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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 8th Army Corps was formed in July 1979 on the basis of the Army training and combat development headquarters. [ 2 ] In 2021 it was announced that the corps will become part of the 4th Combat Theater Command.
Many of the older, dark-colored brick buildings on the base are former Japanese army buildings and are used by U.S. forces, most notably the Eighth Army headquarters building. Directly across from Eighth Army headquarters is the Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea headquarters, a structure built in the early 1970s.
Eighth Army (France) 8th Army (German Empire), a unit in World War I; 8th Army (Russian Empire), a unit in World War I; 8th Army (Wehrmacht), a German unit in World War II; Eighth Army (Italy) Japanese Eighth Area Army; Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire) 8th Guards Army (Russia) 8th Army (RSFSR), a unit of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War
Camp Humphreys is home to Desiderio Army Airfield, the busiest U.S. Army airfield in Asia, with an 8,124-foot (2,476 m) runway. [4] In addition to the airfield, there are several U.S. Army direct support, transportation, and tactical units located there, including the Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division .
Location Units Citations Novocherkassk Rostov Oblast: HQ, 8th Army. 103rd Motor Rifle Regiment [3] Kadamovskiy Rostov Oblast HQ, 150th Motor Rifle Division: Persianovskiy Rostov Oblast 102nd Motor Rifle Regiment 68th Tank Regiment 163rd Tank Regiment 174th Separate Recon Battalion Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion Kuzminka Rostov Oblast
The Eighth Army was a field army of the British Army during the Second World War. It was formed as the Western Army on 10 September 1941, in Egypt, before being renamed the Army of the Nile and then the Eighth Army on 26 September.
The first United States Army Air Forces formation assigned to Korea was the 308th Bombardment Wing, assigned to the Far East Air Forces.The wing and its assigned 475th Fighter Group was ordered to Seoul on 22 September 1945 as part of the United States Army Military Government in Korea to de-militarize the Japanese forces in the Korean peninsula.