History
The following is a timeline of Field Station Korea's history:
- Spring 1960
- 177th USASA Company moved to Camp Humphreys (then K6) from their operations compound at Mia-Ri (now Mia-Dong) after construction of the K6 subpost was completed.
- 9 March 1970
- As the senior USASA organization in Korea, the 508th USASA Group combined with the 177th USASA Company and were redesignated as USASA Group Korea and moved to Camp Humphreys.
- 30 September 1971
- USASA Field Station Korea and 332nd ASA Operations Company (forward) activated.
- April 1977
- The Field Station was resubordinated to the newly formed 501st MI Group headquartered in Seoul. At this time, USASA Field Station Korea became U.S. Army Field Station Korea with four subordinate units: Headquarters and Service Company, Operations Company, 332nd ASA Operations Company (transferred to 532nd Military Intelligence Battalion in 1986), and the 146th ASA Aviation Company (subsequently reorganized as 3rd MI BN).
- 7 January 1988
- U.S. Army Field Station Korea was redesignated as 751st MI BN
- 16 June 2000
- 751st MI BN was redesignated as the 527th MI BN.
- 1 October 2009
- 527th MI BN was redesignated as the 719th MI BN.
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