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"Korea’s mountainous terrain channels traditional invasion routes along narrow north-south axes as well as broader plains in the Western (Kaesong-Munsan) Corridor and the Chorwon-Uijongbu Valley." [ 2 ]
1st Ranger Infantry Company (United States) 2nd Chemical Battalion (United States) 2nd Engineer Battalion (United States) 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (United States) 3rd Ranger Infantry Company (United States) 4th Ranger Infantry Company (United States) 5th Cavalry Regiment; 7th Cavalry Regiment; 8th Cavalry Regiment; IX Corps (United States)
Since the 1960s, its primary mission has been the pre-emptive defense of South Korea in the event of an invasion from North Korea. Approximately 17,000 soldiers serve in the 2nd Infantry Division, with 10,000 stationed in South Korea, accounting for about 35% of the United States Forces Korea personnel. [3]
The Eighth Army is a U.S. field army which commands all United States Army forces in South Korea. [1] It is headquartered at the Camp Humphreys in the Anjeong-ri of Pyeongtaek, South Korea. [2] Eighth Army relocated its headquarters from Yongsan to Camp Humphreys in the summer of 2017. [3]
The Korean DMZ Conflict, also referred to as the Second Korean War by some, [3] [4] was a series of low-level armed clashes between North Korean forces and the forces of South Korea and the United States, largely occurring between 1966 and 1969 along the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
Camp Jackson was a United States Army camp south of Camp Red Cloud (in Uijeongbu) and 20 miles south of the city of Uijeongbu at the throat of the Uijeongbu Corridor, on the National Highway 3 now in the far northern Dobong-gu suburb of Seoul. It was one of the smallest US military installations in South Korea.
In 1955, when the Marines departed Korea, the 24th Infantry Division of the US Army placed their headquarters on the site. In 1957 the camp became the division headquarters for the 1st Cavalry Division , [ 2 ] which in 1960 named the camp after Major General Howze , who had organized and trained the division from 1921 to 1925.
In April 2003 South Korea and the United States agreed on the early relocation of Yongsan Garrison outside of central Seoul. [ 9 ] In August 2008, U.S. President George W. Bush spoke to U.S. and South Korean military personnel, their families, and civilian employees at Yongsan Garrison's Collier Field House, 6 as part of his final visit to Asia.