Island commander

• Wake Island since July 4, 1898 till present

• Two of the three islands that previously had been under the two consecutive heads of the American Equatorial Islands Colonization Project, 1935 - February 7, 1942 :
• * Baker Island: September 1943 - May 1944 ; September 1943 - May 1944 while occupied by U.S. military forces. Since June 27, 1974 it is administered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service as Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge.
• * Johnston Atoll: 1934–2003; on January 1, 2004, the island was turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as Johnston Atoll Wildlife Refuge
• Midway Islands June 1940 – October 31, 1996; since administered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service as Midway Island National Wildlife Refuge
• Palmyra Atoll November 1939 - 1947 while occupied by U.S. military forces. Since August 15, 1941 it harbored the Palmyra U.S. Naval Air Station, now Palmyra Airport.