Camp Jackson is a United States Army camp south of
Camp Red Cloud
Camp Red Cloud (CRC, ko, 캠프 레드 클라우드) was a United States Army camp located in the city of Uijeongbu, between Seoul and the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). CRC is being returned to the South Korean government. The installation w ...
(in
Uijeongbu
Uijeongbu () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
Overview
Uijeongbu is located north of the Korean capital Seoul; it lies inside a defile, with mountains on two sides, and commands a natural choke point across the main traditional in ...
) 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
Dobong District (도봉구, ''Dobong-gu'') is one of the 25 List of districts of Seoul, districts of Seoul, South Korea.
Dobong has a population of 348,625 (2010) and has a geographic area of 20.8 Square kilometre, km2 (8 sq mi), and is divided i ...
suburb of
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...
. It was one of the smallest US military installations in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
. The camp was named after
Private First Class George W. Jackson who was awarded the
Silver Star during the
Korean War
, date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...
.
The US Eighth Army had an NCO Academy at Camp Jackson.
The
KATUSA
Korean Augmentation To the United States Army (KATUSA
Korean: 카투사) is a branch of the Republic of Korea Army that consists of Korean drafted personnel who are augmented to the Eighth United States Army (EUSA). KATUSA does not form an i ...
Training Academy operated a 19-day course which involves subjects essential to function with the American units, such as nuclear, biological and chemical training, how to put on and work in a protective mask, the
M16 rifle, first aid, land navigation, military customs courtesies, and English classes. Instructors at KTA are volunteers from the ranks of the US Army,
ROK Army
The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA; ko, 대한민국 육군; Hanja: 大韓民國 陸軍; RR: ''Daehanminguk Yuk-gun''), also known as the ROK Army or South Korean Army, is the army of South Korea, responsible for ground-based warfare. It is the l ...
, and KATUSA.
Personnel stationed at Camp Jackson were eligible for Hardship Pay.
Camp Jackson was handed back over to the South Korean government as part of the
USFK
United States Forces Korea (USFK) is a sub-unified command of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). USFK is the joint headquarters for U.S. combat-ready fighting forces and components under the ROK/US Combined Forces Command (CFC) – a ...
transformation plan by 2016.
Photos
Image:Gen_Franks_June_1993_Cp_Jackson_South_Korea.jpg, General Frederick M. Franks Jr., Commander of United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
The United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is a major command of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Eustis, Virginia. It is charged with overseeing training of Army forces and the development of operational doctrine. ...
tours Camp Jackson. Pictured shaking hands with NCO Academy trainee Corporal Daniel L. Dow, at 2nd Infantry Division (United States) (South Korea) NCO Academy on 31 May 1993.
See also
*
List of United States Army installations in South Korea
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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*
Korean Demilitarized Zone
The Korean Demilitarized Zone ( Korean: ; Hanbando Bimujang Jidae) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula near the 38th parallel north. The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border barrier that divides the peninsula roughly in ...
(DMZ)
References
External links
www.facebook.com/usagrc Camp Jackson & Area I Facebook page
redcloud.korea.army.mil official website of USAG Area I, Camp Red Cloud, Camp Casey & Camp Jackson, Korea
Cp Jackson article at ROKdrop,com
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Jackson (Korea), Camp
Jackson
Jackson may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name
Places
Australia
* Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region
* Jackson North, Qu ...
Buildings and structures in Uijeongbu