Camp Buehring is a staging post for US troops in the northwestern region of Kuwait

Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

. The base is 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, are largely uninhabited, but for a few nomadic Bedouin

Bedouin

The Bedouin are a part of a predominantly desert-dwelling Arab ethnic group traditionally divided into tribes or clans, known in Arabic as ..-Etymology:...

 tribes raising camels, goats, and sheep.

Camp Buehring was named after Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Buehring who was killed in Baghdad

Baghdad

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...

 on October 26, 2003. Buehring was one of the highest ranking U.S. casualties of the Iraq War. Camp Buehring had formerly been called Camp Udairi.

External links

• Camp Buerhing at Global Security
• Army Lt. Col. Charles H. Buehring
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