Camp Hansen, Okinawa JA
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| Camp Hansen | |
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| Okinawa, Japan | |
 Aerial view of Camp Hansen in 1996. |
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| Type | Military base |
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| Controlled by | USMC |
Camp Hansen is a United States 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 named after Medal of Honor winner Dale M. Hansen.
[edit] Tenant Units
- Headquarters, 12th Marine Regiment
- 3rd Battalion 12th Marines
- 3rd Intelligence Battalion
- 7th Communication Battalion
- Ground Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (a reinforced infantry battalion rotating on the Unit Deployment Program)
- 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO)
- 3rd Medical Battalion
- 9th Engineering Support Battalion
- Special Operations Training Group
- elements of the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion.
The base is home to the Central Training Area, which includes several firing ranges, a pair of shooting houses which support live fire training, and other training areas, being one of the few locations on the island where weapon firing is permitted. Also located at Camp Hansen is a brig, a confinement facility that houses U.S. military members from around the Far East for short term sentences.
Facilities include a Post Exchange, theater, convenience store, two gyms and a "consolidated entertainment facility" known as The Palms comprising two restaurants and enlisted, SNCO, and officer clubs.
As of March 2008, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force has started to train at Camp Hansen, as part of the reorganization of US forces in Japan and the move towards sharing facilities between US forces in Japan and the Self-Defense Force.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Camp Hansen. GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved on 2006-10-11.
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