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 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.[1]

Camp Eggers
Kabul in Afghanistan
Camp Eggers on Anzac Day in 2007
Site information
OwnerAfghan Armed Forces
United States Armed Forces
Site history
Built2004 (2004)
In use2004-2015 (2015)

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
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
  • Lt. Gen David Barno, first Commander of Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan

References
  1. Morello, Carol (2019). "State Department wasted millions on security compound in Afghanistan, report says". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 October 2020.


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