Military Sealift Command, Pacific
MSC Pacific is headquartered in San Diego, Calif., on the Point Loma Submarine Base and is co-located with Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force West. The combined staff of 220 military and civilian employees supports MSC ships and crews conducting combat support, sealift and special mission operations at sea. The commander MSC Pacific also is the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force West Project Officer. Duties include management of the NFAF ships assigned as well as administrative support to other MSC programs and activities.
The primary operational area of responsibility is the Eastern Pacific, coinciding with that of the Navy's Third Fleet. MSC Pacific also provides engineering and personnel support to the forward-deployed NFAF ships operating with the Fifth and Seventh Fleets in the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf.
The San Diego complex not only includes the normal departments associated with a major command (i.e., operations, logistics, engineering, comptroller, administration, personnel, etc.), but also a modern training site and a firefighting school.
MSC Pacific also maintains a Military Sealift Command office in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Military Sealift Command representatives in San Francisco, Calif., and Seattle, Wash.; and a Military Sealift Command detachment in Anchorage, Alaska. These remote offices provide husbanding services for MSC ships and serve as MSC liaison to the various military commands in their respective areas.
Six U.S. Naval Reserve units are assigned to MSC Pacific. These units are frequently called upon to support operations throughout the MSC Pacific area of responsibility.
