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  Big Apple of Kuwait reopens By Spc. Marc Loi CAMP NEW YORK, Kuwait (Army News Service, March 24, 2004) -- After three months of not having any visitors, Camp New York is starting to fill its vacancies again. Camp New York was rebuilt in early December to provide facilities for service members coming through Kuwait during the Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation of troops, which began in January and will last through May. Situated in the middle of the Kuwaiti desert, the camp boasts some of the amenities a person would have in New York City, including a 1,000-seat...

CAMP NEW YORK, Kuwait — Had they seen stockings and a tree, Task Force 1-77 soldiers might have thought Santa had just arrived. Hundreds of troops at Camp New York woke up before dawn last week, marched through the sand to a giant warehouse tent near the front gate, and lined up to grab their long-promised new gear. They passed by table after table, picking up new shirts, long underwear, summer and winter boots, fleece wear, knee and elbow pads, and vests. “It was like Christmas,” said 1st Lt. Jason Royston, 24, of Ada, Okla., an officer with the 9th...

Nasty weather slows Charlie Company's gear loading By RON MARTZAtlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer Related:• GIs get combat stress counselings• Wednesday's Brant Sanderlin photos from Kuwait• Revisiting Charlie Co. in Iraq CAMP NEW YORK, Kuwait -- The weather that was merely annoying for Charlie Co. soldiers on Tuesday turned downright nasty Wednesday. Working in high winds under brownout conditions that at times made it impossible to see more than a few feet, the soldiers labored through customs inspections required before sending tons of gear back to Fort Stewart."This wind is tough. It's like getting beat up all day and not...

Fort Stewart families exult, plan welcomes Staff Sgt. Germell Milton with Charlie Company Task Force 1-64 celebrates after stepping onto Kuwaiti soil Monday during a two-day convoy ride from Iraq. Camp New York, Kuwait -- Some danced for joy. Others pulled out long-stored cigars and lit up. Still others rolled in the sand and gleefully shouted: "I'm going home! I'm going home!" Soldiers of Task Force 1-64 of the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team unleashed long pent-up emotions Monday after leaving Iraq and setting foot in Kuwait after more than 10 months overseas, including four weeks of tough...

<p>WITH THE ARMY'S 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION, Northern Kuwait -- "Remember, if you do not hear from me for several days, it is because we lost Internet, or we are gone. Then just watch news for us. Will always love you for eternity," Lt. John Knight, 31 years old, typed in a recent e-mail to his wife in Tennessee.</p>

KUWAIT CITY - A command tent at the 101st Airborne Division camp in Kuwait was attacked early Sunday with grenades, and 14 soldiers were wounded, four seriously, military officials said. An American soldier was detained as a suspect, the Army said. The soldier, who was found hiding in a bunker, is assigned to the 101st Airborne, military officials said. The motive in the attack "most likely was resentment," said Max Blumenfeld, a U.S. Army spokesman. He did not elaborate. Ten of those wounded had superficial wounds, including puncture wounds to their arms and legs from fragments of the grenade, said...

Young U.S. soldiers face Iraq war baptism of fire By Kieran Murray CAMP NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - This time last year, Dan Burgoni was a first year student at a performing arts school in Chicago, playing jazz trombone and composing his own music. Now, he is about to invade Iraq. The skinny 20-year-old had only been in the U.S. army's storied 101st Airborne Division a few weeks when he was deployed to north Kuwait. Any day now, he will be part of a massive land attack across the Iraqi border. Burgoni's trombone is home in Illinois. Here, he...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/15/03 - Camp Virginia, Camp New York, Op TELIC, USS Gary, Al Hakam BREAKING: Camp Virginia BREAKING: Camp New York, BREAKING: Op TELIC BREAKING: USS Gary rescues eight Iraqi fishermen BREAKING: Al HakamWMD facility. BREAKING: Shi'ite Muslims - Bhopal, Calcutta, Dhaka, Rawalpindi BREAKING: AMERICAN HEROES AND THEIR ALLIES ASSEMBLE TO FREE THE IRAQI PEOPLE ========= At Camp Virginia, somewhere in Kuwait ========= Heroes of the 101st infantry prepare. ========= At Camp New York, somewhere in Kuwait ========= Heroes of the 101st Airborne support battalion prepare (and occasionally rest). ========= US Heroes in...