Welcome to Fort Shafter, home of the U.S. Army, Pacific. The Army established its oldest post in Hawaii in 1905 and completed the fort in 1907. It is named for Major General William R. Shafter, commander of the expeditionary force that liberated Cuba in 1898. He commanded the Department of California, which oversaw the Territory of Hawaii, from 1898 until his retirement in 1900.
Your tour starts in the Historic Palm Circle District. By going to each site included in the tour here, you will learn about the rich and proud history of America’s Army in the Pacific, a history which began in 1898 and continues to be made today by our Soldiers throughout the Pacific.
Tour Points
1. Buckner Gate
2. Palm Circle
3. Quarters 5
4. Quarters 6
5. Centennial Plaza
6. Richardson Hall
7. Gazebo
8. Hawaiian Monarchy Cannon
9. Italian Fountain
10. Building T-126
11. Joe Takata Field
12. Favreau Field
13. Richardson Theatre
USARPAC conducts operations to assure, enhance, sustain, and influence military relationships that build partner defense capacity; prepare the
force for unified land operations; respond to threats; sustain and protect the force; to shape and posture for a stable and secure U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility.
"We will remain dedicated that your Army in the Pacific is prepared with the
right training, the right equipment and the preservation of the nation's
greatest resource -- our sons and daughters and their families."
Lieutenant General
Francis J. Wiercinski
