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Camp Foster (Japanese: キャンプ・フォスター), formerly known as Camp Zukeran, is a United States Marine Corps camp located in Ginowan City with portions overlapping into Okinawa City, Chatan town and Kitanakagusuku village in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa Island. It is part of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler complex.
Marine Corps Installations Pacific is commanded by a major general, with its headquarters residing aboard Camp Foster.Its mission is to provide the operating forces and tenant commands with the highest quality of continuous, effective service and support to meet present and future operating force requirements.
Camp Smedley D. Butler was formerly called Camp or Fort Buckner, named for Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., who commanded ground forces in the invasion of Okinawa and was killed in the last days of the battle. The renaming of Buckner to Butler occurred after most U.S. Army troops left Okinawa, and the base was transferred to the USMC.
The Squadron was organized on 7 July 1941, in Quantico, Virginia.Five months later, the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor.Shortly thereafter, the Squadron moved to NAS San Diego, California, in defense of the West Coast, which at the time was considered a potential Japanese target.
The 3d Service Battalion was commissioned on September 16, 1942 at Camp Elliott, San Diego, California. [2] [3] During World War II the battalion took part in combat operations at Bougainville, [4] Guam, [5] and Iwo Jima. [6] Following the war the battalion was decommissioned on December 28, 1945 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. [2]
Combat Logistics Regiment 3 (CLR-3) is a direct support (DS) logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The unit falls under the 3rd Marine Logistics Group and the III Marine Expeditionary Force .
The 3d Medical Battalion (3D MED BN) is a medical support unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The unit falls under the command of 3rd Marine Logistics Group.
The 3rd Dental Battalion is a unit of the United States Navy that supports United States Marine Corps forces on Okinawa, Japan. The battalion includes nine dental clinics, approximately 77 Dental Officers , 4 Medical Service Corps officers , 181 Dental Technicians , and 26 civilians.