Base guide

Camp Casey

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  1. Unaccompanied, and the tour length changed
  2. Arrival
  3. Housing: barracks, no off-post option
  4. Medical care: appointments only, no emergency care
  5. Pets: not in barracks
  6. Driving: a privilege, not a default
  7. Legal assistance
  8. Before you report

Camp Casey, in the city of Dongducheon, is part of U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan-Casey, which MilitaryINSTALLATIONS lists as “USAG Yongsan-Casey” and whose mission is to provide base operations support in Area I to support Eighth Army. According to the MilitaryINSTALLATIONS overview of Yongsan-Casey, “Camp Casey is an unaccompanied tour”, and service members receive incentive pay for being assigned there.

Unaccompanied, and the tour length changed

“There is no family housing at USAG-Casey”, the Yongsan-Casey MilitaryINSTALLATIONS page says. The Yongsan-Casey check-in page adds a dated change: “As of October 1, 2026, Yongsan-Casey has been updated to 2 year assignment.” Read your orders to see which entitlements apply to you.

If you marry en route or want to bring family members on an accompanied tour of Korea, start the command sponsorship process through your losing unit’s personnel section. Family members are prescreened through the Exceptional Family Member Program, preventive medicine and the travel office, and the page warns the process could take two to three months. Families who arrive without command sponsorship get only TRICARE Standard (with a co-pay), and housing allowance is paid at the without-dependents rate.

Arrival

Whether you land at Incheon International Airport or at Osan Air Base on the Patriot Express, new Eighth Army personnel are transported to Camp Humphreys for initial instructions. At Incheon, Korean customs and immigration staff direct SOFA personnel to the 19th HRC/USFK welcome desk. Newcomer in-processing details are on the Eighth Army newcomers page linked from the check-in page.

Housing: barracks, no off-post option

Military personnel are not authorized to live off post at Camp Casey or Camp Hovey, because unaccompanied personnel housing is available, according to the Yongsan-Casey housing page. Soldiers without dependents stay in barracks or senior leader quarters. The Camp Casey Housing Office is in Maude Hall, Building 2440, Room 104, weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (limited service at lunch), closed on Korean holidays and open on U.S. holidays: DSN 315-722-4798 or 0503-322-4798. Civilians who need off-post housing get help there reviewing leases; a rental must pass a safety inspection by the Housing Services Office before you sign.

Medical care: appointments only, no emergency care

The Camp Casey Health Clinic sees patients by appointment only, with no sick call, per the Yongsan-Casey health care page. It has “No Emergency Care”, and the page splits the emergency call by phone: from a DSN phone on post, dial 911; from a cell phone on post, dial 0503-330-5906; from a cell phone or landline off post, dial 119. The Yongsan-Casey emergency assistance page also lists a Casey emergency number, DSN 722-9111 or 0503-322-9111, and the Casey Military Police at DSN 722-4726 or 0503-322-4726. Appointments: DSN 737-2762 or 0503-337-2762; after hours, 0503-337-3540. Hospital care for USFK beneficiaries is at Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital on USAG Humphreys.

Pets: not in barracks

“Soldiers traveling without dependents will stay in barracks or senior leader quarters and pets are not authorized in those facilities”, the Yongsan-Casey pet shipping page says. The same page warns that getting a pet out of Korea could cost upwards of $15,000 depending on the animal’s size, a figure it dates to April 2021. If you are command-sponsored elsewhere in Korea, the entry requirements are listed in the USAG Humphreys guide.

Driving: a privilege, not a default

“Registering and operating a privately owned vehicle (POV) in Korea is a privilege not extended to all SOFA personnel assigned”, the Yongsan-Casey motor vehicles page says. A POV may be owned and registered by a command-sponsored family or by a soldier in grade E-7 and above; joint domicile soldiers E-6 and below must request an exception to policy. Your orders must authorize shipping a vehicle. Everyone who drives needs a USFK driver’s license, which requires a valid stateside license for your whole tour and a passed written test; details are in the USAG Humphreys guide, along with the dated report on USFK’s curfew.

Without a car, USAG Yongsan-Casey runs on-post shuttle buses and contracted bus service between installations; the taxi line is 1544-9080 from a cell phone.

Legal assistance at Camp Casey is in Maude Hall, Building 2440, Room 235: DSN 315-722-1055, per the Yongsan-Casey legal assistance page. Notary and special powers of attorney are walk-in. General powers of attorney, document review, contested divorce, wills and correction of military records go to the Camp Humphreys Legal Assistance Office.

Before you report

Read your orders for the tour length and entitlements, leave pets and a car at home unless your grade or command sponsorship allows otherwise, and know that the clinic on post does not provide emergency care: save 911 for a DSN phone on post, 0503-330-5906 for a cell phone on post and 119 for a cell phone or landline off post.

Sources

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