Camp Buehring (formerly Camp Udairi) is a
staging post
A stage station or relay station, also known as a staging post, a posting station, or a stage stop, is a place where exhausted horses could be replaced by fresh animals, since a long journey was much faster without delays when horses needed rest ...
for US troops in the northwestern region of
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
. From its founding in January 2003 to present date, the base was used for military troops heading north into Iraq, as well as the primary location for the Middle Eastern Theater Reserve. The areas surrounding Camp Buehring, known as the Udairi Range Complex, is largely uninhabited, except for a few nomadic
Bedouin
The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu (; , singular ) are nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The Bedouin originated in the Syrian Desert and A ...
tribes raising camels, goats, and sheep.
Camp New York is nearby, in the same Udairi Range Complex as well.
Camp Buehring is named after Lieutenant Colone
Charles H. Buehringwho was killed in
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...
on October 26, 2003. Buehring was one of the highest ranking U.S.
casualties of the Iraq War
Estimates of the casualties from the Iraq War (beginning with the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and the ensuing occupation and insurgency and civil war) have come in several forms, and those estimates of different types of Iraq War casualties vary gr ...
. Camp Udairi was renamed in his honor in 2004.
History
Much of Camp Buehring had operated continuously from its establishment in 2003.
A
vehicle-ramming attack
A vehicle-ramming attack is an assault in which a perpetrator deliberately rams a vehicle into a building, crowd of people, or another vehicle. According to Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts, this attack represents a relatively new militan ...
on March 30, 2003, left sixteen people wounded after a disgruntled Egyptian electrician rammed a pick-up truck into a group of US soldiers. The perpetrator was shot twice and wounded seriously.
During the spring of 2020, the worldwide
coronavirus pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified ...
shuttered many of the
morale, welfare, and recreation outlets on post, as well as leading to the establishment of social distancing and mask usage guidelines. Quarantine procedures were mandatory for incoming personnel. The post had not experienced its own outbreak of the virus, though imported cases were recurring and infrequent.
Units
Aviation Brigades
*
34th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade 2008.
* Unknown CAB until April 2015
*
185th Aviation Brigade (Theater) from April to December 2015
**
1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment during October 2015.
*
40th Combat Aviation Brigade from December 2015 to August 2016
*
1st Battalion (General Support), 168th Aviation Regiment 'Hercules' with
Boeing CH-47F Chinook's
** Company B (Chinook)
*
77th Combat Aviation Brigade from August 2016 to April 2017
**
1st Battalion (General Support), 111th Aviation Regiment,
77th Combat Aviation Brigade during October 2016
** Company A (UH-60 & AH-64)
*
29th Combat Aviation Brigade from April to December 2017
*
449th Combat Aviation Brigade from December 2017. until August 2018
**
1st Battalion (Assault), 244th Aviation Regiment (TF Voodoo) until August 2018.
**
248th Aviation Support Battalion (TF Viper)
*
35th Combat Aviation Brigade
The Combat Aviation Brigade, 35th Infantry Division
Shoulder sleeve insignia
The division's shoulder patch, a white Santa Fe cross on a blue disc with a green border, was originally approved for the 35th Division on 29 October 1918.
History
...
between August 2018 and April 2019.
**
1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter), 108th Aviation Regiment (TF Falon) until April 2019.
**
935th Aviation Support Battalion
*
38th Combat Aviation Brigade from April 2019
**
8th Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment from April 2019.
*
34th Combat Aviation Brigade
The Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 34th Infantry Division (ECAB) is a unit of the Minnesota Army National Guard that supports the 34th Infantry Division and the state of Minnesota by providing aviation capabilities. The brigade is based ...
from 2019 to September 2020
*
28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade
The 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade is a heavy aviation unit of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. The Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) is one of four brigades of the 28th Infantry Division. It provides aviation assets for both federal ...
(TF Anvil) from September 2020 until May 2021
*
40th Combat Aviation Brigade (TF Phoenix) from May 2021 until January 2022
**
1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion (TF Raptor)
**
640th Aviation Support Battalion
**
1-82nd Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (TF Wolfpack) (- October 2021)
**
1-227th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (TF Attack) (October 2021 - )
** Task Force Toro from the Spanish Armed Forces
** Task Force Griffon from the Italian Army
*
11th Combat Aviation Brigade (TF Eagle) from January 2022 until August 2022.
*
36th Combat Aviation Brigade
Task Force Mustang is the deployment unit name for the Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard. The CAB completed a tour of duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the fall of 2007 when it was relie ...
(TF Mustang) between August 2022 and Present.
**
449th Aviation Support Battalion (ASB)
**
2-149th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) (TF Rough Riders)
**
3-142nd Assault Helicopter Battalion (AHB), New York Army National Guard
**
1-101st Attack Aviation Battalion (Task Force No Mercy) of the
101st Airborne Division
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations. It can plan, coordinate, and execute multiple battalion-size air assault operati ...
** Task Force Toro from the Spanish Armed Forces
** Task Force Griffon from
5th Army Aviation Regiment "Rigel", Italian Army
Aviation Battalions
* 2515th Naval Air Ambulance Detachment from
HSC-21
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 (HSC-21), nicknamed "Blackjacks", is an aviation unit of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station North Island. HSC-21 is made up of five expeditionary detachments that deploy aboard ships including Comb ...
and
HSC-23
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC-23), also known as the "Wildcards", are a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California. The "Wildcards" currently fly the MH-60S Seahawk helicopter ...
during 2007.
*
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance), 1st Aviation Regiment
*
2nd Battalion (General Support), 1st Aviation Regiment
Ground forces
* 4th BCT February–March 2004
References
External links
{{commons category-inline, Camp Buehring
Camp Buerhing at Global SecurityStars and Stripes article on renaming to Camp Buehring
Military installations of the United States in Kuwait
Foreign relations of Kuwait
Buehring