PACIFIC OCEAN DIVISION The Pacific Ocean Division (POD) integrates and employs engineer capabilities to deliver solutions to promote security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and protects the nation, through its four engineer districts (Alaska, Far East, Honolulu, and Japan), located across the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) and U.S. Northern Command areas of responsibilities. • Operates in a complex and diverse region that encompasses the largest area of division responsibility within USACE. • Spans 16 time zones. • Covers 52 percent of the Earth’s surface, includes half of the world’s population. • Includes four of the most populous nations, two largest democracies, seven of the world’s 10 largest armies, and five of seven U.S. mutual defense treaties. • Enables basing, force projection, protection, and sustainment by providing Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps forces and defense agencies the infrastructure to operate effectively, sustain readiness, and enhance quality of life. POD is responsible for three of the four largest military/host-nation construction programs since the end of the Cold War – totaling nearly $26 billion.
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• The $10.7 billion multiyear, massive Korea Relocation Program includes the construction of 655 new and renovated facilities, which will enable the relocation of approximately 12,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea to U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, in support of the U.S.Republic of Korea alliance. • A multibillion dollar, multiyear U.S.-Japan Defense Policy Review Initiative will ultimately result in the rebuilding of 77 percent of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. • The Futenma Replacement Facility’s scope of work includes 200 projects, which will reduce the U.S. military’s footprint in Okinawa. These projects embrace the nation’s commitment to the U.S.-Japan alliance. • Builds partner capacity and all-hazards response through disaster risk management, technical engineering, water security, humanitarian assistance, and Foreign Military Sales activities. POD works closely with PACOM, U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), and interagency partners in a “wholeof-government” approach to train and develop local leaders, engineers, and organizations, while conducting general