CAMSS20EX Shelters Replace TEMPERS at Dobbins ARB, GA
6/22/2007 – A joint effort this week between Natick Soldier System Center, USAF Reserve, and CAMSS Shelters personnel resulted in the replacement of TEMPERs with CAMSS20EX Expeditionary Shelters, creating a modernized kitchen and dining area for training Services personnel. The upgrade to the new CAMSS20EX BEAR Kitchen Shelter System (KSS) will improve the Combat Training Center’s ability to provide food preparation and kitchen equipment operation training to military personnel prior to deployments. Other USAF training sites have made the transition from TEMPERs to the new CAMSS KSS.
February 2007
National media visit Air Force Theater Hospital in Balad
2/23/2007 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFNEWS) -- A Discovery Channel television film crew from Los Angeles and independent author Michael Mason from Tulsa, Okla., are visiting the Air Force Theater Hospital here this week for upcoming projects highlighting the contributions of Air Force Medical Service personnel in the war on terrorism. The crew is on-site to compile footage, interviews and personal stories of wounded service members and medical personnel working at the hospital for a nationally televised documentary series "Surgery Saved My Life." Mr. Mason will capture similar information, but is focusing specifically on war-zone head trauma health care for his upcoming book "Damaged." Read More
January 2007
The Shelter Pictured Here is Known Throughout the Department of Defense as the California Medium Shelter System (CAMSS30).
01/29/2007 The 746th Aircraft Maintenance Unit Military Personnel have settled right into their new, large, comfortable, bright, open environment. Measuring 29'6" wide by 52' long by 15' high, the Medium Shelter System (MSS), suitable for a long list of applications including; warehousing, hospital wards, maintenance shops, command centers, communication facilities, billeting, recreation centers, kitchens, dining rooms and many more... (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. David Miller) Read More
December 2005
CAMSS20EX Shelters at U.S. Air Force Theater Hospital, Iraq
12/24/2005 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- A Merry Christmas sign hangs over an intensive care ward at the Air Force Theater Hospital in Balad, 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2005. Approximately 160,000 troops will spend Christmas in Iraq this year. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg).
CAMSS20EX Shelters at Balad Air Base, Iraq
12/23/2005 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- U.S. Air Force medical personnel stand back while x-raying a wounded Iraqi soldier's leg, at the Air Force Theater Hospital in Balad, 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 23, 2005.
Civil engineers build tent city in Southwest Asia
2005/11/28 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- From hammers to bulldozers, from planning to construction along with muscles and sweat, the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's tent city project is under way and near completion. Read more
U.S. Air Force Theater Hospital in Balad, Iraq
11/14/2005 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Airmen from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing here are revamping the Air Force theater hospital, creating a brighter and safer environment for patients and providers. Read more.
