Navy Region Hawaii

Most of the current day boundaries of Navy Region Hawaii encompass what was previously known as the Fourteenth Naval District. The Fourteenth District was formed in 1916 by then-Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling, headquartered on the property of Naval Station Pearl Harbor. By 1945, the district consisted of the following geographic areas: the Hawaiian Islands, and islands to westward, including Midway, Wake, Kure, and Johnston, and Kingman Reef.{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/lists-of-senior-officers-and-civilian-officials-of-the-us-navy/district-commanders/fourteenth-naval-district.html|title=Fourteenth Naval District|website=www.history.navy.mil|access-date=2016-07-23}}

The Fourteenth Naval District was disestablished on 30 June 1979 and control was passed on to the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet.^[3]

As an Echelon III commander, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii reports directly to Commander, Navy Installations Command for the operation and readiness of the following subordinate commands/installations:

• Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam
• Pacific Missile Range Facility
• Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific

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| unit_name = Commander, Navy Surface Group Middle Pacific

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| dates = November 2008 - present

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| command_structure = United States Third Fleet &
Naval Surface Forces Pacific

| garrison = Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii

| garrison_label = HQ

| nickname = NAVSURFGRU MIDPAC

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| commander1 = RDML Timothy Kott

| commander1_label = Current Commander

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The commander of Navy Region Hawaii is also responsible to Commander, United States Third Fleet (operationally) and Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific (administratively) as the Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, a command that is responsible for the maintenance and training of all surface ships homeported in Hawaii.{{Cite web|title=COMNAVSURFGRU MIDPAC|url=http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cnsgmp/Pages/AboutUs.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011011517/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cnsgmp/Pages/AboutUs.aspx|archive-date=11 October 2016 |website=www.public.navy.mil|access-date=2016-07-23}}

As of July 2016,{{Cite web|url=https://doni.documentservices.dla.mil/SECNAV%20Manuals/Administrative%20Organization%20of%20the%20Operating%20Forces%20of%20the%20U.S.%20Navy.pdf|title=STANDARD NAVY DISTRIBUTION LIST ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF THE OPERATING FORCES OF THE U.S. NAVY|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011030018/https://doni.documentservices.dla.mil/SECNAV%20Manuals/Administrative%20Organization%20of%20the%20Operating%20Forces%20of%20the%20U.S.%20Navy.pdf|archive-date=2016-10-11|url-status=dead}} SURFGRU MIDPAC was responsible for Destroyer Squadron 31 and the USS Port Royal (CG-73), both which are homeported at Naval Station Pearl Harbor.

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