Draft:Camp Pennsylvania



Camp Pennsylvania
Kuwait
Coordinates29.7634°N 47.2243°E
Height10 feet (3.0 m)
Length1,000 feet (300 m)
Site information
OwnerUnited States Army
Operator3rd Infantry Division
Controlled by3rd Infantry Division
Open to
the public
No
ConditionDegraded
Site history
BuiltEarly 1998
Built for3rd Infantry Division
Built by3rd Infantry Division
FateAbandoned late 2003[1]
EventsHasan Karim Akbar fragging[2]
Garrison information
Garrison3rd Infantry Division

Camp Pennsylvania (29°45′48″N 47°13′27″E / 29.7634°N 47.2243°E / 29.7634; 47.2243) was a Kabal 50 miles (80 km) away from the Iraq border, it was opened in early 1998 as a staging area for Camp Udairi (currently Camp Buehring). It was in the shape of a square.

1,000 feet (300 m) across and had a 10 feet (3.0 m) tall berm surrounding the camp. It had rows of tents each holding a half dozen to a dozen soldiers.[3] Following it's closure in late 2003, it currently sits unoccupied and acts as a training area for the United States Army and the Kuwait Army.

  1. ^ https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/trecms/pdf/AD1117997.pdf
  2. ^ "Soldier gets death penalty for killing officers in Kuwait". NBC News. 2005-04-28. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  3. ^ "The Kabals". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2024-03-13.

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