Camp Greaves
Camp Greaves
The base with the main combat power to support DMZ operations is Camp Greaves
located just to the south of Camp Bonifas on the north side of the Imjim River:
The camp is named after Corporal Clinton Greaves of Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry,
who fought off a band of Apaches in 1879 to save fellow cavalrymen. Camp Greaves
was founded by the 1st Marine Division during the Korean War in 1953. After the
war the Marines used the camp as a patrol base to monitor the DMZ from. After
Marines left they were replaced by various units over the years to include the
1st Amphibious Tractor Battalion; the 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment,
24th Infantry Division; the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division;
and various 2nd Infantry Division battalions. The last 2ID unit stationed on
Camp Greaves was the 1-506 Infantry Regiment. The 1-506th had been stationed
on Camp Greaves since 1987 and their unit motto was �Stands Alone�, which I
always found funny considering the thousands of ROK soldiers stationed nearby.
With that said when the 1-506th was stationed in Korea I always found them to
be a very high speed and motivated unit whenever I worked with them. Camp
Greaves was closed in 2004 as part of the USFK transformation plan. After
its closure half the camp was handed over to the ROK Army�s 1st Infantry
Division and the other half is slated to become a $40 million DMZ theme
park that is scheduled to open in 2018.
After its closure Camp Greaves like other Western Corridor camps has been the
subject of protests though the protests around Camp Greaves is different from
the left wing environmentalists that have been protesting other camps. The
Camp Greaves protesters are from the Paju area who want the land the camp
sits on to be given to the local government for development and not given
to the ROK Army.