Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific

Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific (FRCWP) is an aircraft maintenance unit of the United States Navy. It is located at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan. It is a subsidiary of the Navy's Fleet Readiness Center Command.

History
Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific (FRCWP) originated in the mid-1950's 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 2009, NAPRA was renamed to Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific.

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.

Personnel
FRCWP's approximately 200 personnel located at Atsugi, Australia, Korea, Okinawa, Guam and Singapore continue to provide essential aviation depot services to fleet units ashore and afloat from the Northern Pacific westward to the Eastern United States.

Past commanders

 * Commander Richard J. Dorn (7 January 2003 – 8 July 2004)
 * Commander Louis M. Borno, III (8 July 2004 – 6 October 2007)
 * Commander Mark E. Mlikan (6 October 2005 – 26 March 2007)
 * Commander Scott F. Adley (26 March 2007 – 5 December 2008)
 * Commander Donald B. Simmons, III (5 December 2008 – 22 July 2010)
 * Commander Charles M. Stuart (22 July 2010 – December 2011)
 * Commander Wes Sanders (December 2011 – July 2012)
 * Commander Mark E. Nieto (July 2012 – 9 December 2014)
 * Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Atkinson (9 December 2014 – 30 June 2016)
 * Captain Matthew Edwards (30 June 2016 – December 2017)