JGSDF Camp Komakado

JGSDF Camp Komakado
	駒門駐屯地
	Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
	JGSDF Camp Komakado JGSDF Camp Komakado
Coordinates	35°15′25″N 138°54′09″E
Type	Military Base
Site information
Controlled by	Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Site history
Built	1936
In use	1936-1945 Imperial Japanese Army; 1945-1960 United States Army ; 1960-present Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

JGSDF Camp Komakado (駒門駐屯地, Komakado-chūtonchi) is a military base of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, located in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is one of several military facilities located in the foothills of Mount Fuji.

History

Camp Komakado was established in April 1936 by the Imperial Japanese Army as a training facility, and by 1943 it had become the central training school for Japan's heavy artillery regiments.

After the end of World War II, Camp Komakado came under the control of the United States Army in Japan, and was renamed “South Camp”.

In 1960, after the conclusion of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan, the base was returned to the control of the Japanese government and reestablished as a training facility for artillery and armor under the post-war Ground Japan Self-Defense Force. The JSDF 1st Tank Battalion has been based at Camp Komakado since 1962.

The International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit of the JGSDF Central Readiness Force has been based at Camp Komakado since 2007.

Organization

The following are units currently stationed in Camp Komakado:[1]

Central Readiness Force
- International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit
1st Training Brigade
- 1st Armored Training Unit
1st Tank Battalion
1st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
364th Engineer Company
JGSDF 1st Logistic Support Regiment
JGSDF Kantō Logistics Depot

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References

"Archived copy" 駐屯地所在部隊 (in Japanese). Ground Self-Defense Force. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-03-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Archived copy" 駐屯地所在部隊 (in Japanese). Ground Self-Defense Force. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-03-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)