Rare “Plank Holder” Coin 14 April 2004 Commission Nimitz-MacArthur Pacific Centr
U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) located on Camp Smith, Hawaii, was dedicated in April. Named the Nimitz-MacArthur Pacific Command Center (NMPCC), the striking six-story, 274,500 square-foot facility overlooks Honolulu and replaces a nearly 60-year-old structure originally built as a hospital during World War II.
The new command center, equipped with more than 100 cutting-edge command and control and communications systems, is a model for future command centers. Accommodating more than 1,350 personnel, the NMPCC provides the commander and staff members with new information and decision-making technologies to effectively conduct the USPACOM mission throughout the Pacific and the world.
The NMPCC is one of the nation's premier facilities for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) systems. C4I plans were developed around the "battle cell" concept for distributed command and control. The systems architecture integrates new and existing systems into a flexible, joint, interoperable environment and greatly enhances collaboration capabilities throughout the Asia-Pacific theater. An engineering team from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego, located on Pearl City Peninsula, designed, engineered, integrated and installed the complex C4I systems.
The mammoth task of seamlessly transitioning command headquarters personnel and C4I systems was made more challenging by the requirement to sustain 24/7 operations during the transition. The C4I team's comprehensive installation plan, which included installing 12,000 data channels throughout the building, meticulously tracked system interdependencies while managing transition timetables, risks and related issues. Some of the capabilities include unclassified and classified data networks, telecommunications and voice systems, satellite communications (SATCOM), the J2 (Intelligence) Information Technology Support Office and the Joint Operations Center. New integrated video services provide enhanced capabilities such as multiple, simultaneous video teleconferencing.
For decades, SSC San Diego personnel provided C4I engineering and installation support to the U.S. Pacific Command. Their early involvement in this project allowed the C4I infrastructure to be integrated into the building plan rather than being imposed later into an existing design. The expertise of C4I engineers and technicians proved invaluable in fulfilling the project's technical requirements, while accommodating the operational processes unique to USPACOM.
The new headquarters provides USPACOM with critical information and advanced decision-making tools for real-time crisis management. Extensive connectivity and interoperability enhance collaboration among a wide range of resources, from the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to service components, subordinate unified commands, and joint task force groups, as well as to coalition partners and local government agencies.
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