Department of the Pacific Department of the Pacific The Department of the Pacific or Pacific Department was a major command (Department) of the United States Army during the 19th century. The Department of the Pacific was created on October 31, 1853, at San Francisco, California, replacing the older Pacific Division, (1848-53) and abolishing the existing 10th (California) and 11th (Oregon) Departments, consolidating them within the new Department. The department reported directly to the headquarters of the Army in Washington, D.C.. It oversaw the military affairs in the country west of the Rocky Mountains (California, Oregon Territory, and Washington Territory), except for the Utah Territory
California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs America in 1996. In 'Ofa Mann was appointed on June 5, 2008, by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with five other members of the Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs Commission, representing the Pacific Island community of California. She is believed to be the first Kiwi Pacific Islander to be given such a position. From 1996 to 1998, she was a mental health assistant at the Asian Pacific Community Counseling Center. From 1983 to 1996, Mann served as a computer operator and data entry operator for Farmers Trading Company in New Zealand. Norman H. Hui, D.D.S., Acting Commissioner<br> As said in