First unit moves from Yongsan

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First unit moves from Yongsan
By Ashley Rowland, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, December 7, 2008

SEOUL — The first major unit to leave U.S. Army Garrison-Yongsan as part of a massive relocation of troops in South Korea will complete its move to U.S. Army Garrison-Humphreys this week.

Twenty-four soldiers with the 532nd Military Intelligence Battalion are to finish the move by Dec. 12 to Humphreys, a once-sleepy helicopter base that eventually will house most U.S. troops stationed in South Korea.

About 100 soldiers with the unit are already at Humphreys because they moved directly there when they arrived in South Korea, said 8th Army spokesman Lt. Col. Jeff Buczkowski. Six of the incoming soldiers, who are part of the battalion’s headquarters in Seoul, will move with their families.

The battalion’s headquarters at Yongsan’s Seobinggo compound will be used by another unit to ease overcrowding, Buczkowski said.

All U.S. bases in and north of Seoul are scheduled to close by 2012, with Humphreys and a collection of bases in Daegu becoming the two hubs for the U.S. military in South Korea. Approximately 17,000 troops, 4,700 U.S. civilian employees and 13,000 family members will live at Humphreys when construction there is completed.


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