Far East Command (United States)

Far East Command (FECOM)
Dai Ichi Building
Active	1 January 1947 – 1 July 1957
Country	United States
Type	Unified Combatant Command
Part of	United States Department of Defense
Headquarters	Dai Ichi Building, Tokyo, Japan (1947–1952) Pershing Heights, Tokyo, Japan (1952–1957)
Engagements	Korean War
Commanders
Notable commanders	Douglas MacArthur Matthew B. Ridgway Mark W. Clark

Far East Command (FECOM) was a unified combatant command of the United States Department of Defense, active from 1947 until 1957, functionally organised to undertake the occupation of Japan and Korea. ^{[1] [2]} The 1st and 6th Marine Divisions (China Marines), who from 1945 to 1948 assisted the Chinese government in occupying northern China, disarming the Japanese, and helping the Kuomintang Chinese without fully getting involved in the Chinese Civil War, were not part of Far East Command and reported to Pacific Command and the U.S. Navy.