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Camp Humphreys (Korean: 캠프 험프리스; RR: kaempeu heompeuriseu), also known as United States Army Garrison-Humphreys (USAG-H), is a United States Army garrison located near Anjeong-ri and Pyeongtaek metropolitan areas in South Korea. [3] Camp Humphreys is home to Desiderio Army Airfield, the busiest U.S. Army airfield in Asia, with an ...
It was established in 1978. During wartime it would serve as the operational command headquarters for all of the South Korean and U.S. ground, air, sea (including Marine) and special operations forces fighting on the Korean peninsula. Since November 2022 CFC has been headquartered at Camp Humphreys, in Pyeongtaek, Korea.
The USFK headquarters relocated to the new $11 billion Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek south of Seoul in 2018, as part of the Yongsan Relocation Plan. [3] [4] [5] By the end of 2019, more than 20,000 U.S. troops and family members will have been relocated to the new Camp Humphreys facility south of Seoul.
The Eighth Army is a U.S. field army which commands all United States Army forces in South Korea. [1] It is headquartered at the Camp Humphreys in the Anjeong-ri of Pyeongtaek, South Korea. [2] Eighth Army relocated its headquarters from Yongsan to Camp Humphreys in the summer of 2017. [3]
The South Korean government plans to transform Pyeongtaek to an international economic hub to coincide with the move of the United States Forces Korea (USFK) to Pyeongtaek. During the Korean War, it was the site of an early battle between U.S. and North Korean forces, the Battle of Pyongtaek.
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.
Anjeong-ri is a community located in Paengseong-eup, Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. [1] It is located on the perimeter of Camp Humphreys, a United States Army garrison undergoing rapid expansion.
177th USASA Company moved to Camp Humphreys (then K6) from their operations compound at Mia-Ri (now Mia-Dong) after construction of the K6 subpost was completed. 9 March 1970 As the senior USASA organization in Korea, the 508th USASA Group combined with the 177th USASA Company and were redesignated as USASA Group Korea and moved to Camp Humphreys.