Camp Eggers
Camp Eggers was a United States military base in Kabul, Afghanistan, located near the US Embassy and the Afghan Presidential Palace. The camp was named after Captain Daniel W. Eggers, a US soldier from the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, who was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) along with three other soldiers on 29 May 2004 near Kandahar. Camp Eggers closed in 2015 as a part of the partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016).
Dan Rather speaking with Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV and Sergeant Maj. Ralph R. Beam about the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) training mission and other issues at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2011 
Overview
Camp Eggers was home to the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan (CFC-A) and the Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A). It was used by all U.S. military branches and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
Noted personnel
- Lt. Gen David Barno, first Commander of Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan
References
- ^ Morello, Carol (2019). "State Department wasted millions on security compound in Afghanistan, report says". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Camp Eggers.
- Camp Eggers from Globalsecurity.org
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