Camp Hansen

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Camp Hansen is a US Marine Corps base located in Okinawa, Japan. The camp is situated in the town of Kin, near the northern shore of Kin Bay, and is the second-northernmost major installation on Okinawa, with Camp Schwab to the north. It is part of Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, which itself is not a physical base and encompasses all Marine Corps installations on Okinawa.

The base is home to several firing ranges, a pair of shooting houses which support live fire training, and other training areas. The main units occupying the base are 3rd Battalion 12th Marines, 3rd Intelligence Battalion, 7th Communication Battalion, the Ground Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (i.e. an infantry battalion), 5th Air Naval Gunfire liaison Company (ANGLICO), Special Operations Training Group, and elements of 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion. Facilities include a PX, theater, convenience store, two gyms and a "consolidated entertainment facility," which comprises two restaurants, an enlisted club and SNCO and officer clubs.

Camp hansen is also the host for many crimes against the Okinawan people by U.S. Service members and murder of one U.S. Sailor.

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