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Phone number: 098-893-4411 ... and part of the Marine Corps' Camp Foster. Ginowan was elevated to city status on July 1, 1962. ... on Okinawa Island, the city ...
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.
Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1 is the headquarters element of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and is located at Marine Corps Base Camp Foster on Okinawa, Japan. Mission [ edit ]
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.
The 3d Service Battalion was commissioned on September 16, 1942 at Camp Elliott, San Diego, California. [2] [3] During World War II the battalion took part in combat operations at Bougainville, [4] Guam, [5] and Iwo Jima. [6] Following the war the battalion was decommissioned on December 28, 1945 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. [2]
Both companies served in the Republic of Vietnam from June 1965 to November 1969 and were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with palm. 3rd Dental Battalion headquarters relocated from Camp Kinser to Camp Foster in April 1992.
Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWSS 172) is an aviation support unit of the United States Marine Corps's 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.Known as the "Firebirds", they are based out of Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan.
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.