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The immediate area around Camp Humphreys is mostly agricultural and consists mainly of rice fields. There are some rolling hills in the vicinity, but for the most part the elevations are less than 150 feet (46 m). There is a small mountain range about seven miles south of Camp Humphreys, with peaks reaching 958 feet in elevation.
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.
Eighth Army relocated its headquarters from Yongsan to Camp Humphreys in the summer of 2017. [3] It is the only field army in the U.S. Army. [ 4 ] It is responsible to United States Forces Korea and United States Army, Pacific .
The 604th Air Support Operations Squadron is a United States Air Force unit located at Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea.The 604th provides tactical command and control of airpower assets through the use of joint terminal attack controllers to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations within the Korean peninsula.
The post was founded during World War I as Camp A. A. Humphreys, named for Union Army general Andrew A. Humphreys, who was also Chief of Engineers. The post was renamed Fort Belvoir in the 1930s at the request of Howard W. Smith, a Congressman from Virginia, in recognition of the Belvoir plantation that once occupied the site. [2]
The 23d CBRN Battalion is a Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives defense battalion of the United States Army, part of the 2ID Sustainment Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Humphreys, Korea.
Constituted on 13 October 1950 in the regular Army as HHC, 501st Communication Reconnaissance Group, the unit was activated on 20 October 1950 at Camp Pickett, Virginia, and assigned to the Army Security Agency (ASA). On 28 May 1951, the 501st transferred from Camp Pickett to Camp Stoneman, California, for staging to Busan, Korea.
The Combat Aviation Brigade, 2d Infantry Division is a Combat Aviation Brigade of the United States Army based at Camp Humphreys. Although informally referred to as the 2d Combat Aviation Brigade, its official designation is Combat Aviation Brigade, 2d Infantry Division. [1]