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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.
As part of the Force Design 2030 modernization, the battalion redesignated and reorganized as Combat Logistics Battalion 12 on 30 August 2030 and relocated back to Camp Hansen in June 2024. [4] On 3 October 2024, the battalion redesignated as 12th Littoral Logistics Battalion and assigned to 12th Marine Littoral Regiment , 3d Marine Division.
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.
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.
The 9th Engineer Support Battalion of the 3rd Marine Logistics Group was once titled the 9th Engineer Battalion. The 9th Engineer Battalion was activated on 1 November 1965 at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and was under the operational control of the Commanding General Force Troops, located at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms.
Marine Corps Brig, Camp Lejeune at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Portsmouth Naval Prison on Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Seavey Island, Maine (closed 1974) United States Disciplinary Barracks, Atlantic Branch at Castle Williams on Governors Island, New York City (closed 1965)
The battalion's detachment arrived on Camp Bastion in South Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on 19 May 2009. Its detachment provided critical intelligence leading up to and during Operation Khanjar (2 July 2009 – 20 August 2009), Operation Cobra's Anger (4 December 2009 – 7 December 2009), and Operation Moshtarak (13 February 2010 – 7 ...
Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan: Nickname(s) Atlas Battalion: Motto(s) Ready, Reliable, and Responsive: Engagements: Operation Desert Fox, Operation Iraqi Freedom: Commanders; Current commander: LtCol Alissa L. Tarsiuk: Notable commanders: LtCol Matthew D. Verdin (2022-2024) LtCol Stanley P. Calixte (2020-2022) LtCol Christopher Johnson (2018-2020)