Camp Kwangsari [Kwang Sa-Ri]
The United States relies on a wartime host nation support concept that stores wartime ammunition for US units and wartime ammunition that the US Government will hand over to the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA). Under this concept during wartime, six units with 15 soldiers and varying number of Korean National (KN) and Korean Service Corps (KSC) members are supposed to provide the ammunition support for the theater until real direct support (DS) ammunition companies arrive in country. As of the late 1990s these 15-soldier units were not authorized the materials handling equipment (MHE) needed to move and handle the ammunition. With only 15 personnel weapons, these units rely on the Koreans for base defense as well as to provide personnel and the MHE to move the ammunition. During peacetime, the mission of the wartime host nation support units is to act as liaisons between US units needing ammunition and the Korean units who store the ammunition.
