What to expect when you come to work in Kuwait

This is a brief overview of what you can expect when coming to work for the Army's 595th Transportation Brigade at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. Topics include the flight over, the weather, living conditions for Soldiers and civilians, shopping and where to eat. We are hiring year round, search 595th on USAJOBS.gov Feel free to list comments or questions below.

[@S_kw1]

you guys are very welcome to my home country The only thing that some people will not like is the weather it's so hot here in the summer

[@jasondavid4658]

Heading there soon. Thank you for the video. It helps alleviate alot of RFIs to personnel Im replacing.

[@steveg3442]

2006-2007 Camp Navistar, we had a tent and chow hall for luxuries

[@gcuneo]

was there in 2004-2005-- we slept in a 80 man bay....

[@Chinunit22]

If you enlisted, E5 and below you will be living in open bay warehouse with bunk beds and wall lockers like a homeless person with other 50 people, and shower, restroom will be in trailers. Don't expect to live like these people on a video.

[@unknowneffect9833]

Yea which is not necessarily so bad I’ve been twice in the last 3 years and this is a terrible example for all troops but the worst accommodations are still 5 star compared to other deployments . It’s not bad at all and if you’ve been anywhere other than here you’d be extremely thankful.

[@pinkextra305jetsetter4]

So e-6 and above get their own rooms as illustrated in the video?

[@Chinunit22]

@@pinkextra305jetsetter4 depending if you ain't Active Duty, you more likely to get open bay building with 2 wall lockers and a bunk

[@louiewatson9389]

@@pinkextra305jetsetter4 hell no. You're in the warehouse bays with the joes.

[@macolmd.4457]

I'm going in December thanks for the video

[@AlfaMobail-kc7uy]

May the peace, blessings, and mercy of God be upon you

[@Komrad_Yuri]

This is smaller than my old college dorm

[@MRO1249]

Q8 is heaven for military personnel n contractors compare to any other countries

[@buellreaucracy]

Depends on the company and contract. I actually lived on base and it was less than desirable 😂

[@juanrivera1624]

Holy crap! I'm deploying to Camp Arifjan in 2024 and am super pumped!!

[@stephenstanley783]

The living quarters is a lie!!!! Been there twice!!!

[@pinkextra305jetsetter4]

So what is it like for military personnel?

[@AD-gd2wy]

@@pinkextra305jetsetter4 Depends on your rank, where in Kuwait they send you, and if it is a PCS or a deployment. What they showed is accurate for Camp Arifjan but applies mostly to higher ranks as as well as civilians. Lower enlisted may get thrown in a bay BCT-style. Then there are the people that get sent to Camp Buehring. I don’t know what it is like there now but back in 2016 E-4 and below lived in tents with at least 15-20 people and E-5 and above lived in containers with between three and six people (some of the seniors had more private containers). You could all but forget about seeing any indoor plumbing there.

[@breannagadacz3865]

I knew they were full of s***

[@afamwithmanobopinay321]

@@AD-gd2wyhi how about master sergeant my husband worried about room how many roommates he have?He is going to deployed in 3 days in kuwait for 6 months

[@AD-gd2wy]

@@afamwithmanobopinay321 He’ll have to get with his unit and see what they are offering. If he’s deploying there his unit at home should have already been speaking to the unit in Kuwait they are replacing to see what the living quarters are.

[@WheatleyGLaDOS]

This is just for active duty in Zone 1. If you are Reserve/National Guard and if you are not E-8/O-4 or higher, you'll be in the Zone 6 slums unfortunately.

[@meglo612]

I'm thinking of working as a civilian contractor. so the first dorm was for civilians right??

[@Pdg-ft7mm]

Can I PCS to Kuwait as an O-1 ? Or it’s TDY only ?

[@tylerr5357]

things have definitely been upgraded since 2011

[@LEGEND.295_]

I love army

[@inesgalvis4003]

Hi, I’m going on deployment over there and I want to know more about it. How is living there, the culture. To have a better idea on how everything is gonna be? Are we allowed to leave base ? How often you get off

[@bh1567]

While i was in i didnt know the army had "hr" the entire time i was in

[@Backthenwasgood]

Can you share what does the US Interpreter will expect .? Thanks

[@KellySchlegel-ul5wr]

Where does a USAF married couple live, both are enlisted. He is an E5, SSGT, she is an SrA, E4. Is there married housing ?

[@evanslubanga7465]

I would like to work as civilian. I am a heavy commercial driver and good in clerical work. Diploma holder and undergraduate introduction to Psychology Trinity western University.

[@breannagadacz3865]

I bet that's only for the high Rankings

[@ashleystyles6888]

I would love to come back to arifjan but there's no positions for British workers sigh

[@Dan-pt2tn]

Highly doubt most SM's will be getting anything like this. But still, connex dorms are way better than what I had in Afghan. Camp Beuhring will be cake. Even if it's not Arifjan tier.

[@LEGEND.295_]

I here kuwait 🌹🌹🌹

[@OrbitStephanie]

My CHU looks nothing like this. They staged the heck out of the 1st quarters. I have always had a twin. I’m a DoD civilian, GS-13. That CHU must be for a GS-15.

[@amack075]

I think they should add that this for special assignments only. I was at Buehring under OEF, 12 years ago, and most troops were in tents with plywood dividers, or 6 person room multi unit CHU’s. I know a lot has changed, but I’m not sure this is for typical OIR troops.

[@aramndoolvera9909]

Show us where the Marines are, show them nasty old tents we get put on 😂

[@drhops21]

In AL Jaber!!!

[@gunzified5884]

It’s your fault you joined the poorest branch!

[@dineshtrital9468]

I want to job security, I from Nepal, before five years work. 2009 to 2014 in camp Arifjan.

[@Guez180]

Pasan bien rápido las letras ni las pueden algunas personas leer 🙏🏻

[@AlfaMobail-kc7uy]

Can American soldiers leave the camp?

[@11ashwanikumar]

How to I get job ac makanik I from India I all ready work in iraq usa army 7 yer

[@sincerelysi]

Where the soldiers with no rank live ?

[@jacksondune327]

If you are E-7 and below heading over to Camp Arifjan you will be in the bay barracks. That's something they haven't shown you unfortunately.

[@luis7164]

Do you know where the chiefs live? Open bay ?

[@ryanelm3861]

So this is what college gets you

[@andreavandruff9717]

How do I find out what the name of my husband 's camp in Kuwait

[@WinnieDaou]

He should have told you that info.

[@Sam-ww7io]

Ask him

[@louiewatson9389]

He ain't tell you? 🤣 yeah, that's not a good sign. He's probably got some desert queen. 🤣🤣🤣

[@WinnieDaou]

@@louiewatson9389 why are you laughing? You're either a civilian who couldn't join, a low ranking soldier in seek of approval or did three years and now think you know what the military is.

[@WinnieDaou]

@UCCwH57Ki-aK2EjN63krnzrA ooh! Repeating the garbage those who can't choose a good partner, say. What you say speaks of where and who you choose to date and absolutely nothing about the solid marriage my husband and I have. Grow up child.

[@jameshersonjr3905]

low speed

[@stephenstanley783]

Nothing like OPSEC REGARDING FLIGHTS!!!!🤦‍♂️

[@louiewatson9389]

Maybe if you're a high-ranking officer. All of us lower enlisted, and NCOs living at arifjan Zone 6 1400 block had concrete floors in steel buildings with bunk beds and wall lockers. At beuhring, we lived in tents with plywood floors and bunk beds. Bathrooms are Porta pottys filled with moth balls and showers were dirty trailers. It's not like this at all. So don't be fooled. These spoiled officers are living in mansions compared to the trash conditions the real soldiers live in. Working 16 hours in 140-degree heat at the spod. This video just makes me mad as hell. They're lying to you troop. You'll never see any of this stuff. Except the zone 6 food court, that part is real. The oasis dfac was zone 1 and all the officers who looked down their noses at the Joe's went there. Beuhring had one dfac and an overflow tent dfac. They had a small food court, too, and the desert diamond Asian food. The subway guys a beuhring were the best. Give you double everything and not make you pay for it.

[@georgerafa5041]

officers def be chillin but looking down their noses at the enlisted, gtfoh. You're projecting some mad insecurities bro

[@sandysainte-lima9481]

Can you use your phone?

[@almightyblackdollar3669]

E-5 below will live like homeless people 😂😂😂

[@steveg3442]

Are you in the military or college 😂…soft af

[@lilrobb556]

This is a lie lol!!!!