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According to U.S. Army Regulation 215-1, Army MWR is a quality-of-life program that directly supports readiness by providing a variety of community, soldier, and family support programs, activities and services. Included in MWR are social, fitness, recreational, educational, and other programs and activities that enhance community life, foster ...
Camp Doha. Camp Doha was the main U.S. Army base in Kuwait, and played a pivotal role in the U.S. military presence in the Middle East since the 1991 Gulf War and in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The complex is located on a small peninsula on Kuwait Bay, west of Kuwait City. It was initially a large industrial warehouse complex and was taken in ...
Camp Navistar (closed in 2007) Camp LSA (closed in 2013, U.S. Army administered part of Ali Al Salem Air Base) Camp Amber SEMC (unofficial closed in 2013 TS,S,C) Camp Virginia (closed in 2013) Khabari Crossing (unofficial closed 2011) KCIA Camp Wolf (closed in 2005) 29°13′09″N 047°58′57″E. / 29.21917°N 47.98250°E / 29.21917 ...
The M249 SAW, M240, MK 19, and M2 machine guns can be mounted on vehicles. BGM-71 TOW mounted on Humvee and JLTV variants, as well as M2 and M3 Bradley. The M134 Minigun fires 7.62mm ammunition at 3,000 to 4,000 rpm. The M3P Machine Gun, an M2 variant with a higher rate of fire mounted on the Avenger Humvee.
The Army entered the field of undersea cable work in connecting the military installations in the Philippine Islands. [51] The transport Hooker was fitted as a cable ship for Philippine service arriving in Manila from New York 26 June 1899. On 11 August, on the way to Hong Kong for coaling, Hooker ran aground and became a total loss. Most of ...
The 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command —the "Lucky 13th"—is a U.S. Army modular sustainment command which serves as a forward presence for expeditionary operations for a theater, or in support of a regional combatant commander. Corps Sustainment Commands (CSC), such as the 13th, synchronize distribution of supplies and services within ...
www .pifss .gov .kw. The Public Institution For Social Security (PIFSS; Arabic: المؤسسة العامة للتأمينات الاجتماعية) is the public pension fund of the state of Kuwait. It was founded in 1976 and counts 11 subsidiaries and 45 documented transactions. [1] In 2021, its cash reserves accounted to 4% of its ...
The geographical region of Kuwait has been occupied by humans since antiquity, particularly due to its strategic location at the head of the Persian Gulf. [ 1][ 2][ 3] In the pre-oil era, Kuwait was a regional trade port. [ 4][ 5][ 6] In the modern era, Kuwait is best known for the Gulf War (1990–1991).