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Fort Shafter is in Honolulu, Hawai‘i extending up the interfluve (ridgeline) between Kalihi and Moanalua valleys, as well as onto the coastal plain (as Shafter Flats) at Māpunapuna. Ft. Shafter is the headquarters of the United States Army Pacific, the chief authority of army forces in Asia and the Pacific Basin.

Fort Shafter is named after William Rufus Shafter, a Spanish-American War major general.

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United States Army Pacific (http://www.usarpac.army.mil/home.asp)

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Fort Shafter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (98 words)
	Fort Shafter is in Honolulu, Hawai‘i extending up the interfluve (ridgeline) between Kalihi and Moanalua valleys, as well as onto the coastal plain (as Shafter Flats) at Māpunapuna.
	Shafter is the headquarters of the United States Army Pacific, the chief authority of army forces in Asia and the Pacific Basin.
	Fort Shafter is named after William Rufus Shafter, a Spanish-American War major general.

Fort Shafter History - United States Army, Pacific (559 words)
	Fort Shafter has been home to the senior Army headquarters in Hawaii for nearly a century.
	Fort Shafter became a busy headquarters and the barracks on Palm Circle were converted to offices.
	Today Fort Shafter remains the focal point for command, control, and support of Army forces in the dynamic Asia-Pacific region.

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