On 8 July 1991, SOCPAC assumed control of Naval Special Warfare Task Unit-Pacific and a platoon of United States Navy SEALs, based at Apra Harbor in Guam.

On 11 June 2001, SOCPAC gained control over E Company, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), which is based in Daegu in South Korea.

SOCPAC annually conducts small unit exchanges, joint and combined training events, and operational deployments throughout the Pacific.

Units are used for counterdrug and humanitarian demining operations, training forces in countries such as Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

"[6] As part of the campaign, military personnel and contractors at MacDill Air Force Base operated hundreds of fake social media accounts which targeted the Philippines and later expanded to Central Asian and Middle Eastern countries.