Marine Corps Camp S. D. Butler

Camp S. D. Butler located 300 miles due south of mainland Japan on the island of Okinawa. MCB Camp S. D. Butler is home to Camp Kinser; MCAS Futenma; Camp Foster; Camp Courtney; Camp Hansen; Camp Schwab; and Camp Gonsalves. Okinawa is also home to four other USMC major subordinate commands.

Most Marines stationed here belong to the III Marine Expeditionary Force (II I MEF), headquartered at Camp Courtney. III MEF was established as I Marine Amphibious Corps on October 1, 1942. It was renamed III Amphibious Corps (AC), April 15, 1944, and contributed to noteworthy military campaigns, such as the Solomon Islands campaign, the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, and the Battle of Okinawa, during World War II.

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