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Camp Foster, formerly known as Camp Zukeran (Japanese: キャンプ・フォスター), 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.
Activated 1 May 1958 at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, as Maintenance Company, 3D Force Service Regiment, 3D Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force. Redesignated 10 September 1959 as Material Supply and Maintenance Battalion, 3D Force Service Regiment, Fleet Marine Force. Relocated during March 1961 to Camp Sukiran, Okinawa. 1962–1972
Camp Smedley D. Butler was formerly called Camp or Fort Buckner, named for Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., who commanded ground forces in the invasion of Okinawa and was killed in the last days of the battle. The renaming of Buckner to Butler occurred after most U.S. Army troops left Okinawa, and the base was transferred to the USMC.
Much of the heritage of the Ryūkyū Kingdom and Islands was destroyed during the Battle of Okinawa. The mausoleum complex of Tamaudun , Shuri Castle , Katsuren Castle , Nakagusuku Castle , Nakijin Castle , Zakimi Castle , Sefa-utaki , and Sonohyan-utaki all form part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the ...
Durings its stay in Japan, the Regiment conducted many field and landing exercises. 3d Marines was relocated to Camp Sukiran, Okinawa in March 1957. Elements of the Regiment were deployed to various areas in the Far East when political upheaval or crises occurred between 1957 and 1964. [16]
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, cross a rope bridge during the endurance course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Okinawa, Japan, March 20, 2020. JWTC prepares Marines for a jungle warfare environment by teaching survival skills, simulating jungle combat scenarios and requiring Marines to implement small unit tactics.
The Ryukyu Islands [note 1] (琉球列島, Ryūkyū-rettō), also known as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, Nansei-shotō, lit."Southwest Islands") or the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko), are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi, Tokara and Amami) and Okinawa Prefecture (Daitō, Miyako ...
Fort Buckner is a United States Army base located immediately south of Camp Foster, near Futenma, on Okinawa, Japan.The 78th Signal Battalion and E Co. of the 53d Signal Battalion (SATCON) are the only units on this small installation.