Camp Eggers Explained

Camp Eggers
Location:	Kabul
Country:	Afghanistan
Ownership:	Afghan Armed Forces United States Armed Forces
Used:	2004–

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).^[1]

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

External links

• Camp Eggers from Globalsecurity.org

Notes and References

1. News: Morello. Carol. 2019. State Department wasted millions on security compound in Afghanistan, report says. live. 2020-10-14. The Washington Post. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730090247/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/two-us-troops-shot-dead-by-afghan-soldier-at-southern-army-base/2019/07/30/fde6545e-b289-11e9-acc8-1d847bacca73_story.html . 30 July 2019 .