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While the memo didn't strictly forbid “fun” it did attempt to ban dominos, cards, and video game tournaments before the Army made an about-face last week. ... The Army has canceled a memo that would have directed a defense contractor to cease providing ping-pong and other “recreational activities other than sports and fitness” for soldiers at Camp Arifjan and Camp Buehring, Kuwait, said Lt. Col. Christina Wright, a spokeswoman for U.S. Army Central Command. “All activities remain in place,” Wright told Task & Purpose on Monday, in response to a query about the letter of technical direction, or LOTD. “The...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs Thursday, December 12, 2019 Former Army Employee Charged with Bribery, Kickbacks in Connection with Scheme to Steer Contracts A former civilian employee of the U.S. Army was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his role in a scheme to steer Army contracts for work to be performed at Camp Arifjan, a U.S. Army base in Kuwait. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent Jozette Gillespie, Acting Director, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command's (CID) Major Procurement Fraud Unit and Special Agent in Charge Robert E. Craig...

Obama Makes Stop On Way To Afghanistan In Whirlwind Tour Of Middle East, Europe CHICAGO (CBS) A group soldiers serving overseas, including some from the Chicago area, were overjoyed Saturday when presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama visited in Kuwait. As CBS 2's Susan Carlson reports, Obama stopped in at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait before making his first trip to Afghanistan. Camp Arifjan is a major gateway for U.S. soldiers moving into and out of Iraq. The soldiers applauded thunderously when Obama arrived; one of them could barely contain herself as she sported a Chi-town sign. When the cheers settled...

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (Army News Service, July 20, 2005) - A group of radio talk show hosts who don’t believe in always following the old media adage that “If it bleeds it leads,” visited military bases in Kuwait and Iraq to let service members tell the other side of the story. Day after day, stories of car bombings and suicide attacks in Iraq take prominence over the many good news stories happening in the war-torn country. But five talk hosts set out to change that with their “Voices of Soldiers Tour”. With stops at Camps Victory and Prosperity in Iraq,...

Here is the complete broadcast schedule for the talk show hosts who will be broadcasting live from Iraq next week: (I added the show links where people can listen on-line) href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/DailyFile/complete_broadcast_schedule_from_centcom_hq_kuwait_iraq/ Complete Broadcast Schedule from CENTCOM HQ, Kuwait, Iraq (All times are eastern) --- Friday July 8- Tampa, FL - Centcom Headquarters Melanie Morgan (from San Francisco), KSFO: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PMhttp://www.ksfo560.com/ ('Listen Now' link)http://www.ksfo560.com/djadditionalinformation.asp?djid=11187 (Show page) Martha Zoller, WDUN: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM http://www.marthazoller.com/main.asp (Listen On-Line link) Michael Graham, WMAL: 9:00 AM – 11:45 AM http://wmal.com/showdj.asp?DJID=25410 (Listen Live link) Buzz Patterson/Martha Zoller, Rightalk: 11 AM – 12...

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - In a rapid-fire deployment, about 10,000 U.S. Marines will arrive this month and travel to Iraq in July, the U.S. military said Tuesday. The deployment occurs in the fierce heat of summer and under an extraordinarily tight schedule, with troops expected to land in the war theater a few weeks after receiving orders. "We'll be pushing them through the theater and getting them up north" into Iraq, said Army Col. Gary McKown, who oversees U.S. troop movements into Iraq from this desert base south of Kuwait City. The Marines, who had yet to receive official deployment...

Camp Arifjan Readying for 'The Surge' By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait, Dec. 15, 2003 – Logistics experts at this camp are preparing for one of the greatest feats of transportation in military history. The camp will be home to the Iraq troop rotation. Soldiers will come out of Iraq, clean their equipment and board planes and ships for home. Other service members will be arriving from the United States, drawing equipment and preparing to move into Iraq. Nothing like this effort has been done before. The camp is located outside Kuwait City and it is...

Reported rape stuns Stryker unit MICHAEL GILBERT; The News Tribune CAMP UDAIRI, Kuwait - A female Stryker brigade soldier reported she was raped, brigade officials said Saturday. The sexual assault apparently occurred late Friday or early Saturday outside a women's shower trailer in one of the tent cities where brigade soldiers are living before they move up to Iraq. Detectives from the Army's Criminal Investigation Division on Saturday taped off an area around a cargo container next to the shower trailer. The CID agents from Camp Arifjan, another Army post near Kuwait City, are handling the investigation. The brigade's public...

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (AFP) - An American soldier was killed and four others were injured in a traffic crash Thursday in Kuwait, military officials said. The accident occurred near Camp Arifjan, the US military command said in a statement. The statement said the injured soldiers were being treated at hospitals in Kuwait. Names of those involved were not released. Tens of thousands of US troops are based in the emirate, poised to attack Iraq should Washington decide to disarm the Baghdad regime by force.