Camp Buehring

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United States military base in Kuwait

title: "Camp Buehring" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["military-installations-of-the-united-states-in-kuwait", "foreign-relations-of-kuwait", "united-states-army-posts", "military-installations-established-in-2003"] description: "United States military base in Kuwait" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Buehring" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary United States military base in Kuwait ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox military installation"]

FieldValue
nameCamp Buehring
Udairi Landing Zone
countryKuwait
imageCamp Buehring 2006 03150082.JPG
image_size250px
captionSign at Camp Buehring's main entrance (May 2006)
pushpin_mapKuwait
pushpin_labelCamp Buehring
pushpin_map_captionShown within Kuwait
coordinates
typeStaging post
ownershipU.S. Department of Defense
operator(airfield)
built
usedJanuary 2003 – present
past_commanders
elevation424 ft
ICAOOKDI
r1-number18/36
r1-length4266 ft
r1-surfaceAsphalt
footnotesSources: DoD FLIP
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| name = Camp Buehring Udairi Landing Zone | ensign = | native_name = | partof = | location = | nearest_town = | country = Kuwait | image = Camp Buehring 2006 03150082.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = Sign at Camp Buehring's main entrance (May 2006) | pushpin_map = Kuwait | pushpin_label = Camp Buehring | pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Kuwait | coordinates = | type = Staging post | code = | site_area = | height = | ownership = U.S. Department of Defense | operator = (airfield) | controlledby = | open_to_public = | condition = | built = | builder = | used = January 2003 – present | materials = | fate = | battles = | events = | current_commander = | past_commanders = | garrison = | occupants = | elevation = 424 ft | ICAO =OKDI | r1-number = 18/36 | r1-length = 4266 ft | r1-surface = Asphalt | website = |footnotes=Sources: DoD FLIP}} Camp Buehring (formerly Camp Udairi) is a staging post for US troops in the northwestern region of Kuwait. From its founding in January 2003 to the present date, the base was used for military troops heading north into Iraq and is 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 tribes raising camels, goats, and sheep. Camp New York is nearby, in the same Udairi Range Complex.

Camp Buehring is named after Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Buehring who was killed in Baghdad on October 26, 2003. Buehring was among the highest-ranking U.S. casualties of the Iraq War. Camp Udairi was renamed in his honor in 2004.

History

Much of Camp Buehring had operated continuously since its establishment in 2003. Units deploying to Iraq from CONUS would spend 2-3 weeks at Buehring to receive last batch of field equipment, zero their weapons, acclimatize, and then move forward via Route 1 or by flight to their final destination within Iraq.

A vehicle-ramming attack 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 shuttered many of the morale, welfare, and recreation outlets on the 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 [C193rd Aviation Battalion Hawaii 2004]

Aviation Battalions

Ground forces

  • 4th BCT February–March 2004
  • 4th Infantry Division passed through NOV 2004-JAN 2005 en route to Baghdad to assume the role of MND-B. The Division Deployment was set up here to push units through.

2022

  • 1067th Composite Truck Company December 2022-September 2023

References

References

  1. (2021). "DoD Flight Information Publication (Enroute) - Supplement Europe, North Africa and Middle East". [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]].
  2. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-03-30/truck-rams-us-soldiers-in-kuwait-15-injured/1826858 Truck rams US soldiers in Kuwait, 15 injured], ''ABC'' (March 30, 2003)
  3. "Mural Paintings at Camp Buehring [Image 6 of 6]". DVIDS.
  4. "Air med, always ready". DVIDS.
  5. "640th ASB makes historic Gray Eagle repairs". DVIDS.
  6. (March 2016). "[[AirForces Monthly]]". [[Key Publishing.
  7. "Army National Guard leaders visit 449th CAB Soldiers". DVIDS.
  8. "TF Voodoo transfers authority to TF Talon". DVIDS.
  9. "The 248th ASB transfers authority to 935th ASB". DVIDS.
  10. "Army National Guardsmen transfer responsibility of the OIR/OSS aviation support mission". DVIDS.
  11. "The 35th Combat Aviation Brigade Lands In The Middle East". DVIDS.
  12. "Task Force Phoenix passes halfway point on 9-month Middle East mission". DVIDS.
  13. "Mission complete. Task Force Phoenix heads home after 9-month mission in the Middle East". DVIDS.
  14. "82nd CAB Soldiers provide phased maintenance support in Kuwait". DVIDS.
  15. "US Soldiers conduct joint hot load training at Camp Buehring". DVIDS.
  16. "Task Force Mustang relieves Task Force Eagle, returns to Middle East". DVIDS.
  17. "2515th Naval Air Ambulance Detachment takes on medical missions". DVIDS.

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