516th Personnel Services Battalion
Charged with conducting Theater Army personnel service operations in support of EUSA and USFK, to sustain theater military personnel strengths, manage theater personnel soldier support systems, and provide single service postal management. The 516th maintains combat effectiveness to ensure the effective completion of tasks required for evacuating non-combatants, transitioning to war, and for receiving, allocating, sustaining and protecting U.S. forces on the Korean Peninsula.
The 516th Personnel Service Battalion was permanently organized under a Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE) effective 16 October 1987. The command is the successor to a number of units responsible for Army personnel administration in Korea. Originally there was the Office of the Adjutant General, Eighth United States Army; then the U.S. Army Military Personnel Center-Korea (MILPERCEN-K); and most recently, the 8th Personnel Command (Provisional). These organizational changes were made to consolidate and centralize all Army personnel service support in the Theater.
