Camp H. M. Smith is a United States Marine Corps installation on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It is the headquarters of Marine Forces Pacific as well as the United States Pacific Command and Special Operations Command Pacific. This article is becoming very long. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Oʻahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English), the Gathering Place, is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous island in the State of Hawaii. ... The United States Pacific Command operates from suburban Honolulu in south central Oahu at the Nimitz-MacArthur Pacific Command Center. ...
CampH. Smith, the location of the headquarters of the Commander in Chief, U. Pacific Command and the commander Marine Forces Pacific, is on Oahus Halawa Heights, at an elevation of about 600 feet above Pearl Harbor, near the community of Aiea.
On June 8, 1955, the camp, originally the Aiea Naval Hospital, was renamed in honor of the late General Holland McIntyeire "Howlin Mad" Smith of World War II Fame, the first commanding general of the Fleet Marine Force Pacific.
CampSmith today consists of 220 acres at CampSmith proper, 137 acres at Puuloa Rifle Range in Ewa Beach, and 62 acres in Manana Housing.
CampSmith is in Westchester County on the border of Putnam County.
CampSmith is also a major testing ground in the field of simulations and high tech training.
The CampSmith Trail traverses Anthonys Nose and Manitou Mountain in the extreme northwest corner of Westchester County, overlooking the Bear Mountain Bridge.
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