Camp Buehring

Camp Buehring Udairi Landing Zone
Kuwait
Sign at Camp Buehring's main entrance (May 2006)
Camp Buehring Shown within Kuwait
Coordinates	29°41′52″N 47°25′35″E / 29.69778°N 47.42639°E / 29.69778; 47.42639Coordinates: 29°41′52″N 47°25′35″E / 29.69778°N 47.42639°E / 29.69778; 47.42639
Type	Staging post
Site information
Owner	U.S. Department of Defense
Operator	United States Army (airfield)
Site history
Built	2002 (2002)
In use	January 2003-Present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: OKDI
Elevation	424 feet (129 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 18/36 4,266 feet (1,300 m) Asphalt
Sources: DoD FLIP[1]

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 present date, the base was used for military troops heading north into Iraq, as well as 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 as well.

Camp Buehring is named after Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Buehring who was killed in Baghdad on October 26, 2003. Buehring was one of 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 from its establishment in 2003. During the spring of 2020, the worldwide coronavirus pandemic shuttered many of the morale, welfare, and recreation outlets on 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

• 185th Aviation Brigade (Theater) until December 2015
• 40th Combat Aviation Brigade from December 2015 to August 2016
• 77th Combat Aviation Brigade until April 2017
• 29th Combat Aviation Brigade from April 2017
• 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment (GSAB) 'Hercules' with Boeing CH-47F Chinook's^[2]
  • Company B (Chinook)
• 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment (GSAB), 77th Combat Aviation Brigade during October 2016
  • Company A (UH-60 & AH-64)
• 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance), 1st Aviation Regiment
• 2nd Battalion (General Support), 1st Aviation Regiment

Ground forces

• 4th BCT February–March 2004
• Company B, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armoured Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division until November 2019
• Company J, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division until November 2019

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Camp Buehring at Wikimedia Commons

• Camp Buerhing at Global Security
• Army Lt. Col. Charles H. Buehring
• Stars and Stripes article on renaming to Camp Buehring