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The camp houses approximately 6,000 Marines nowadays, [1] and is part of Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, which itself is not a physical base and comprises all Marine Corps installations on Okinawa. Camp Hansen is named for Medal of Honor recipient Dale M. Hansen, a Marine Corps private who was honored for his heroism in the fight for Hill 60 ...
English: United States Marine Corps (USMC) members from L Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, practice Military Operations and Urban Terrain (MOUT) warfare at the Camp Hansen, Central Training Area, using unarmed safety rigged Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles (and with under-barrel M203) or FNH 5.56 mm M249 SAW (with EOTech Sight).
Marine Corps Brig, Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California; Marine Corps Brig, Camp Hansen, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan; Marine Corps Brig, Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Relocated during August 1976 to Camp Zukeran, Okinawa. Camp Zukeran renamed Camp Foster during March 1980. Elements participated in the Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, September 1990-April 1991. Relocated during July 1998 to Camp Hansen, Okinawa.
Kin is located at the middle of Okinawa Island, and is roughly triangular in shape.The town is roughly 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) long from east to west. From north to south the town ranges between 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) at its widest point, measured from Būtodake in Camp Hansen to the tip of Cape Kin.
Okinawa Prefecture (Japanese: 沖縄県, Hepburn: Okinawa-ken, Okinawan: Uchināchin [2]) is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. [3] It has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020 [update] ) and a geographic area of 2,281 km 2 (880 sq mi ).
The 31st MEU is based at Camp Hansen, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan. The 31st MEU is the only permanently forward-deployed MEU, and provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military, humanitarian, and diplomatic operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.
In November 1969, the battalion redeployed to Camp Hansen, Okinawa. In April 1975, elements of the battalion participated in the Southeast Asia evacuations. [2] Post-Vietnam through Cold War. In April 1976, the battalion was reassigned to the 3d Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific and moved to Camp Foster in November