Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Requestor Service Center

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Program allows the general public, including foreign citizens, civilian and military personnel acting as private citizens, to request records electronically or in writing from the Federal Government.  FOIA is a Federal law that establishes the public’s right to request existing records from Federal government agencies.  FOIA generally provides that any person has a right to request access to federal agency records, except to the extent that those records are protected disclosures under the nine legal exemptions or under the three special law enforcement record exclusions. 

The USINDOPACOM FOIA Requestor service Center (RSC) is established in compliance with Executive Order 13392. To submit a FOIA request for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command records, please do so electronically using the U.S. Department of Justice National FOIA Portal at https://www.foia.gov/.  Facsimile, telephonic, postal service and/or electronic mail requests are not accepted at this time.

Requesting Information under FOIA

To submit a FOIA request for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command records, please do so electronically using the U.S. Department of Justice National FOIA Portal at https://www.foia.gov/. 

1) Go to https://www.foia.gov

2) Select “Create a request” in the FOIA.gov portal

3) Type “Department of Defense” in the search bar

4) Select “U.S. Indo- Pacific Command”

5) Select “Continue the FOIA request process” to the right of Contact information on the webpage

6) Select “Start FOIA Request” located on the right side of the webpage to begin your request

USINDOPACOM FOIA is not accepting facsimile, telephonic or electronic mail requests at this time. If you have previously submitted a FOIA request via any of these alternate means and have not received an acknowledgement via email, please re-submit your request following the process above.

To receive status updates and appropriate information about your request, please send them to our organizational mailbox at pacom.foia.fct@pacom.mil.

ATTENTION FOIA REQUESTER: If you are submitting a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), please email your request to: ​indopacom.humphrey.usfk.mbx.foia@army.mil

(as of August 2025)