Kuwait Naval Base

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|location = Al-Julaia'a, Al Ahmadi District

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Mohammed Al-Ahmad Kuwait Naval Base is a Kuwaiti Navy base on the eastern coast of Kuwait. It is named after Mohammed Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the first Defense Minister of Kuwait.{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/camp-patriot.htm|title=Kuwait Navy Base / Camp Patriot|year=2011|publisher=Global Security.org|author=John Pike|accessdate=15 September 2012}} The base is also used by the United States Army, Navy and Coast Guard. A main deployment group of the US Navy, the United States Fifth Fleet using the name Camp Patriot, it is used by US Military and Kuwaiti Forces to conduct military operations and training exercises.{{cite web|url=http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/articles/2011/081.html|title=Seabees Build Up Berm At Kuwait Naval Base|date=21 July 2011|publisher=U.S. Naval Forces Central Command|author=Peter D. Lawlor|accessdate=15 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305070303/http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/articles/2011/081.html|archivedate=5 March 2013}}

The naval base also has a heliport with the ICAO designator OKNB.

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