Camp Arifjan

Camp Arifjan

Infobox Military Structure
name=Camp Arifjan
location=south of Kuwait City, Kuwait


caption=
type=Forward Logistics Base, Transport Base,
Staging Area, Repair Facility
built=2002
Cost: $200 million
Paid by: Government of Kuwait
materials= Mostly reinforced concrete
used=2002 -
controlledby=U.S. Army
garrison= ~9,000
commanders=LTG R. Steven Whitcomb
battles=Iraq War
USCENTCOM operations

Camp Arifjan is a United States Army installation located in the Emirate of Kuwait which accommodates elements of the US Air Force, US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Coast Guard. Military personnel from the United Kingdom, Australia, Romania and Poland are also forward deployed there. Camp Arifjan is located south of Kuwait City and Ali Al Salem Airbase, and west of the Shuaiba Port (Military Sea Port of Debarkation/Embarkation, or SPOD) and Kuwait Naval Base (KNB).

Camp Arifjan is a US military installation utilized as a forward logistics base, Aviation Classification and Repair Activity Depot (Task Force AVCRAD) for the entire Southwest Asian Theater (through Patton Army Air Field), helicopter ground support base, and as a motor pool for armored and unarmored vehicles. U.S. military vehicles that did not receive new additional armor plating in the United States prior to deployment to U.S. Central Command -- tens of thousands -- received their "up-armoring" at Camp Arifjan. Additionally, many thousands of soldiers pass through Camp Arifjan either on their way to Iraq or returning from Iraq.

Patton Army Air Field

Patton Army Airfield is the United States Army airfield, located within the camp boundaries. Patton Army Airfield is run by elements of the Army National Guard's Aviation Classification and Repair Activity Depots (AVCRADs). Organizational (AVUM), Intermediate (AVIM) and limited depot maintenance support is available via Patton Army Airfield and its corresponding AVCRAD elements to many United States military aviation assets within the Southwest Asian Theater (SWA). The airfield is named in memory of General George S. Patton.

Facilities

The base has undergone many changes within the past several years, including the construction of half a dozen barracks, hundreds of "temporary" or transitional barracks, known as PCBs (Pre-Fabricated Concrete Buildings), three dining facilities, and the establishment of three base exchanges (AAFES). There are approximately 9,000 personnel stationed at Camp Arifjan.

The facility is guarded by US Army Contractors. Combat Support Associates.


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