Category: Overseas

  • USAG Stuttgart

    The United States Army Garrison is located in the city of Stuttgart in the south of Germany. It operates as the center of flight operations and works along other US air bases in other cities of Germany. It is the permanent location of US Army headquarters. The base operates under the command of Colonel Carl Bird and it keeps constant communication with other bases in Germany. The base offers few basic facilities such as sport and fitness, health and more. The base is located on a small area with some facilities outside the premises of the base. The US troops does not stay on the base, instead the base have a separate place for troops to stay.

    In World War II the city was destroyed in bombing of allied forces and it was rebuilt after the war. During the Cold War the city became the command center of United States military along some European countries, which is commonly known as EUCOM and it still have its headquarters in Stuttgart. The US forces surrounded the city and stayed there during the war, which gave some protection to the city. Later most of US forces left the city but formed a small base.

    USAG Stuttgart celebrating 4th July

    Parade of soldiers at USAG Stuttgart

    Soldiers marching at USAG Stuttgart

    hard studies at USAG Stuttgart

    The USAG base in the city also has a small helicopter base at the southern part of Stuttgart Airport, which is usually used by high profile personnel. The helicopter base on the airport is maintained by US Army with air police of Germany having their own helicopters.

    The base comprise of personnel from US Army, Navy, Marines and all major defense organizations. The staff on the base also comprise of local nationals. The base also provides support to US force installations such as Kelley Barracks, Panzer Kaserne and more. The base works along local authorities to perform operations and provide support to other US installations in the country.

  • Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC)

    The LMRC consists of 2 Landstuhl houses Fisher ready to provide a “home far from the home” for the families and the patients who receive medical attention in the Medical Regional Center Landstuhl, Landstuhl, Germany. The families it is served the European Command of USA, Central Command of USA, Command of Special Operations of USA, and 72 embassies in Europe, Africa and Middle East. From today, we are proud to have supported more than 9.500 families, 2.433 of these families came from the Operation Liberty (OEF-Afghanistan) or the Operation New Dawn (before OIF). Also we are proud to say that they have helped to 27 countries of the coalition in the time of his families of the need.

    Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Facts

    • Website: Visit LRMC Website ›
    • Location: Near Landstuhl, Germany
    • Phone: 011-49-8821-750-1110
    • Latitude: 47.492343
    • Longitude: 11.086231
    • DSN: 314-440-1110

    Eligibility and Cost

    All the services can be activated by military pensioners, family of military men, the civilians of the Department of Defense and members of the forces of the coalition who live at least through 50 kilometers of distance of the hospital are eligible. In order to serve to our families in crisis, we cannot do reservations. The references can be done with a week of anticipation. The confirmation is given normally one day before the arrival. There is no post to remain in Fisher’s House and the demand of the rooms is high, because of this, the families must make a plan of safety copy and be fully prepared.

    Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

    Areal View of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

    Main entrance of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

    Surgeon in action at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

    Regional Landstuhl Medical Center LMRC is the biggest hospital of America out of the United States, and the only hospital of the third level of America in Europe. It is a question of a fully accredited establishment of health that it gives services to approximately 100.000 beneficiaries of primary care and 245.000 beneficiaries total in the European Control. CMLP has treated more than 58.000 military men and civilians, that there include the Department of Defense civilians, contractors and members of the military coalition of 44 countries.

  • Patrick Henry Village (PHV)

    The Patrick Henry base is also sometimes known asPatrickHenryVillageshort for PHV. The base is located in the city ofHeidelbergin the south west ofGermany. The base was completed in 1947 after World War II and it was named after the Governor of Virginia. The base is designed to facilitate troops and workers living with their families. The base hosts US Army and Air Force soldiers and offers all the basic facilities of a city. It offers schools, grocery stores, recreational parks and activity areas, food places, dental, health care, sports and more. The base even has its own Burger King, Anthony’s Pizza and more. The best thing about the base is that its features are open to all everyone authorized to enter the base.

    Patrick Henry Village Facts

    • Website: No known website for Patrick Henry Village
    • Location: City of Heidelberg, Germany
    • Latitude: 49.378
    • Longitude: 8.629
    • DSN: N/A

    ThePatrickHenryVillageoffers both apartments and houses depending upon the rank of military personnel. The base has its own elementary school named asPatrickHenryElementary School. The curriculum ofPatrickHenryElementary Schoolis monitored by local authorities to ensure the quality of education delivered to the children ofUSforces families. The school administration pays close attention to the environment of school premises in order to keep standard of education at its highest level. There are also new plans to be introduced in coming years.

    Soldiers at Patrick Henry Village

    Helicopter lands at Patrick Henry Village

    Areal View of Patrick Henry Village

    Full areal view of Patrick Henry Village

    The base also has a military hospital but it stands outside ofPatrickHenryVillage, located in the southern region ofHeidelberg. The hospital is located near another US Army installation named asMarkTwainVillage. The hospital is near to headquarters of Europe Regional Medical Command and it is also home to US Army Heidelberg Medical Activity. The hospital is a restricted area and it is secured with high level of security; a good feature of the hospital is that it is located near another US forces installation offering services to Mark Twain Village as well.

  • Ramstein Air Base

    It is a major US Air Force base in Germanyand it is located near the town of Ramstein. It also operates as the headquarters of US Air Forces Europe. The base also works as the headquarters of NATO installations. Beside USmilitary forces it is also home to military personnel from other countries including Poland, Germany, Italy, Britainand more. The base was established in 1951 and has been active since then. The base is commissioned with one of the largest wings of US Air Force, the 86th Airlift Wing. The wing comprises of good range of fighter jet planes and the wing was previously deployed inSpain and other countries.

    Ramstein Air Base Facts

    The primary mission of the base is to provide support and perform maintenance of aircrafts such as Lockheed Martin C-13J, Learjet 35, Boeing C-40 Clipper and more. These planes are widely used in Africaand Europeand they are maintained by the 86th Airlift Wing on the base. The wing operates under the command of Brigadier General Mark C. Dolins. The base is also installed with other wings as 521st Air Mobility Operations Wings and 435th Air Base Wing with different commanding officers.

    The staff on the base comprise of both civilians and military personnel. The base also has someUScontractors assigned to work for some time. The base also received large expansions making it one of the largest installations outside the country. Surprisingly the base also became home to US National Soccer Team during World Cup 2006.

    Areal view of Ramstein Air Base

    Plane at Ramstein Air Base

    Aral view of Ramstein Air Base in night

    Overview of Ramstein Air Base

    The base was originally built by French engineers with the help of Germans contractors. The construction team also comprise of workers from other countries. The project started in 1949 and it was completed in 1952, the base was completed by French and US Army engineers. During the construction of the project, another base was being built in the south of Ramstein base, which was named as Landstuhl Air Base. Today the area is one of the largest places having large number of Europeans working at one place.

  • Ali Al Salem Air Base

    Ali Al Salem Airbase is known as “The Rock” because of the perfect geographical location which stands on an elevated ground 39 miles away from the Iraq border. This is a military airbase in Kuwait that is under the command of the Kuwait Air Force.  The airbase played host to the personnel and aircraft of the Royal Air Force, United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force during the operation Southern Watch and Operation Telic/Operation Iraqi Freedom. After the operation, the airbase was returned under the control of the Government of Kuwait.

    Ali Al Salem Air Base Facts

    • Website: No known website for Ali Al Salem Air Base
    • Location: Kuwait
    • Latitude: 29.346667
    • Longitude: 47.520556
    • DSN: N/A

    After fifteen years of liberation, there are still visible remnants of the damaged to Ali Al Salem of the Iraqi invasion. Despite of the efforts of the Kuwaiti staff officers and personnel while the General in command of the base remained to organize the supplies from Saudi Arabia and fight up to his last breath and it was overran by the Iraq military at the end of the day.

    Ali Al Salem Air Base Areal view

    barracks at Ali Al Salem Air Base

    plane at Ali Al Salem Air Base

    Sign of Ali Al Salem Air Base

    The French, who was under contract with the Kuwait Government, constructed an impenetrable aircraft shelters but when the Iraqi military took over the place, they put the Iraqi aircraft in the shelter and moved the Kuwait aircraft out of the bunker.  But it turned out to be false when the US and its joined forces during the Desert Storm wiped out the Kuwaiti bunkers by their GBU bombs. Until now, the Kuwait government is still having legal battles against the Government of France.

    As of today, Ali Al Salem Airbase is home to different military units aside from the Kuwait Air Force. The airport is located in an elevated land that is 472 above sea level with two concrete/asphalt runways with a length of 2,989 meters and 45 meters width and the other runways measures 2,989 meters by 40 meters.

  • Andersen Air Force Base

    The Andersen Air Force Base was established in 1944 bearing the name of North Field as a United States air base in Guam which provides aircraft support to the US naval campaign in the Pacific.  This is the home for the 36th Wing which is under the Pacific Air Forces Thirteenth Air Force which is a non flying wing whose mission is to give support to the installed space and air forces of the USAF and other foreign armed forces to Andersen and support to the personnel and their families assigned to the installation area.

    Andersen Air Force Base Facts

    Andersen Air Force Base also houses the 734th Air Mobility Support Squadron and the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Twenty which is a US Navy flying squadron. Because of the unlimited air space and close to the bombing ranges in the area Andersen Air Force Base established the site for training the air personnel of the installed bombers. The air base then started as the home for regular deployments of the B2 bombers in the maintenance of the presence of the bombers in the theater.

    Andersen Air Force Base Areal View

    Andersen AFB areal view

    Andersen Air Force Base - Plane B2

    Andersen Air Force Base - Many B52 planes together

    The Andersen is one of the few selected places in the world where the Space Shuttle of NASA is allowed to land.  The USAF B-2 Spirit a bomber aircraft crashed in Andersen air base and considered the highest priced military aircraft in the world but luckily the two pilots were safely thrown out of the aircraft. The incident was repeated on July 21, 2008 when the US B-52 Stratofortress smashed into the sea while undergoing a training mission. From then on, the B-2s and the B-52 take turns in providing bomber presence in the base.

    The Department of Defense settled the allegations regarding the environmental violations at the base on March 2009. These include illegal trapping of coconut crabs, sale of trophy deer, poaching, stripping vegetation and paving beaches.

  • Camp Arifjan

    Camp Arifjan is a military base that is located in the southern part of Kuwait City and in the western part of Shuaiba Port. The base is home to the United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard. It also plays hosts to the deployed active servicemen from Poland, Australia, United Kingdom and Romania. The army installation was built and funded by the Kuwait Government.

    Camp Arifjan Facts

    Camp Arifjan is a United Station military unit that is used as a logistic base, acts as support for the helicopters on ground, motor pool for the entire base owned vehicles, the Kuwait Naval Base and the Aviation Classification and Repair Activity Depot. The base mission is to replace the temporary facilities which includes the around six permanent barracks, temporary shelters which used to known as the Pre-Fabricated Concrete Buildings, constructions of three base Post Exchange, three large dining facilities and the construction of the additional roads in the entire camp.

    Sign of Camp Arifjan

    Areal view of Camp Arifjan

    Barracks at Camp Arifjan base

    Camp Arifjan

    The base is open for local and third world country vendors in setting up small base shops.  It also allows setting up of large permanent vendors such as Arab style bazaars during Sundays. The base also has many fast food restaurants such as Taco Bell, Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Subways, Burger King, KFC, Hawaiian Ice, Panda oriental, Hole N one Doughnuts, Baskin Robbins and Dining Facilities.

    Camp Arifjan has 9,000 employees and foreigners based inside the camp which is staffed by the majority of the contractors of the United States Army. The Kuwait of Government has divided the construction of the facility into four packages which they awarded the three contracts to Ron Rhodes.  The facilities are Zone 1 which deals with administrative and quality of life; zone 2 for industrial areas such as warehouse maintenance and storage facility; zone 3 storage for ammunitions and zone 4 facility for the construction of infrastructure.

  • Camp Zama

    Camp Zama is situated 40 km in the southwestern part of Tokyo, Japan which is a United States Army installation. This serves as the major headquarter of the United States Army stationed in Japan and houses the US Army Japan, 500th Military Intelligence Brigade, US Army Japan Aviation Detachment, 78th Signal Battalion, 4th Engineer Group of the Japan Ground Self Defense Group and the US Army Corps of Engineers.

    Camp Zama Facts

    • Website: Visit Camp Zama Website ›
    • Location: In and around the city of Zama, Japan
    • Phone: 011-81-46-407-8500
    • Latitude: 35.488611
    • Longitude: 139.407778
    • DSN: 315-263-8500

    Camp Zama is within the perimeter of Zama City while the two housing facilities, Sagamihara Family Housing Area and the Sagami Depot are situated near the city. What used to be a rural area is now an urban area with the development of new housing and shopping centers which cause population increase and traffic congestion. A trip from Tokyo and other US Army military units to Camp Zama will be met with heavy traffic congestion depending on the time of travel and the most sought after mode of transportation is the local public train transportation which is reliable and runs regularly to the city and neighboring areas.

    Walkabout at Camp Zama

    Main sign of Camp Zama

    Entrance gate at Camp Zama

    Well known dinning facility of Camp Zama

    Camp Zama used to be the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and Route 51, the road leading to Camp Zama was built so that the Emperor of Japan can travel to the camp to review the graduating class of the academy. It also serves as safe haven for the Emperor and until now it serves as the US Army Garrison Japan. The only remaining structure left by the war was the theater workshop which is used by the Imperial Japanese Army for various ceremonies.

    During the March 2011, the unforeseen crisis of the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, the Camp Zama personnel assisted the Operation Tomodachi wherein the 300 families of the American personnel voluntarily left the base for relocation outside Japan.

  • Camp Bondsteel

    Camp Bondsteel is situated in east of Kosovo near Urosevac and was named in honor of Vietnam War awardee, US Army Staff Sergeant James L. Bondsteel. Camp Bondsteel is the major base of the United States Army under the command of Kosovo. It also serves as headquarters for NATO and home to the 7,000 servicemen.

    Camp Bondsteel Facts

    • Website: No known website for Camp Bondsteel.
    • Location: Kosovo
    • Phone: 00-49-621-730-781-4000
    • Latitude: 42.366667
    • Longitude: 21.25
    • DSN: N/A

    Camp Bondsteel was built in 955 acres of land by the 94th Engineer Construction Battalion and Kellog, Brown and Root (KBR) under the supervision of the Army Corps of Engineers. KBR serves as the major contractor for all the operation inside the base. The base was built by flattening two hills and formed a valley where the base now lies. The structures inside the camp are made mainly from wooden materials, semi permanent shelters within a 2.5 meter high earthen barricade. Fifty two helipads were built inside the installation on August 1999.

    Areal view of Camp Bondsteel

    Tower at Camp Bondsteel

    Full areal view at Camp Bondsteel

    Tanks at Camp Bondsteel

    Camp Bondsteel boasts itself for being the largest base in south eastern part of Europe with complete facilities the residents will require without having to go out of the base. The base is run by both military and civilian personnel who are living mostly inside the base. The base has the largest Post Exchange (PX) in south east of Europe which provide the residents all the necessities from the smallest household items, food to computers, and small furniture which is housed in a two story building.

    The base has the best hospital in the entire Kosovo, a gym, a movie, fire station, chapel, military police station, two recreational building complete with all the amenities such as phone, internet connections, video games, and an education center which is called the Laura Bush and all kinds of amenities that a certain area needs. All of these were built to ensure that life of the military men and all those working in the base will lead a normal one.

  • Camp Kinser

    It is part of the Marine Corps of US that is located in Okinawa. Camp Kinser houses Naha Port, a US Army military unit. Camp Kinser’s primary mission is to provide support to the US Marine logistics operations.  Kinser Camp has a warehouse with one million square feet of space to house all the Marine forces’ storage utilities in the Pacific. The warehouses keep war supplies on Okinawa which includes 5,000 of equipment, 50 million gallons of fuel and about 14,400 loads of ammunitions.

    Camp Kinser Facts

    • Website: No known website for Camp Kinser
    • Location: Okinawa Island, Japan
    • Phone: 011-81-98-911-5111
    • Latitude: 35.748611
    • Longitude: 139.333333
    • DSN: 315-640-1110

    Makiminato Service Area, another name for Camp Kinser is based in Urasoe City which is 3km on the northern and southern far from the National Highway 58 running to the west side of the coastal area and runs 1km east to west. Makiminato was used as a housing area and on 1980 it was returned to Okinawa. On December 2, 1996, Japan and the United States signed the Final Report of the Special Action Committee in Okinawa which states the reduction of the presence of the US Military to the people of Okinawa and because of this many planned operations in the base have been put aside.

    Soldiers at Camp Kinser

    Machine at Camp Kinser

    Barracks at Camp Kinser

    Soldiers speech at Camp Kinser

    One of this is the use of the exhausted uranium in the training area wherein the Japanese authorities are worried that it could harm their environment. It was on June 2000, that JCP Okinawa Prefectural Committee Chair Seiken Akamine requested the US and the Japanese government to face the problem on check up health and environmental damage, remove the DU-bullets from US Kadena arsenal depot and disclose the information on the related military-waste disposal in the Camp Kinser.

    Since the base is located in the central part of Okinawa and the facility inside the base is not that much, there are lots of available comfortable accommodations and amusement amenities around the area.

  • Camp Lester (Camp Kuwae)

    Camp Lester, another name for Camp Kuwea is situated along the coastline of the Chatan Town which faces the East China Sea. This is where the largest military hospital in Okinawa is based aside from having the different amenities such as a soccer field, school, and housing facilities catered to the surrounding bases within the area. There is also a town office that also falls under the agreement SOFA which states that the land will be returned slowly to the people of Japan to reduce the presence of the US military men in the area.

    Camp Lester Facts

    • Website: No known website for Camp Lester
    • Location: Chatan Town located on a flat piece of coastline facing the East China Sea, Japan
    • Phone: 011-81-98-911-5111
    • Latitude: 26.316667
    • Longitude: 127.766667
    • DSN: 315-640-1110

    Camp Lester is under the Japan and United States agreement which they signed under the Final Report of the Special Action Committee on December 2, 1996 which states the reduction of the US military presence in the area. Included in this agreement is the return of Camp Lester which has an area of 245 acres of land on March 2008. This will take effect after the transfer of the naval hospital to Camp Zukeran and the other facilities in Okinawa. This also includes the merging of the housing facilities in Camp Kuwea and Camp Zukeran. Though the facilities at Camp Lester are transferred to the nearby camps, these facilities are just nearby.

    Sign at Camp Lester

     US naval hospital Okinawa main sign

    Areal view of US naval hospital Okinawa

    Areal view of US naval hospital Okinawa

    The residents of Okinawa still refer Camp Lester as Camp Kuwae because they are used to call it for 30 years. It was named in honor of the Medal of Honor recipient Hospital Apprentice 1st Class Fred Faulkner Lester. Today, Camp Lester is known for the largest military hospital, the US Naval Hospital, which has the most complete facility in the naval medical treatment plus a referral center in the entire Western Pacific. The US Naval Hospital serves the 55,000 active servicemen and their families, contract and civilian employees and retirees through out the Western Pacific. It is also staffed by Air Force and US Navy personnel.

  • USAG Schweinfurt

    It is also known as USAG Schweinfurt and it is located in the town of Bavaria, Germany. The base was constructed during World War I and it was widely used during Second World War. The base had a ball baring manufacturing company that was severely destroyed by Nazi Germany during World War II. The city was bombard 22 times and it was heavily damaged along United States Army Air Force base. In 1945 the 42nd Infantry Division of United States entered the area and captured many soldiers.

    USAG Schweinfurt Facts

    After World Wars theUSforces took strong control of the city along other allies and they are still stationed today. TheUSforces had established Schweinfurt US Army Garrison. The city soon recovered from the bombardment and it has a war monument today. The two countries now have strong relations after the devastating bombardment.

    The base is divided into two parts with different facilities. The base is located at a very beautiful place in the city and it is few hours drive away fromFrance,BelgiumandSwitzerland. It has all the facilities for families living here including health care, dental, sport and fitness, finance and more. The main purpose of the base is to provide support to forces stationed inEuropein case of uncertainty. Another good feature of the base is that it is very close to airport as the base does not have airfield.

    military training at USAG Schweinfurt

    USAG Schweinfurt soldiers

    soldiers and US flag at USAG Schweinfurt

    soldiers practice at USAG Schweinfurt

    There are around 12,000 soldiers and civilians working on the base. The base has large empty space ideal for training exercise. The base does not offer much training exercises as there is large number of families living on the base. There are also some bachelors and under training officers staying in special houses on the base. Soldiers with families are provided different houses with more facilities for their families living on the base.

  • Commander Fleet Activities Okinawa

    The presence of United States Marine Corps forces in Okinawa provides national security in the region. They discourage aggression, answers during crises should any aggression occurs and secures any risk brought about by the withdrawal of some US forces to the stability and peace in Okinawa.

    Commander Fleet Activities Okinawa Facts

    On 2003, the US planned to move their 20,000 US Marines on Okinawa to Australia where they are planning to establish new bases. In doing this, the US Marines will increase their presence in Malaysia and Singapore, and also to continue their agreement to house their navy fleets in the grounds of the Philippines as well as the waters of Vietnam. Under this plan, the 5,000 US Marines will allow their families to go along with them.

    Okinawa’s strategic location makes them a potential place because they are near the trouble spots of the region which will reduce their transit time in going to the said place in cases of insurgency. Because of this, the early US troops called Okinawa as the “Keystone of the Pacific” because Shanghai, Manila, Hongkong, Tokyo and Seoul are only within the 1,500 km radius. In cases where there is trouble in the said locations, the US Armed Forces can move quickly with all the required facilities in supporting their response.

    Sign of Commander Fleet Activities Okinawa

    Areal view of Commander Fleet Activities Okinawa

    Commander Fleet Activities Okinawa Navy

    Safety boat near Commander Fleet Activities Okinawa

    The commanding officers based in Okinawa see to it that the US military men and women who brought along their families will be well taken care of. They go to the extent of making sure that the families of the servicemen will have good living conditions, educational amenities as well as recreational amenities. They have the best educational facilities to ensure that the children will have high standard education. Anybody who is assigned in Okinawa will have nothing but good words based on how the military personnel and their dependents are taken cared of.

  • USAG Garmisch

    Germany Garmisch, known as officially Garmisch-Partenkirchen, is a very nice city locality placed in Bavaria’s Alps on the market German – southwest of the border with Austria the city of Munich. Garrison of Army of the USA known as USAG Garmisch today provides support to the community to that of George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, of the School of the NATO in Oberammergau’s surroundings, and the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort the ELR, previously known as the Armed Forces of Center of Recreation the AFRC.

    USAG Garmisch Facts

    • Website: Visit USAG Garmisch Website ›
    • Location: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
    • Phone: 011-49-8821-750-1110
    • Latitude: 47.492343
    • Longitude: 11.086231
    • DSN: 314-440-1110

    Moreover, the garrison of the Headquarters is in the side west of the city of Artillery Kaserne. Here it is where you will find all the services of support and the Mall. The area of the housing meets close to the Kaserne the school and Services for Childre and Young centers located in the entry. The Center Marshall is across the street Sheridan Kaserne. In the north side of the city, it is the Complex Abrams that the offices of several houses of the EUI and his housings of the employees. The School of the NATO is in Oberammergau, aprox. a NW 30 minutes in car.

    In May, 1945, 10 ª Armored Division captured Garmisch and little later, the Garmisch Military Post and the Area of Recreation Garmisch that is now Edelweiss Lodge and Resort was established.

    USAG Garmisch Building

    Areal view of USAG Garmisch

    Areal view in night of USAG Garmisch

    baseball field USAG Garmisch

    From 1944-45, it turned into a hospital and after the war, was used as internee hospital, a prisoners’ field of war, USA and the military barrack. In 1948 the section of the Kaserne used as a prisoners’ field was returned to the German government. On July 14, 1975, the German units of the Army, headquarters of the first Division of Mountain and the Musikkorps 8, moved to this section, which returned to his original name. In 1989, the Army of USA they moved many of his offices to include in the Group of Command of Artillery Kaserne. The first headquarters of Division of Mountain were kept until 1992 and now the only one that stays they are the soldiers of the Bundeswehr in the Musikkorps.

  • Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo

    The US Fleet Activities Sasebo is found on the island of Kyushu, Sasebo, Japan.  This is a United States naval base which was established on June 1946 whose primary mission is to provide logistic support to the deployed units and the visiting forces of the United States Pacific Fleet as well as the activities of personnel in the base.

    Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo Facts

    During the World War II, there were about 60,000 Japanese Imperial Navy working in the port and other naval stations in setting up the submarines, aircraft and ships. At present, Sasebo is still the popular port among the navy. Sasebo became the primary launching point for the US Forces and the United Nations when the war in Korea broke out. At that time, around 20,000 US troops and 100 warships grew everyday as the need for fuel, ammunition, trucks, supplies and tanks flowed on their way to Korea.

    soldiers at Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo

    boat at Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo

    Plane lands on boat at Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo

    military machine at Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo

    When the Korean War was finished, America and Japan entered into an agreement known as the SOFA which opened the door for Japan Self Defense Forces and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces’ ships began to dock in the ports of Sasebo. During the Southeast Asia War the US Fleet Activities Sasebo supported the expansion of the Seventh Fleet and until now there repairs being made to the different ships which is comparable to the best ships in the world. When the US Fleets Activities Sasebo was made the Naval ordnance Facility Sasebo the operation decreased but on July 4, 1980 it was made active again simultaneously with regaining of its name.

    Since the US Fleets Activities Sasebo house different installations, many of them called Sasebo home because the place provides them the comfort and the best facilities possible so that they can enjoy the place and make their lives easy and comfortable even if they are away from home.

  • Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base

    The Airborn NATO of Early Alert and Control of the specific force of a few components is the so called NATO parked in Geilenkirchen’s Air Base that is located in Germany. This unit today includes around 3,000 civil and military members of the NATO represents to the thirteen nations of NATO, since expire with the mission of the programming Supreme Commands that is allied in magnificent Europe & Supreme Commander that is allied with Atlantic Ocean. The component E-3A is the only operative unit of the NATO.

    Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base Facts

    • Website: No known website Geilenkirchen Air Base
    • Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany
    • Latitude: 50.960833
    • Longitude: 6.0425
    • DSN: N/A

    This place is nowadays like the headquarters of so called NATO, it is all about the Organization of the specific Agreement including North Atlantic component that is the E-3A of Airborn Forces linked to Early Alert of the Command. The mission of the component is of providing to the aircraft and crews trained to offer a system of vigilance and / or platform of control where it is and when it is directed by the Organization of the North Atlantic Airlifted of Early Alert Commander of the Force in name of the principal three Treated about the North Atlantic (NATO).

    Overview of Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base

    Plane lands on Geilenkirchen Air Base Plane

    Military plane at Geilenkirchen NATO AB

    Open day at Geilenkirchen Air Base

    The respective commands: Supreme Commander that is allied in Europe that is the SACEUR, the supreme Commands Allied of Atlantic Ocean known as SACLANT & the Commands in Chief together with channel that is known as BOTHER. This location is all about meeting needs with high-tech innovations without a doubt!

    The NATO, the Airborn Force of Early Alert appeared back in Jan, 1980. Furthermore, the respective order was granted the full condition of the Organization of the Agreement of the North Atlantic (NATO) by the Committee of Defense of the Headquarters of the North Atlantic Organization of the Agreement of Planning of l7 of October of l980. This is like along with Supreme Headquarters that are part of Powers Allied