View allAll Photos Tagged Kuwait
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Soldiers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) participated in various social and spiritual activities to celebrate the holiday season.
On Christmas Eve hundreds of service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors gathered at a hangar decked out for the holidays. Put together by 1st TSC and 143d ESC Soldiers along with the helping hands of Morale, Welfare and Recreation employees, the event included a buffet dinner, a visit from St. Nicholas and a secret Santa gift exchange in front of a Christmas tree. Several Soldiers and civilians demonstrated their singing or dancing skills on stage during a “Camp Arifjan’s Got Talent” show judged by members of the 143d ESC’s junior enlisted ranks.
Though the celebration generated much laughter and applause from the lively crowd, some Soldiers preferred to spend Christmas Eve at a more solemn venue.
Chaplains and chaplain assistants deployed to Camp Arifjan hosted a Christmas Eve vigil at the post chapel that evening. The nondenominational Christian service wove scripture readings and traditional Christmas carols before the congregation brought the service to its climax as it illuminated the chapel with hundreds of lit candles.
The celebration continued the next day with a 5k run and a Christmas feast served by the 1st TSC and 143d ESC’s senior leadership at Camp Arifjan’s Dining Facilities. The 143d ESC also hosted a barbecue lunch as well as various sporting activities such as volleyball and cornhole.
Photos by Maj. John Adams, 1st Lt. Nicole Rossman, Staff Sgt. Ian Shay and Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Hamad Al-Sabah hold a joint news conference after meeting in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on June 26, 2013. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah, Acting Chief of Staff of the Technical and Advisory Office at HH the Prime Minister's Diwan, performing the "Al-Ardah" traditional sword dance during a Jan. 29 flag raising ceremony at the Mubarak Kishk historic site in Kuwait City attended by top officials as well as international media covering the upcoming the parliamentary elections in the country. More than 400,000 Kuwaitis are eligible to cast ballots in the February 2 vote for a 50-member National Assembly (parliament).
I had thought about taking this photo for a few weeks, while I was stationed in Kuwait in February 1991. When I finally got the chance to shoot this, it was the only shot I took as it was the last frame in a 36 exposure roll of film.
Kuwaiti Shia women gathered outside the Bahraini embassy in Kuwait City today Wednesday 16 in protest at the crackdown .In Kuwait, Shias make up around 30 per cent of the 1.15 million citizens, Shia MPs strongly slammed the Gulf Cooperation Council for sending troops to crush the protests.Shia MP Saleh Ashur warned he would question the prime minister in parliament if Kuwaiti troops also were dispatched to help the Manama rulers.Sunni MPs, however, praised the move and called on the Kuwaiti government to rush forces.
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Soldiers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) participated in various social and spiritual activities to celebrate the holiday season.
On Christmas Eve hundreds of service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors gathered at a hangar decked out for the holidays. Put together by 1st TSC and 143d ESC Soldiers along with the helping hands of Morale, Welfare and Recreation employees, the event included a buffet dinner, a visit from St. Nicholas and a secret Santa gift exchange in front of a Christmas tree. Several Soldiers and civilians demonstrated their singing or dancing skills on stage during a “Camp Arifjan’s Got Talent” show judged by members of the 143d ESC’s junior enlisted ranks.
Though the celebration generated much laughter and applause from the lively crowd, some Soldiers preferred to spend Christmas Eve at a more solemn venue.
Chaplains and chaplain assistants deployed to Camp Arifjan hosted a Christmas Eve vigil at the post chapel that evening. The nondenominational Christian service wove scripture readings and traditional Christmas carols before the congregation brought the service to its climax as it illuminated the chapel with hundreds of lit candles.
The celebration continued the next day with a 5k run and a Christmas feast served by the 1st TSC and 143d ESC’s senior leadership at Camp Arifjan’s Dining Facilities. The 143d ESC also hosted a barbecue lunch as well as various sporting activities such as volleyball and cornhole.
Photos by Maj. John Adams, 1st Lt. Nicole Rossman, Staff Sgt. Ian Shay and Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC
The view from our temporary accomodation where we lived in Kuwait (2003). The apartment is located behind Al-Fanar shopping mall.
Kuwaiti Elected female lawmaker Dra. Aseel Al Awadhi and Marzooq Al ghanim (L) during the reopening of Kuwait National Assembly in Kuwait, on Sunday, May 31, 2009.Four women became the first to win seats in the May 16 election.
I finished college in 1981 and had my first fulltime job. I taught as an elementary school teacher in Kuwait that fall. I went with a classmate from home and new friends who were new hires too. It was the first time we'd been overseas. The world seems like a much different place.
These images are rough due to the age of the photographs. Over time, I may do a bit of editing on these.
Kuwaiti women voters queue up at a polling station in Kuwait City to vote in the country’s February 2 parliamentary elections. A total of 400,296 Kuwaiti men and women are eligible to cast ballots to choose from among some 285 candidates, including more than 20 women candidates, for a new 50-seat parliament.
An M-998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) drives along a road in the Kuwaiti desert following Operation Desert Storm. Oil wells set ablaze by retreating Iraqi forces burn in the background.
Command Sgt. Maj. James P. Wills, U.S. Army Reserve command sergeant major, visits with the 530th Military Police Battalion, Det. 1 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 18, 2016.
Bechtel International employees and a Kuwaitis during oil pipeline construction. Photo by F. H. Andrus.
Location: Kuwait Towers, Kuwait
Date: 28/12/2017
Model: Frodo
Lightpainters: Frodo DKL
Photography: Frodo Álvarez DKL Children of Darklight
Sponsors:
www.NEON-FLEXIBLE.fr & www.LED-FLEXIBLE.com
Shot made with OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OM-D E-M1
www.olympus.es / @esolympus #esolympus #olympus
Elections officials checking the identification card of a Kuwaiti woman voter at a polling station in Kuwait City during the February 2 parliamentary elections. More than 400,000 Kuwaiti men and women are eligible to vote to choose from among some 285 candidates for a new 50-seat National Assembly (parliament).
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Soldiers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) participated in various social and spiritual activities to celebrate the holiday season.
On Christmas Eve hundreds of service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors gathered at a hangar decked out for the holidays. Put together by 1st TSC and 143d ESC Soldiers along with the helping hands of Morale, Welfare and Recreation employees, the event included a buffet dinner, a visit from St. Nicholas and a secret Santa gift exchange in front of a Christmas tree. Several Soldiers and civilians demonstrated their singing or dancing skills on stage during a “Camp Arifjan’s Got Talent” show judged by members of the 143d ESC’s junior enlisted ranks.
Though the celebration generated much laughter and applause from the lively crowd, some Soldiers preferred to spend Christmas Eve at a more solemn venue.
Chaplains and chaplain assistants deployed to Camp Arifjan hosted a Christmas Eve vigil at the post chapel that evening. The nondenominational Christian service wove scripture readings and traditional Christmas carols before the congregation brought the service to its climax as it illuminated the chapel with hundreds of lit candles.
The celebration continued the next day with a 5k run and a Christmas feast served by the 1st TSC and 143d ESC’s senior leadership at Camp Arifjan’s Dining Facilities. The 143d ESC also hosted a barbecue lunch as well as various sporting activities such as volleyball and cornhole.
Photos by Maj. John Adams, 1st Lt. Nicole Rossman, Staff Sgt. Ian Shay and Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC
I finished college in 1981 and had my first fulltime job. I taught as an elementary school teacher in Kuwait that fall. I went with a classmate from home and new friends who were new hires too. It was the first time we'd been overseas. The world seems like a much different place.
These images are rough due to the age of the photographs. Over time, I may do a bit of editing on these.
Any kind of usage of my images without permission will lead to legal action - COMMENTS WITH GRUOP LOGO WILL BE DELETED
KUWAITI NAVAL BASE, Kuwait - A Coast Guard boat crew from Port Security Unit 309 from Port Clinton, Ohio, patrols the waters in the port of the Kuwaiti Naval Base Friday. The PSU consists of 117 Coast Guard reservists who specialize in expeditionary port security. This is the first expeditionary mobilization of a PSU since 2006. Coast
Guard photo by PAC Donnie Brzuska, PADET Jacksonville, Fla.
GG06-2019-0006-017
19/01/2019
Kuwait, Middle East
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, visited with members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) deployed in Kuwait and Iraq as part of Operation IMPACT, from January 18 to 21, 2019.
Accompanied by General Jonathan Vance, Chief of the Defence Staff, the Governor General was able to show her support for and witness the work being done by the troops. She also met with Major General Dany Fortin, Commander of NATO Mission Iraq, Mr. Paul Gibbard, Ambassador of Canada to Iraq, and Mr. Louis-Pierre Émond, Ambassador of Canada to Kuwait.
***
Son Excellence la très honorable Julie Payette, gouverneure générale et commandante en chef du Canada, a visité les membres des Forces armées canadiennes (FAC) en mission au Koweït et en Irak dans le cadre de l’Opération IMPACT, du 18 au 21 janvier 2019.
Accompagnée du général Jonathan Vance, chef d’état-major de la Défense, la gouverneure générale a pu témoigner son soutien aux troupes et constater le travail effectué par celles-ci. Elle a aussi rencontré le major-général Dany Fortin, commandant de la mission de l'OTAN en Irak, M. Paul Gibbard, ambassadeur du Canada en Irak, et M. Louis-Pierre Émond, ambassadeur du Canada au Koweït.
Credit/Mention de source: MCpl Mathieu Gaudreault, Rideau Hall, OSGG-BSGG 2019.