Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific (FRCWP) originated in the mid-1950s and was known as the Fleet Air Western Pacific Rework Activity (FAWPRA). On 1 October 1980 FAWPRA was renamed to Naval Air Pacific Repair Activity (NAPRA). And, on 1 October 2008, NAPRA was renamed to Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific.[1]
Mission
To provide ready-for-tasking aircraft and aviation support equipment to U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Pacific Fleet forces, permanently sited in or deployed to Pacific Command (PACOM) and Central Command (CENTCOM) areas of responsibility by providing cost-effective organic and commercial depot-level rework, modification and repair of Naval Aviation weapon systems, support equipment and aeronautical components.[2]
Personnel
FRC WESTPAC’s approximately 200 personnel located at NAF Atsugi, MCAS Iwakuni, Korea, Okinawa, and Bahrain continue to provide essential aviation depot services to fleet units ashore and afloat from the Northern Pacific westward to the Eastern United States.[1]
Past commanders
NAPRA
Commander William M. Yerkes (10 October 1989 - 3 July 1990)
Commander John R. Bramer (3 July 1990 - 9 June 1992)
Commander Gary S. O'Neill (9 June 1992 - 17 December 1993)
Commander Mark J. Swaney (17 December 1993 - 20 July 1995)
Commander James A. Jones, Jr. (20 July 1995 - 4 January 1997)
Commander Karl E. Yeakel (4 January 1997 - 23 June 1998)
Commander John W. Scanlan II (23 June 1998 - 12 December 1999)
Commander Dorothy J. Freer (14 December 1999- 29 June 2001)
Commander Michael G. Berkin (29 June 2001 - 7 January 2003)
Commander Richard J. Dorn (7 January 2003 – 8 July 2004)
Commander Louis M. Borno, III (8 July 2004 – 6 October 2005)
Commander Mark E. Mlikan (6 October 2005 – 26 March 2007)
Commander Scott F. Adley (26 March 2007 – 5 December 2008)