'Three potential reasons come to mind for readopting "US Pacific Command" and its abbreviation "PACOM", replacing "INDOPACOM". The first, and most likely, is to take the stated reason on face value. It’s a nod to history,' writes Colin Karotam.
When then secretary of defense Jim Mattis changed the name of US Pacific Command to ‘Indo-Pacific Command’ in 2018, he said the command boundaries stretched from Bollywood to Hollywood and from polar ...
