Pentagon restores U.S. military’s Pacific Command moniker, dropping ‘Indo’ 35.6%
The Japan Times - By Jesse Johnson - 6/17/2026, 4:53 AM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 24.1% - Pessimism Bias 22.8% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 17.5%
The United States military’s oldest and largest unified combatant command is getting a name change. Again. To its former name. Formerly known as the Indo-Pacific Command, the command has reverted to its prior name, the Pacific Command, or PACOM, the U.S. Defense Department said in a statement Tuesday. The once and current PACOM’s vast... more