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U.S. Third Army Moves Command HQ to Kuwait
By Associated Press
December 10, 2001, 6:18 AM EST
KUWAIT -- The Third U.S. Army has temporarily moved its command headquarters, including the control of its campaign in Afghanistan, from Georgia to Kuwait, the American Embassy said on Monday.
"They made this decision because of time zone differences and the distance," an embassy official told The Associated Press. The move began two weeks ago, she said on condition of anonymity.
Lt. Gen. Paul T. Mikolashek, who heads the Third U.S. Army, was now working out of Camp Doha, outside Kuwait City, instead of Fort McPherson, Ga., she said.
The Third Army's operations, which stretch from East Africa to Central Asia, include ground forces involved in the defense of Kuwait, the campaign in Afghanistan and humanitarian aid in Afghanistan.
The U.S. Army central command is known as the Third U.S. Army and forms the army component of the Florida-based U.S. Central Command, the nerve center for America's military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia.
The Kuwaiti government backs the U.S.-led war against terrorism, but many ordinary Kuwaitis do not want to be seen as offering support to a military campaign against fellow Muslims in Afghanistan.
Kuwait, a small but oil-rich state, is a major Washington ally in the Persian Gulf and owes its 1991 liberation from a seven-month Iraqi occupation to a U.S.-led coalition that fought the Gulf War.
Copyright © 2001, The Associated Press
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They could have simply moved a detachment over to act as a mobile command. The military has ships designed for this exact role. Bases can be set up in short notice to do the same. They chose to move the command, which has far greater implications. Watch out, folks, this is not a minor development in the story.
By Associated Press
December 10, 2001, 6:18 AM EST
KUWAIT -- The Third U.S. Army has temporarily moved its command headquarters, including the control of its campaign in Afghanistan, from Georgia to Kuwait, the American Embassy said on Monday.
"They made this decision because of time zone differences and the distance," an embassy official told The Associated Press. The move began two weeks ago, she said on condition of anonymity.
Lt. Gen. Paul T. Mikolashek, who heads the Third U.S. Army, was now working out of Camp Doha, outside Kuwait City, instead of Fort McPherson, Ga., she said.
The Third Army's operations, which stretch from East Africa to Central Asia, include ground forces involved in the defense of Kuwait, the campaign in Afghanistan and humanitarian aid in Afghanistan.
The U.S. Army central command is known as the Third U.S. Army and forms the army component of the Florida-based U.S. Central Command, the nerve center for America's military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia.
The Kuwaiti government backs the U.S.-led war against terrorism, but many ordinary Kuwaitis do not want to be seen as offering support to a military campaign against fellow Muslims in Afghanistan.
Kuwait, a small but oil-rich state, is a major Washington ally in the Persian Gulf and owes its 1991 liberation from a seven-month Iraqi occupation to a U.S.-led coalition that fought the Gulf War.
Copyright © 2001, The Associated Press
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They could have simply moved a detachment over to act as a mobile command. The military has ships designed for this exact role. Bases can be set up in short notice to do the same. They chose to move the command, which has far greater implications. Watch out, folks, this is not a minor development in the story.
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