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Yongsan Garrison ( Korean: 용산기지; Hanja: 龍山基地 ), meaning "dragon hill garrison ", is an area located in the Yongsan District of central Seoul, South Korea. The site served as the headquarters for U.S. military forces stationed in South Korea, known as United States Forces Korea (USFK), and as United States Army Garrison Yongsan ...
Camp Coiner is a former 55-acre (220,000 m 2) United States Forces Korea installation located on the northern part of Yongsan Garrison located in Seoul, South Korea.It was named after 2nd Lieutenant Randall Coiner assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment of the 7th Infantry Division who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for actions taken in 1953 during the Korean War near ...
Camp Red Cloud. Camp Stanley is a former U.S. Army military camp located just east of the city of Uijeongbu, South Korea. The camp is part of the Red Cloud Garrison which is composed of Army installations near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Camp Stanley began as a tent city in 1954. The first U.S. Army helicopters moved to the camp later ...
Camp Eagle in 2008. The U.S. Army Garrison Camp Long is located near Wonju, South Korea. This camp was named in honor of Sergeant Charles R. Long of the U.S. Army, who received the Medal of Honor for his actions nearby in 1951 during the Korean War. Sergeant Long was acting as a forward observer in Company M of the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd ...
1952 – present. Garrison information. Garrison. 2nd Infantry Division. Camp Casey ( Korean: 캠프 케이시) is a U.S. military base in Dongducheon (also sometimes spelled Tongduchŏn or TDC), South Korea, 40 miles (64 km) north of Seoul, South Korea. Camp Casey was named in 1952 after Major Hugh Boyd Casey, who was killed in a plane crash ...
The United States Forces Korea (USFK) is a sub-unified command of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). USFK was initially established in 1957, and encompasses U.S. combat-ready fighting forces and components under the ROK/US Combined Forces Command (CFC) – a supreme command for all of the South Korean and U.S. ground, air, sea and special operations component commands.
Camp Liberty Bell. Camp LaGuardia (US Army Airfield) - closed. Camp Long - closed. Camp Long Jon. Camp Market - closed. Camp McNabb (Jeju Island) – closed. Camp Mercer, Seoul - 44th Engineering Battalion. Camp Mobile. Camp Mosier (U.S. 43rd Mash Unit and 377th Air Ambulance) - closed.
When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, KMAG became the United States Military Advisory Group, Korea, 8668th Army Unit, under the command of the United States Eighth Army. Brigadier General Francis W. Farrell (USMA 1920) took command of the unit on July 25 and had to face high rejection rate within South Korean draftees ...