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Camp Casey (Korean: 캠프 케이시) is a U.S. military base in Dongducheon (also sometimes spelled Tongduchŏn or TDC), South Korea, 40 miles (64 km) north of Seoul, South Korea. Camp Casey was named in 1952 after Major Hugh Boyd Casey , who was killed in a plane crash near the camp site during the Korean War.
From 2015 to 2022, but in the summer of 2022 the Army announced the Korea Rotational Force would switch from the armor to Stryker brigades. [64] Rotational units were primarily stationed in Camp Casey until 2017 when the forces were split between Camp Casey and Camp Humphreys.
Soldiers of the brigade prepare to unload M109A6 Paladins from railroad cars at Camp Casey, South Korea in support of exercise Foal Eagle 2007. The 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-US Combined Division Sustainment Brigade is a sustainment brigade of the United States Army.
South Korean police have arrested two people and questioned more than a dozen American soldiers on suspicion of smuggling and distributing synthetic cannabis after raiding two US army bases.
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The 210th Field Artillery Brigade, also known as "the Thunder", is a U.S. Army field artillery brigade forward deployed in the Republic of Korea.Its mission is "On order, 210th Field Artillery Brigade provides fires in support of ACC Operations and Ground Component Commander's (GCC's) counter fire fight.
In 2017, a defecting North Korean soldier stumbled across nearby, under heavy gunfire, in a mad dash for sanctuary. ... It's jointly overseen by the American-led U.N. Command and by North Korea.
Casey is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. [8] Shortly after his death, the 1st Corps Reserve training area in Korea was named Camp Casey in his honor. [9] The Hugh B. Casey memorial Award was established in his honor for the "most outstanding soldier of the 7th Infantry Regiment" of the 3rd Infantry Division. [10] [11]