: US Pacific Command gets renamed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced Wednesday that U.S. Pacific Command <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/21\/indo-pacom-dod-may-rename-us-pacific-command\/\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" aria-describedby=\"popover278482\">would now be called <\/a>U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in the latest move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/02\/12\/the-navy-is-planning-fresh-challenges-to-china-s-claims-in-the-south-china-sea\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">counter Chinese <\/a>economic and military pressure in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis said he directed the name change in recognition that \u201call nations large and small are essential to the region, in order to sustain stability in ocean areas critical to global peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/23\/china-was-just-uninvited-from-rimpac-heres-why\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/harpoon-launch-from-lcs.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">China was just uninvited from a massive naval exercise. Here\u2019s why.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The withdrawn invite follows a directive by the Pentagon to remove Chinese cellphones, other devices from exchanges over espionage fears.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis made the remarks at the change of command ceremony in Pearl Harbor for incoming INDOPACOM commander Adm. Phil Davidson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn recognition of the increasing connectivity of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, today we rename the U.S. Pacific Command to U.S.-Indo Pacific Command,\u201d Mattis said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Mattis stressed that the change was not meant to be combative, it did signal America\u2019s commitment to ensure that every country \u201cno matter its size \u2026. [is] not bound by any nation\u2019s predatory economics or threat of coercion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/05\/29\/the-us-navy-just-sailed-through-chinese-claimed-waters-again\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/23603545356_f14d45c7db_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The US Navy just sailed through Chinese-claimed waters again<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A routine freedom of navigation operation is the latest in a series of events escalating tensions between the countries.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, outgoing commander of the former U.S. Pacific Command, Navy Adm. Harry Harris, was more direct in his assessment of China\u2019s impact on the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGreat power competition is back,\u201d Harris said. \u201cI believe we are reaching an inflection point in history\u2026. A geo-political competition between free and oppressive visions is taking place in the Indo-Pacific.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Secretary James N. 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