Brooks told a mostly military audience at the headquarters opening, and “living proof of the American commitment to the alliance.” It is a “significant investment in the long-term presence of U.S. military’s 70-year presence in the South Korean capital-something that Washington and Seoul have been discussing since 1987. The camp also marks the virtual end of the U.S. About 45 miles south of the joint command’s former headquarters in metropolitan Seoul, it is expected to house nearly 45,000 troops, contractors, and family members by 2022, following the largest peacetime relocation program in the Department of Defense’s history. The massive $10.8 billion garrison in Pyeongtaek-America’s largest overseas military base-is in the final stage of a more than decade-long expansion project. ![]() After a 19-gun salute wreathed the parade ground at Camp Humphreys in white smoke on June 29, South Korea’s Minister of National Defense, Song Young-moo, and United States Forces Korea (USFK) Commander, General Vincent Brooks, cut the ribbon at the United Nations Command and USFK’s new headquarters.
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