Navy Region Hawaii

Commander, Navy Region Hawaii
Navy Region Hawaii

Command insignia of Navy Region Hawaii
Active 1999 - present
Country  United States
Branch  United States Navy
Type Region Commander
Part of Naval Installations Command
HQ Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
Nickname(s) CNRH
Commanders
Commander RDML John Fuller
Chief of Staff CAPT Mark S. Manfredi
Command Master Chief CMDCM David B. Carter

Navy Region Hawaii (CNRH or NAVREGHI) is one of eleven current naval regions responsible to Commander, Navy Installations Command for the operation and management of Naval shore installations in Hawaii. The region is commanded by RDML John Fuller, who also serves additionally as the commander of Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific.

The region's premier installation and headquarters installation, Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam is host two of United States Pacific Command subordinate Service components - United States Pacific Fleet on the Pearl Harbor side, and Pacific Air Forces on the Hickam side. The region also oversees installation support for the Pacific Missile Range Facility, the world's largest instrumented, multi-dimensional testing and training missile range in Kekaha, Hawaii.

History

Most of the current day boundaries of Navy Region Hawaii encompass what was previously known as the Fourteenth Naval District. The Fourteenth District was formed in 1916 by then-Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling, headquartered on the property of Naval Station Pearl Harbor. By 1945, The district consisted of the following geographic areas: the Hawaiian Islands, and islands to westward, including Midway, Wake, Kure, and Johnston, and Kingman Reef.[1]

The Fourteenth Naval District was disestablished on 30 June 1979 and control was passed on to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet.[3]

Subordinate Units/Installations

As an Echelon III commander, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii reports directly to Commander, Navy Installations Command for the operation and readiness of the following subordinate commands/installations:

Commander, Navy Surface Group Middle Pacific
Active November 2008 - present
Country  United States
Branch  United States Navy
Type Group Commander
Part of United States Third Fleet &
Naval Surface Forces Pacific
HQ Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
Nickname(s) NAVSURFGRU MIDPAC
Commanders
Commander RDML John Fuller
Chief of Staff CAPT Eric Weilenman
Command Master Chief CMDCM (SW/SS) Robert Crossno

Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific

The commander of Navy Region Hawaii is also responsible to Commander, United States Third Fleet (operationally) and Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific (administratively) as the Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, a command that is responsible for the maintenance and training of all surface ships homeported in Hawaii.[2]

As of July 2016,[3] SURFGRU MIDPAC was responsible for Destroyer Squadron 31 and the USS Port Royal (CG-73), both which are homeported at Naval Station Pearl Harbor.

References

  1. "Fourteenth Naval District". www.history.navy.mil. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. "http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cnsgmp/Pages/AboutUs.aspx". www.public.navy.mil. Retrieved 2016-07-23. External link in |title= (help)
  3. "STANDARD NAVY DISTRIBUTION LIST ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF THE OPERATING FORCES OF THE U.S. NAVY" (PDF).

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