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United States Army Major Commands

8th U.S. Army


Headquarters: Yongsan, Korea

Established: June 10, 1944

Mission:
EUSA, as the U.S. Army Service Component Command, on order provides forces to the commander in chief of United Nations Command and the Republic of Korea/U.S. Combined Forces Command. EUSA is the Army component of U.S. Forces, Korea.

Responsibilities: EUSA provides forces that conduct combat operations, and provides combat support and combat service support to assigned, attached and other forces. EUSA units are deployed as far north as the Joint Security Area at Panmunjom and as far south as the port of Pusan.

People: 35,504

Civilians: 8,517

Active duty: 26,987


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