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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.
Map of Okinawa showing the locations of U.S. military installations. The Special Action Committee on Okinawa (SACO 沖縄に関する特別行動委員会 (Okinawa ni kansuru tokubetsu kōdō iinkai)) is a formal agreement made between the United States Government and the Government of Japan.
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 is actually a collection of facilities and satellite installations spread throughout Okinawa. 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.
Relocated during August 1971 to Camp Hauge, Okinawa. Elements participated in the Southeast Asia Evacuations, April–June 1975. Elements participated in the recovery of the SS Mayaguez in May 1975. Relocated during August 1976 to Camp Zukeran, Okinawa. Camp Zukeran renamed Camp Foster during March 1980.
Fort Buckner is a United States Army base located immediately south of Camp Foster, near Futenma, on Okinawa, Japan.The 78th Signal Battalion and E Co. of the 53d Signal Battalion (SATCON) are the only units on this small installation.
12th Littoral Logistics Battalion (LLB-12), formerly known as Combat Logistics Battalion 12 and previously 3rd Transportation Support Battalion (3d TSB), 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 command of 12th Marine Littoral Regiment.
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.