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The US Army Garrison Camp Long is located near Wonju, South Korea. This camp was named in honor of Sergeant Charles R. Long of the US Army, who received the Medal of Honor for his actions nearby in 1951 during the Korean War. Sergeant Long was acting as a forward observer in Company M of the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division when he was killed in action. Camp Long incloses 82 acres in a suburb of Taejang, approximately 180 miles ESE of Seoul and about 50 miles south of the DMZ, in the Kwangwon-bo Province (Gangwon Province). In 2006, there were 126 buildings on site, comprising 311,919 square feet.〔(Department of Defense Base Structure Report (A Summary of DoD's Real Property Inventory) Fiscal Year 2006 Baseline. ) 2006. OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (INSTALLATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT) WASHINGTON DC. Page Army-25.〕 ==Base history== Established in 1955, in 1970, Camp Long was organized to support tenant units at the R-401 Airfield. The unit was assigned to the 20th General Support Group under operational control of the Commanding General, First Republic of Korea Army (FROKA) Detachment, Korean Military Advisory Group. In 1978, it was reassigned to the 19th Support Command, Commander, Camp Page. In 1987, Camp Long and Camp Page came under the command of the 501st Corps Support Group. In 1998, there were 500 active duty personnel and approximately 550 civilians assigned to the base. All personnel live on post, and most served a one-year unaccompanied tour of duty. "Tenant Units located on Camp Long included: B Company, 168th Medical battalion; 275th Signal Detachment, 41st Signal Battalion, 1st Signal Brigade; 665th Medical Detachment, 18th MEDCOM; Dental Clinic; 524th Military Intelligence Detachment; Detachment 452 (Air Force); 62nd Chemical Company; a section of 66th AG Postal Detachment, and a rotating law enforcement platoon from the 557th MP Company."〔(Camp Long Facility )〕 Seismic studies were investigated and observations were made at Camp Long. "Three alternate approaches for transmitting the data from Camp Long to the Pacific INTELSAT satellite were investigated: a. use of a local commercial terrestrial microwave system for Wonju (just outside of Camp Long) to Kum San via Seoul; b. use of a military terrestrial system from Camp Long to Yongsan (just outside of Seoul), then into Seoul, and down to If Kum San via a commercial terrestrial microwave system; and c. installation of a nonstandard earth station at Camp Long for direct access to the Pacific satellite. Of these options, installation of a nonstandard earth station at Camp Long would not be authorized by the Korean Ministry of Communications (HOC). The use of the military microwave links was not recommended due to the poor quality of the system. STRATCOM personnel in Korea stated that new radio equipment (AN/FRC-109) 'was to be installed between Comp Long and Yongsan during the first quarter of 1974; however, neither the installation nor the quality of service the link can maintain has been confirmed.'"〔(Alternate Approaches for Returning Seismic Data from Within the Worldwide Seismological Network To SDAC. ) by Jorge Fuenzalida. 1974. Page 22.〕 Commercial facilities included a bank, dry cleaners, barber shop and an AAFES Post Exchange. In 2007, an article explained about the closing of the PX after a financial scandal was exposed: "The Camp Long PX is a small PX and was able to make $2.77 million in sales in 2004 and then once the black marketing ring was caught and shut down sales dropped to $172,000 this year. That is a difference of $2,598,000 dollars. Just think how much money the larger PXs and especially the commissaries are bringing in for the black marketers? The amounts of money being made is mind-boggling."〔("Black Market Scandal" ) ROK Drop: Korea from North to South.〕 Medical facilities include a dental clinic, pharmacy and dispensary. For recreational facilities, there is a bowling center, gym, recreational center, tennis courts, racquetball court, fitness center, weight room, softball field, football field, craft shop, officers club, NCO club, enlisted club and playground. There were no on-base schools or college programs. However, Betty Jo Alexander was the "Assistant education services officer, Department of the Army, Camp Long, Korea, 1989-91."〔Betty Jo Alexander. , n.d. Marquis Who's Who. Print. OCLC: 4779314096.〕 Camp personnel also helped in local educational matters. "A graduate of Cattaragus (N.Y.) Little Valley High School, Sergeant Shannon Eichenseer volunteered to help teach English to children at an orphanage in Wonju, Korea, while she was stationed at Camp Long"〔("Converted Infielder Pitches Way to Army Female Athlete of Year Honors." by Tim Hipps. January 31, 2007. )〕 There was a Morale, Welfare and Recreation base library operated by Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities (NAFI).〔Evinger, William R., ed. 1998. Directory of US Military Bases Worldwide. Third edition. Oryx Press. Page 227.〕 Robert Lee Hadden was the "Supervisory librarian, USAG Camp Long, Wonju, Republic of Korea, 1984—1985."〔Robert Lee Hadden. n.d. Print. Marquis Who's Who. OCLC: 4779978214.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Camp Long」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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