Editing Fort Shafter

{{short description|United States Army Pacific headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name=Fort Shafter
| location=Honolulu, Hawaii
| image=Richardson Hall.jpg
| image_size=250px
| caption=Richardson Hall at Fort Shafter, nicknamed the "Pineapple Pentagon"
| coordinates={{coord|21.345|-157.884|type:landmark_region:US-HI|display=inline,title}}
| type=Army post
| controlledby=[[United States Army|U.S. Army]]
| built=1905-1907
| used=1907 – present
| materials=
| battles=Attack on Pearl Harbor
| current_commander= [[General (United States)|General]] [[Charles A. Flynn]]
| past_commanders= General [[Vincent K. Brooks|Vincent Brooks]]
| garrison=[[United States Army Pacific|U.S. Army Pacific]]
}}
'''Fort Shafter''' is a [[census-designated place]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st15_hi/place/p1571550_urban_honolulu/DC10BLK_P1571550_000.pdf|title=2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Urban Honolulu CDP, HI |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2020-10-11}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st15_hi/place/p1571550_urban_honolulu/DC10BLK_P1571550_004.pdf Page 4]</ref> located in the [[City and County of Honolulu]], [[Hawai‘i]]. It is the headquarters of the [[United States Army Pacific]], which commands most Army forces in the [[Asia-Pacific]] region with the exception of Korea. Geographically, Fort Shafter extends up the interfluve (ridgeline) between [[Kalihi]] and [[Moanalua]] valleys, as well as onto the coastal plain (as '''Shafter Flats''') at [[Mapunapuna|Māpunapuna]]. A portion of the area is also known as the '''Palm Circle Historic District'''; it is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and has been further designated as a U.S. [[National Historic Landmark]].  It is also known as '''Palm Circle''' or '''100 Area'''.

==History==
Fort Shafter is the oldest military base on Oahu and celebrated its 100th birthday on 22 June 2007.

Fort Shafter has been home to the senior Army headquarters in Hawaii for a century. Construction began in 1905 on the [[ahupua'a]] of Kahauiki, former Hawaiian crown lands that were ceded to the United States government after annexation. When the post opened in 1907, it was named for Major General [[William Rufus Shafter]] (1835–1906), who led the United States expedition to Cuba in 1898.

[[Palm Circle]] was laid out as a [[cantonment]] for an infantry battalion. The barracks and officers' quarters were arranged around a parade field ringed by [[royal palm]]s. The first unit stationed at the new post was the [[20th Infantry Regiment (United States)|2d Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment]].

Fort Shafter gradually spread out from Palm Circle. [[Tripler Army Medical Center|Tripler General Hospital]] once stood where the highway intersection is today (the hospital moved to its present location in 1948). In 1914, a regimental-sized cantonment area was constructed (near Richardson Theater). The Hawaiian Ordnance Depot was built in 1917 as a separate post (near today's post exchange). In 1921, the Hawaiian Department moved to Fort Shafter from downtown Honolulu. Finally, a new area was constructed in 1940 for Signal Corps elements. 
[[File:PalmCircle AerialView.jpg|thumb|left|Palm Circle; Tripler Army Medical Center is visible in the background]]
War came to Fort Shafter on 7 December 1941, where the Hawaiian Department commander, Lieutenant General [[Walter C. Short]], occupied Quarters 5. One soldier, Corporal Arthur A. Favreau, [[64th Coast Artillery (United States)|64th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft)]], was killed on post by an errant Navy shell.<ref name="Parkman">{{cite journal |last1=Parkman |first1=E. Breck |title=A Hypothesis Regarding the Army's Incinerator at Fort McDowell, Marin County, California |journal=Articles of the SCA Proceedings |date=2019 |volume=33 |page=86 |url=https://scahome.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/10-Parkman_final_paginated.pdf |access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> Fort Shafter became a busy headquarters and the barracks on Palm Circle were converted to offices. The major headquarters was named successively U.S. Army Forces, Central Pacific Area (1943–44); U.S. Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas (1944–45); and U.S. Army Forces, Middle Pacific (1945–47). In 1944, the Army Corps of Engineers erected the "Pineapple Pentagon" (buildings T-100, T-101, and T-102) in just 49 days. Two large fishponds were filled in to form Shafter Flats.

For most of the time since the [[Second World War]], Fort Shafter has remained the senior Army headquarters for the Asia-Pacific region. In 1947, the headquarters was renamed U.S. Army, Pacific. The post continued to adapt to meet the Army's evolving requirements. In the early 1960s it was split in two by the new [[Interstate H-201|Moanalua Freeway]]. In 1974, when the headquarters was eliminated, Fort Shafter became home to U.S. Army Support Command, Hawaii, and the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]], [[Pacific Ocean Division]] (relocated from [[Fort Armstrong, (Hawaii)]]). In 1979, the Army established U.S. Army Western Command, which was renamed U.S. Army, Pacific in 1990. In 1983, the Army conveyed to the State of Hawaii {{convert|750|acre|km2}} of undeveloped land on the northern end of post. Today Fort Shafter remains the focal point for command, control, and support of Army forces in the Asia-Pacific region; it includes an underground command center beneath Palm Circle.

==Current Units==
* [[File:USARPAC insignia.svg|50px]][[File:US Army Pacific DUI.gif|30px]][[United States Army Pacific]]
** [[File:US IX Corps SSI.png|50px]][[9th Mission Support Command]]
** [[File:18MedicalCmdSSI.jpg|50px]][[File:18MedicalCmdDUI.jpg|30px]][[18th Medical Command]]
** [[File:94thAAMDC.png|50px]][[File:94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command.png|30px]][[94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command]]
** [[File:311 Sig Cmd SSI.png|50px]][[File:311DUI.png|30px]][[311th Signal Command (United States)|311th Signal Command (Theater)]]
*** [[File:US Army - 516th Signal Brigade Shoulder Sleeve Insignia.png|50px]][[File:US Army 516th Signal Brigade DUI.png|30px]][[516th Signal Brigade]]
** [[File:196InfBdeSSI.svg|50px]][[File:196 Inf Bde DUI.png|30px]][[196th Infantry Brigade (United States)|196th Infantry Brigade]]

==Education==
[[Hawaii Department of Education]] operates public schools. As of 2016 zoned schools are Shafter Elementary School, Moanalua Middle School, and [[Moanalua High School]].<ref name=Schoollist>{{cite web|url=https://hawaii.armymwr.com:443/application/files/9014/9327/0453/Hawaii_School_Information_SLO.pdf|title=Hawaii School Information School Year 2016-2017|publisher=Army Family and MWR Hawaii|page=4/5|access-date=2024-10-28}}</ref>

==References==
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*{{US Army|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331043013/http://www.usarpac.army.mil/history.html |article=History of Fort Shafter, Hawaii}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Fort Shafter}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190328083222/https://home.army.mil/hawaii/ US Army Garrison - Hawaii]
* [https://www.usarpac.army.mil// United States Army Pacific]
* {{HABS |survey=HI-287-C |id=hi0919 |title=Fort Shafter Military Reservation, Facilities No. 820-822, 824, 826-828, 840, 841, 844-846, Rice Street and Herian Place, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI |photos=8 |color= |dwgs=|data=21 |cap=2|link=}}
* {{HABS |survey=HI-287-D |id=hi0920 |title=Fort Shafter Military Reservation, Facilities No. 823, 825, 842, Herian Place, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI |photos=4 |color= |dwgs=|data=7 |cap=2|link=no}}
* {{HALS |survey=HI-9 |id=hi0923 |title=Fort Shafter Military Reservation, N.C.O. Housing Area, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI |photos=9 |color= |dwgs=|data=27 |cap=3|link=}}
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