Camp Market
Camp Market is an installation of the United States Army, based on the Yongsan Garrison and it is situated in Bupyeong District, Incheon, South Korea. It is around halfway between Yongsan Garrison and the Port of Incheon, 30 miles to the west. The camp is not usually operated by U.S. Army divisions, except the 55th Military Police Company, which settled permanently in this camp. Unlike most Eight Army camps in South Korea, it is a supply depot. It is operated by civilian forces, mostly Korean nationals. It is now used as an Army & Air Force Exchange Service bakery and distribution Center.
History
The camp was constructed during the mid 1930s by the
About the camp
The post has no official name, but it is usually known as Camp Market. It is known as a Depot Support Activity Far East(DSAFE) post, one of its warehouses is located here in Bupyeong. This operation significantly supported other U.S. Army operations in South Korea, by providing logistics and production aid. This installation houses the marketing office, the Printing and Publications Command - Korea and the defense reutilization of Army & Air Force Exchange Service services. It was used as a Kimpo Mail Facility. It is headquarters to the 55th Military Police Company. The camp's size is around 900 thousand square feet. It has around 600 permanent staff, mostly Korean nationals, individual contractors and the Korean Service Corps. It currently has limited facilities such as a gymnasium, swimming pool, community center, picnic areas and several snack bars.[2]
Current use
The camp is mainly used to produce and supply all bread and pastry products to other U.S. Army installations in the country. It also houses 34 warehouse units for storing the products produced at the camp. It is currently in limited use; most operations either ceased or were moved to other active camps. Its gates are permanently closed and a specific gate for supply trucks is designated, it is barricaded and shut with a metal gate when not in access with external suppliers. The camp is closing down, and only a small number of security guards are seen at the post. The camp has increased concerns of residents of Bupyeong due to soil contamination.[2] When a US Army installation closes down, the South Korean government has to spend millions of dollars to decontaminate the soil to minimize concerns to people living near the post.
Seen in 2016
Currently in Buyeong Park soil is heavily contaminated, and it is now closed until 2017 for a decontamination process. The land will be returned to the South Korean government. The camp itself is now very obsolete; concrete walls with
Old transport link with the post
The post is connected with an obsolete railway link that used to provide transport to the post. The railway linked other areas such as
See also
- List of United States Army installations in South Korea
- Camp Casey
- Camp Red Cloud
- Yongsan Garrison
- Camp Humphreys
References
- ^ John Pike. "Camp Market". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ a b "Camp Market Army Base in Bupyeong, South Korea | MilitaryBases.com | US Military Bases in South Korea". MilitaryBases.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.