Army takes step toward closing Camp Red Cloud with inactivation ceremony

That is interesting my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell. When I saw the title I remembered Red Cloud range at Fort Benning in the 1980s at that time it was focused on dismounted mortar training.
[now Red Cloud Range is focused on armored vehicle and recon training]
My friend and USMA classmate General Vincent Brooks is in command of United States Forces Korea.
It makes perfect sense from an operational perspective to back US forces off from the DMZ.
I am not surprised the US forces are relocating southwards on the Peninsula of South Korea.
I expect we will maintain a presence on Korea and Japan even as we have in Germany and former eastern Europe.
"CAMP RED CLOUD, South Korea – Soldiers stood in formation as the garrison’s colors were cased Thursday in a ceremony officials said marked an important step toward closing this Korean War-era base and reducing the U.S. footprint north of Seoul.
The inactivation of Camp Red Cloud, which remains home to the 2nd Infantry Division, was a largely administrative move aimed at consolidating resources as the Army steps up much-delayed plans to move most forces to its new hub in the southern half of the country.
But Col. Brandon Newton, who served for the past two years as the final garrison commander of the area that includes Red Cloud and Camp Casey, stressed the process was well underway.
“The details of the way that we return bases are more complex than just the casing of the colors,” he said in an interview after the ceremony on the parade ground. “We’re certainly on the lead edge of what I would consider the vacating of Camp Red Cloud. Vacating and closing a camp is about a year’s process.”

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CW5 Jack Cardwell Always Kind of Sad seeing a Base that's been around a Long Time Close.

WOW, that is almost like seeing Frankfurt PX closing!