Mohammed Al-Ahmad Kuwait Naval Base is a

Kuwaiti Navy The Kuwait Naval Force (Arabic: القوة البحرية الكويتية romanized: ''Al-Quwwat Al-Bahriyah Al-Kuwaitiyah''), is the sea-based component of the Kuwait Armed Forces. The headquarters and sole naval base is Mohammed Al-Ahmad ...

base on the eastern coast of

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

. It is named after

Mohammed Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sheikh Mohammed Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1909 – 4 April 1975) ( ar, الشيخ محمد الأحمد الجابر الصباح, translit=ash-Shaykh Muḥammad al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ) was the second son of Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Saba ...

, the first Defense Minister of Kuwait. The base is also used by the

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...

Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...

and

Coast Guard A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to ...

. A main deployment group of the US Navy the

United States Fifth Fleet The Fifth Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy. It has been responsible for naval forces in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and parts of the Indian Ocean since 1995 after a 48-year hiatus. It shares a commander and headq ...

using the name Camp Patriot, It is used by US Military and Kuwaiti Forces to conduct military operations and training exercises. The naval base also has a heliport with the ICAO designator OKNB.

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