Camp Courtney (en japonés :キ ャ ン プ ・ コ ー ト ニ ー, Hepburn : Kyampu Kōtonī ) es una base de la marina estadounidense ubicada en la ciudad de Uruma , prefectura de Okinawa , Japón. [1] Es parte del campamento base más grande del Cuerpo de Marines Smedley D. Butler y es el hogar de la III Fuerza Expedicionaria de los Marines , la Tercera División de Infantería de Marina y el cuartel general de la 3d MEB . Lleva el nombre del Mayor Henry A. Courtney, Jr. , quien murió en acción en la Batalla de Okinawa . [1]Camp Courtney cubre 1.339 kilómetros cuadrados (0.517 millas cuadradas) en los distritos de Konbu, Tengan y Uken de Uruma. [2]
Camp Courtney | |
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Okinawa , Japón | |
![]() Edificios de cuarteles en Camp Courtney. (Visto desde detrás del cine). | |
Tipo | Base militar |
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En uso | Enero de 1956 hasta el presente |
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Guarnición | III MEF , 3d MarDiv , 3d MEB |
Historia
Land was forcibly taken from local Okinawans and Camp Courtney was opened as a U.S. Marine Base in January 1956, when select units of the 3rd Marine Division were transferred there from Camp McGill in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. Initially the base was called by its original name, Camp Tengan.[1] The first Marine units occupied Quonset huts, Nissen huts and Butler buildings. Most of the huts were "strong-backed", which means they had concrete or concrete block ends, with cables strung over them at intervals whose ends were anchored in the ground in concrete, and had wooden hurricane shutters over the windows. This was to protect the buildings during the frequent typhoons that visit the Ryukyu Islands. The original units at Camp Tengan were Headquarters Battalion, the Division Band and a truck battalion. Division Headquarters was mainly in a sprawling, one-story building just inside the main gate. Some other units, such as Division Legal Office, were in separate buildings. There was an Army anti-aircraft battery located adjacent to the camp. That unit used to conduct live-fire exercises once a month. For some new arrivals, the unannounced firing sometimes caused momentary consternation.
Camp Courtney houses many military families, has a movie theater, exchange, commissary, medical and dental clinics, post office, chapel and bank.[3] Many Marines living on Camp McTureous are stationed on Camp Courtney.
Crime
The Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident occurred just outside the base on 2 November 2002.
Ver también
Referencias
- ^ a b c "キャンプ・コートニー" [Camp Courtney]. Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 173191044. dlc 2009238904. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 2012-12-20. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ Office of the Governor of Okinawa. "Present Condition of Bases within Okinawa Prefecture, Chapter 8: Outline of Bases, Section 1: Condition of American Military Facilities, Paragraph 1: Marine Corps, Subsection 8: FAC6029 Camp Courtney (page 204)" March 2013. Retrieved on 28 February 2015.
- ^ "Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan". Globalsecurity.org. 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
enlaces externos
- Camp S.D. Butler at GlobalSecurity.org
- III MEF website
Coordinates: 26°23′31″N 127°51′34″E / 26.39194°N 127.85944°E / 26.39194; 127.85944