Camp Carroll / Taegu Storage Area
Camp Carroll is a small camp in central Korea situated approximately one hour North of Taegu in Waegwan, South Korea. Even though it is a small community, Camp Carroll still maintains a full service Fitness Center (with indoor and outdoor pools), a small Commissary, PX, Shoppette, Food Court, and All Ranks Club. Military shuttle bus services run to and from Taegu and affords soldiers the opportunity to take advantage of the full size facilities there.

Camp Carroll consists of 546 acres in the Nak Tong River Valley, approximately one-quarter mile east of the historic Nak Tong River. The terrain is hilly, with surrounding mountains. Weather is similar to that of the Midwestern United States--hot and humid in the summer, cold and windy in the winter. The total population of Camp Carroll is approximately 2,700. Of that, US military personnel number approximately 1,200, or 44 percent. Other members of the community include Department of Defense civilians, Korean National employees, KATUSAs, and non-command sponsored family members.

Camp Carroll lies 20 air miles northeast of the city of Taegu, approximately 40 minutes in travel time. Camp Carroll is situated in Area IV. Camp Carroll is named in honor of Sergeant First Class Charles F. Carroll of the 72nd Combat Engineer Company, 5th Infantry Regiment, who died in action during the Korean War. Carroll was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism.

Camp Carroll is dominated by warehouses and lots. One of it's primary functions is to house millions of dollars in war reserve stocks, to include everything from tanks to tools. Giant garages house repair facilities where wheeled equipment weighing several tons can be disassembled, or a sensitive electronic circuit board can be checked for invisible cracks. Other features include those structures normally found on a military installation, barracks, snack bars, a commissary, a movie theater, post exchange, etc.

US Army-Combat Equipment Battalion-Northeast Asia [CEB-NEA] mission is to oversee the maintenance program to ensure operational readiness of APS-4 materiel for use by the Commanders in Chief (CINCs) during contingencies or exercises. It provides the operating contractor, Eighth US Army (EUSA), US Army Pacific (USARPAC), and US Army Japan (USARJ) with guidelines for development of detailed procedures for the execution of each facet of the supply, inventory, and accountability program, and establishes and maintains oversight of those procedures. The CEB-NEA also supports the Army's Power Projection Strategy. The CEB-NEA was established in October 1998 to manage APS-4 war reserve stocks located throughout the Pacific theater. These stocks are configured into an Armor Brigade Modification Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) Set, Operational Project Stocks, and Sustainment Stocks for the purpose of linking peacetime readiness with power projection during hostilities. The Headquarters is located at Camp Carroll Waegwan, South Korea, with major storage sites in South Korea, Japan, and Hawaii.

The US Army Material Support Center-Korea (USAMSC-K) is headquartered at Camp Carroll. USAMSC-K provides general service maintenance and supply support for all US military units in the Republic of Korea. Camp Carroll is the major storage site for war reserves and decrement stocks in Korea. 307th Signal Battalion provides defense communication system (DCS) entry and signal telephone, teletypewriter, and facsimile services. The 307th supports military communications requirements within the Republic of Korea for United States Forces Korea, Combined Field Army, Combined Forces Command, and the Eight United States Army. The 18th MEDLOG Battalion provides all Class VII (Medical) supplies to the Corps. This includes spectacle fabrication, bio-medical maintenance and medical supply. 16th MEDLOG operates the largest frozen blood storage facility on the peninsula. Other units include Army War Reserves, Headquarters, 6th Ordnance Battalion. The 23rd Chemical Battalion was stationed at the facility, but relocated to Fort Lewis in late 2004; the completiion of the relocation was announced by Eighth US Army on December 17, 2004. .

19th TAACOM has four chemical decontamination units whose mission is very similar to those in the ROK military. They are tasked with decontaminating personnel and equipment in the aftermath of an enemy chemical attack. The 61st Chemical Co. is stationed in Pusan, the 62nd Chemical Co. is in Wonju and two units, the 267th and the 501st Chemical companies, are located in Waegwan. The four chemical companies are part of the 19th TAACOM's 23rd Chemical Battalion, headquartered on Camp Carroll near Waegwan, Korea.

The US Army TMDE Region Pacific replaced the 2D Maintenance Company as a result of the reduction of soldiers at Echelon Above Corps (EAC), its mission will be to provide TMDE Support to the Western Pacific Theater of operations. This will include Korea and Japan with Small Arms and Ammunition Gage support for Hawaii. The Region Headquarters is located at CP Carroll Korea (Waegwan). It is a Composite Civilian/Military organization, with an ACL, ICL, PBO/MSSA and Support Office located at CP Carroll , a TDA 286 TSC at CP Coiner, a TDA 287 at Sagami, Japan, MTOE 287 ATSTs at CP Casey and CP Sears, 2 MTOE 287 ATST's at CP Humphreys. The 4 MTOE ATST's are organizational elements of the 95th Maintenance Co. under coordinating authority of the region. Region-Pacific became a permanent organization effective 16 September 1999.

On 1 July 1950, a small force of American soldiers known as Task Force Smith landed at Pusan on the southern coast of the Republic of Korea. There they began a dramatic march north to meet an invading army in a land that, at the time, could not be more remote in the minds of the Americans people. In the years that have followed, United States Forces Korea (USFK) soldiers have stood in combat and in vigilance with the forces of the Republic of Korea to protect the homes, lives, and freedom of the Korean people.

Construction of Camp Carroll began in 1959. The installation is named in honor of Sergeant First Class Charles F. Carroll of the 72nd Combat Engineer Company, 5th Infantry Regiment, who died in action during the Korean War. Carroll was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism.

Personnel assigned to Camp Carroll have the opportunity not only to work with US personnel, but also with Korean military personnel, American civilians, and Korean civilians. The Korean soldiers are part of the Korean Augmentation to the US Army (KATUSA) program, in which selected ROK Army enlisted personnel are assigned to the US Army. KATUSA are fully integrated into their units--working, training, and living with American soldiers.