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Camp Carroll Army Base (Korean: 캠프 캐럴) is located on the southeast portion of the peninsula of South Korea, in the village of Waegwan, approximately 20 km from the city of Daegu. [1] Camp Carroll is bound by urban areas on the northwest, west, and southwest. Hilly forested areas bound the base on the north and east.
United States Army Garrison Daegu, also known as USAG Daegu is a medium-sized United States Army Garrison headquartered in Nam Gu, Daegu, in South Korea. [1] USAG Daegu provides base operations and support for Camps Henry, Walker and George in Daegu, Camp Carroll in Waegwan, Chilgok County, the Busan Storage facility and Pier 8 in Busan Metropolitan City, the DLA Disposition Services in Apo ...
Camp Ames; Camp Bonifas - turned over to ROK in 2006; Camp Carroll; Camp Casey; Camp Castle - closed; Camp Coiner - northern portion turned over to US Embassy in Dec 2017, southern portion remains open
The camp was commissioned on 10 November 1966 (aka Camp J. J. Carroll) and became home for the 3rd Marine Regiment. The camp was named after Navy Cross recipient Captain James J. Carroll, who was the commanding officer of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, and was killed by friendly tank fire on 5 October 1966 during Operation Prairie. [2]
On 16 April 1986 the 501st Support Group was reactivated and designated the 501st Support Group (Corps) at Yongsan, Korea. On 28 February 1991 the 501st Support Group (Corps) moved to Camp Red Cloud, Korea. On 13 October 2006 it became the 501st Sustainment Brigade and moved south to Camp Carroll, near the city of Daegu. On 17 Dec 2013 501st ...
It was reactivated in November 1948 at Fort Bliss, Texas. [2] [better source needed] The 35th Anti-Aircraft Brigade subsequently moved to Fort Meade, Maryland in 1950 to provide anti-aircraft defense of Washington, DC and to plan the defense of other cities in the vicinity.
Iraq urged countries on Monday to repatriate their citizens from a sprawling camp in Syria housing tens of thousands linked to the extremist Islamic State group, saying it has become a “source ...
The 57th Military Police Company at Camp Carroll in Waegwan, and the 552nd Military Police Company at Camp Hialeah in Pusan, each supplied 35 troops for this deployment. Prior to their departure, the troops received two weeks of Iraq-specific combat training which included how to deal with roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices ...