Airbornelawyer
08-26-2005, 17:45
This AOR is not the same as Asia in a geographic sense (which would include most of the Middle East), but corresponds to the AOR of the United States Pacific Command. A map of the AOR is available here (http://www.pacom.mil/graphics/jpeg/AOR-banner.jpg).
For convenience's sake, the region may be divided into the following sub-regions:
East Asia:
China, People's Republic of (PRC)
China, Republic of (ROC, or Taiwan)
Japan
Korea, North (DPRK)
Korea, South (ROK)
Mongolia
South Asia and the Indian Ocean:
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Nepal
Sri Lanka
This region also covers various island states in the Indian Ocean: Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives and Mauritius. Although South Asia conventionally includes Pakistan and Afghanistan, these are included under "Middle East (http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=109)" as they are in CENTCOM's AOR.Southeast Asia:
Brunei
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
The Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Vietnam
Oceania:
Australia
Fiji
Kiribati
The Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
The Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
There are also various colonies and dependencies of other nations in this region, such as Guam, French Polynesia and the Cook Islands (whose status is "self-governing in free association with New Zealand").
For convenience's sake, the region may be divided into the following sub-regions:
East Asia:
China, People's Republic of (PRC)
China, Republic of (ROC, or Taiwan)
Japan
Korea, North (DPRK)
Korea, South (ROK)
Mongolia
South Asia and the Indian Ocean:
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Nepal
Sri Lanka
This region also covers various island states in the Indian Ocean: Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives and Mauritius. Although South Asia conventionally includes Pakistan and Afghanistan, these are included under "Middle East (http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=109)" as they are in CENTCOM's AOR.Southeast Asia:
Brunei
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
The Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Vietnam
Oceania:
Australia
Fiji
Kiribati
The Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
The Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
There are also various colonies and dependencies of other nations in this region, such as Guam, French Polynesia and the Cook Islands (whose status is "self-governing in free association with New Zealand").