Pusan Storage Facility
The Pusan Storage Facility near Camp Carroll, Korea, is a little-known Army asset that handles a big soldier-support mission. Pusan Storage Facility is essentially a civilian operated organization at Pier 6, about three miles from Pier 8. All supplies to shelter and feed soldiers in Korea -- from MREs to a tent repair facility -- transit there. The PSF is managed by the Material Support Center, a division of the 19th Theater Army Area Command. A 30-day war contingency supply of MREs to support all military forces in Korea is also warehoused at the PSF. Lumber, petroleum, fog oil and other war-contingency items are also stockpiled at Pusan. Constant rotation is essential to ensure soldiers in the field get the best supplies available.

All line items for AAFES stores and shoppettes are warehoused there. The military cold food storage and chilling facility handles frozen foods and cold items like produce and eggs. All the frozen food for prepared meals for U. S. Forces Korea personnel is stored at the Pusan facility before it is distributed to the units throughout Korea for use in their dining facilities. Seven to 10 trucks haul items to commissaries and dining facilities throughout Korea about five days a week. Tent repair contractors sew, waterproof and replace missing parts of tents, then put them back into storage to be reissued, ensuring soldiers have roofs over their heads in the field. And tactical maps of Korea are made and stored at an element of the Defense Mapping Agency. Toiletry kits for KATUSA soldiers are assembled and shipped from the Pusan Storage Facility. KATUSAs are paid very little money, but each receives an assortment of essential items like shaving cream and razors in what resembles a "care package."

The history of the US Army Pusan Storage Facility dates back to the early stages of the Korean War when the 55th QM Base Depot, based in Shinagawa, on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan, arrived in Korea in the latter part of August 1950. It established it's Headquarters and Staff Elements on the present site of PSF, with the mission of providing Quartermaster items and equipment support to Eighth United States Army/US Forces.

In May 1955, the 55th QM Base Depot was relocated to Bupyong (ASCOM city), currently Camp Market. The 142nd QM Bn was moved from Masan and assumed the mission of providing QM support to US/UN Forces in the Southern area plus Class I perishable support for all US Forces in Korea. In January 1963, the 142nd QM Bn was deactivated and the US Army Pusan Depot was established under the Command of the Pusan District Command.

In October 1965, the USA Pusan Depot was deactivated and the missions and functions transferred to the Directorate for Supply and Maintenance, USA Pusan Base Command. In March 1970, this activity was redesignated the Pusan Depot Activity and placed under the operational control of the USA Depot, Camp Carroll.

In August 1977, the Pusan Depot Activity was redesignated as the USA Pusan Storage Facility as a major subordinate command under the 19th Support Command. In October 1986, the Pusan Storage Facility was placed under the 34th Support Group for administration and UCMJ and remained under operational control of the 19th Support Command.

On 1 April 1993, Pusan Storage Facility was realigned from the 20th ASG to Materiel Support Center-Korea (MSC-K). Commander, MSC-K provides functional and operational guidance to PSF.