thedrifter
05-09-03, 06:13 AM
Camp Patriot: Rotating Door of Diversity
Story Number: NNS030507-04
Release Date: 5/7/2003 9:15:00 AM
By Journalist 1st Class Joseph Krypel, Camp Patriot Public Affairs
CAMP PATRIOT, Kuwait (NNS) -- A joint-service, multinational force of thousands have called Camp Patriot home for months. As major military phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom scale down, the revolutionary diversity and flexibility that has defined Camp Patriot continues.
Referred to from within as a ‘military melting pot,’ Camp Patriot has been a scene of inter-service cooperativeness not experienced before by many.
Since its standup in mid-January, Camp Patriot has been the permanent duty station for an average of 3,000 U.S. servicemembers comprised of more than 30 separate commands from every branch of the military service.
Blending the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps is not uncommon, but when you pepper in the Army’s Transportation Command with the U.S. Navy “Gator Bees” of Amphibious Construction Battalions 1 and 2, along with Coast Guard port security units and Air Force Meteorologists, plus a dab of the joint Navy/Coast Guard team that is Naval Coastal Warfare – the recipe for success has been proven.
Beyond its residents, this forward-deployed, expeditionary base camp has been a transition point for thousands of Gulf Country Council troops and equipment as well as coalition forces including the United Kingdom and Australian troops supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Stationed aboard Kuwait Naval Base, Camp Patriots’ joint-service leadership has always maintained a close host-nation relationship.
“We are guests here,” says Capt. Donald P. Cook, Camp Patriot’s commanding officer. “Our role and our relationship is, and has been, extremely important to our hosts; and our relationship has developed into a very unique friendship that can never be forgotten.”
Working side-by-side, this truly diverse operational single service team has been directly responsible for such operations as the offload, and now backload, of tens-of-thousands of pieces of military supplies and equipment, as well as personnel moving in and out of the Central Command area of operations. With the aid of such tools as the U.S. Navy Elevated Causeway System-Modular (ELCAS(M)), and the supreme transport planning of the U.S. Army’s 143rd Transportation Command and its subordinate units – Camp Patriot has been incident free and brags a 100 percent accomplishment record for every mission assigned.
Hosting strands of dignitaries is also part of the Camp Patriot standard operating procedure. From its parent commander, Rear Adm. W. Clyde Marsh, commander, Amphibious Group 3 to the U.S. Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, the Honorable Richard H. Jones, U.S. and Kuwaiti forces alike have been proud to put on display what is considered by many here the best working relationship in the theater of operations.
During a visit by the Kuwaiti Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Fahad Al Amir, a point was made that placed a large amount of pride on the shoulders of every service man and woman stationed here.
“I am extremely impressed and proud by the Kuwaiti and American capability at this camp to work as a unified body,” said Al Amir. “I have not seen such professionalism anywhere else, and I hope that all the other commands in the Kuwaiti theater will learn from what I have been able to see and experience here.”
Pride and professionalism have been key in every modern day operation, and according to Cook, this holds even more true here.
“This camp is so good and so hospitable that we have folks from the field – from all nations – wanting to come here for liberty! Camp Patriot and Kuwait Naval Base is the picture of pride and the example of joint and coalition forces operability at it’s best,” concluded Cook.
Sempers,
Roger
Story Number: NNS030507-04
Release Date: 5/7/2003 9:15:00 AM
By Journalist 1st Class Joseph Krypel, Camp Patriot Public Affairs
CAMP PATRIOT, Kuwait (NNS) -- A joint-service, multinational force of thousands have called Camp Patriot home for months. As major military phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom scale down, the revolutionary diversity and flexibility that has defined Camp Patriot continues.
Referred to from within as a ‘military melting pot,’ Camp Patriot has been a scene of inter-service cooperativeness not experienced before by many.
Since its standup in mid-January, Camp Patriot has been the permanent duty station for an average of 3,000 U.S. servicemembers comprised of more than 30 separate commands from every branch of the military service.
Blending the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps is not uncommon, but when you pepper in the Army’s Transportation Command with the U.S. Navy “Gator Bees” of Amphibious Construction Battalions 1 and 2, along with Coast Guard port security units and Air Force Meteorologists, plus a dab of the joint Navy/Coast Guard team that is Naval Coastal Warfare – the recipe for success has been proven.
Beyond its residents, this forward-deployed, expeditionary base camp has been a transition point for thousands of Gulf Country Council troops and equipment as well as coalition forces including the United Kingdom and Australian troops supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Stationed aboard Kuwait Naval Base, Camp Patriots’ joint-service leadership has always maintained a close host-nation relationship.
“We are guests here,” says Capt. Donald P. Cook, Camp Patriot’s commanding officer. “Our role and our relationship is, and has been, extremely important to our hosts; and our relationship has developed into a very unique friendship that can never be forgotten.”
Working side-by-side, this truly diverse operational single service team has been directly responsible for such operations as the offload, and now backload, of tens-of-thousands of pieces of military supplies and equipment, as well as personnel moving in and out of the Central Command area of operations. With the aid of such tools as the U.S. Navy Elevated Causeway System-Modular (ELCAS(M)), and the supreme transport planning of the U.S. Army’s 143rd Transportation Command and its subordinate units – Camp Patriot has been incident free and brags a 100 percent accomplishment record for every mission assigned.
Hosting strands of dignitaries is also part of the Camp Patriot standard operating procedure. From its parent commander, Rear Adm. W. Clyde Marsh, commander, Amphibious Group 3 to the U.S. Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, the Honorable Richard H. Jones, U.S. and Kuwaiti forces alike have been proud to put on display what is considered by many here the best working relationship in the theater of operations.
During a visit by the Kuwaiti Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Fahad Al Amir, a point was made that placed a large amount of pride on the shoulders of every service man and woman stationed here.
“I am extremely impressed and proud by the Kuwaiti and American capability at this camp to work as a unified body,” said Al Amir. “I have not seen such professionalism anywhere else, and I hope that all the other commands in the Kuwaiti theater will learn from what I have been able to see and experience here.”
Pride and professionalism have been key in every modern day operation, and according to Cook, this holds even more true here.
“This camp is so good and so hospitable that we have folks from the field – from all nations – wanting to come here for liberty! Camp Patriot and Kuwait Naval Base is the picture of pride and the example of joint and coalition forces operability at it’s best,” concluded Cook.
Sempers,
Roger