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  2. Camp Hansen - Wikipedia

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    The camp houses approximately 6,000 Marines nowadays, [1] and is part of Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, which itself is not a physical base and comprises all Marine Corps installations on Okinawa. Camp Hansen is named for Medal of Honor recipient Dale M. Hansen, a Marine Corps private who was honored for his heroism in the fight for Hill 60 ...

  3. File:020410-M-9902V-029 - U.S. Marines MOUT practice at Camp ...

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    English: United States Marine Corps (USMC) members from L Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, practice Military Operations and Urban Terrain (MOUT) warfare at the Camp Hansen, Central Training Area, using unarmed safety rigged Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles (and with under-barrel M203) or FNH 5.56 mm M249 SAW (with EOTech Sight).

  4. 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit - Wikipedia

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    The 31st MEU is based at Camp Hansen, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan. The 31st MEU is the only permanently forward-deployed MEU, and provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military, humanitarian, and diplomatic operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

  5. 12th Littoral Anti-Air Battalion - Wikipedia

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    The battalion is based at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan and falls under the command of the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment and the 3rd Marine Division. The battalion is the lineal descendant of the 1st Defense Battalion which gained fame during World War II for its defense of Wake Island early in the war.

  6. Kin, Okinawa - Wikipedia

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    Kin is located at the middle of Okinawa Island, and is roughly triangular in shape.The town is roughly 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) long from east to west. From north to south the town ranges between 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) at its widest point, measured from Būtodake in Camp Hansen to the tip of Cape Kin.

  7. 3d Combat Engineer Battalion - Wikipedia

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    During this time the battalion operated from Da Nang, Đông Hà, Gia Le, Quang Tri, Cửa Việt, Camp Carroll, Cam Lộ, and the Vandegrift Combat Base. After Vietnam the battalion was moved to Camp Schwab, Okinawa, only to be relocated in November 1970 to Camp Hansen, Okinawa. On 15 May 1976 the battalion was redesignated as the 3d Combat ...

  8. Thousands in Japan rally against U.S. base on Okinawa - AOL

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    Okinawa was the site of Japan's only land battles in World War Two and many residents there resent the fact that it hosts tens of thousands of U.S. troops.

  9. List of American military installations - Wikipedia

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    Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa; Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture; Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa (Note: the following camps are dispersed throughout Okinawa but are all under the administration of the MCB complex.) Camp Courtney; Camp Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture; Camp Foster