M551 Sheridan armored reconnaissance assault vehicles of 82nd Airborne Division on Port of Damman.
M1A1 Abrams Tank of 24th Mechanized Infantry Division on Port of psu303bimages.
Rows of self-propelled artillery - Port of Damman.
Logistics end. Port of Dammam.
Seemingly
endless warfighting materiel at Port of Damman. Barracks barges at right.
Raider boat of PSU 303B returning to base Delta 5 (at right in cove) after completing security patrol
The
reason they were there. Port of Damman. Largest Sea Port of Debarkation
(SPOD) in Kuwait Theater of Operations (KTO).
Main container pier, Port of Damman. Has sufficient berthing for 86 ocean going vessels.
Port of Damman. Entirely man-made. No natural features. Built in early 80s by a South Korean Marine Construction Co.
Camp Batar. Barracks compound of PSU 303B, MIUWU 108 and U. S. Army Port Units. The surreal scene is caused by the air fouled from the burning of the Kuwait old fields.
Ammunition pier. Port of Damman. A Coast Guard responsibilty for security and defense.
Camp Batar. This place was described as having all the comforts of home - 125 degree (F) heat, "black air", MREs, and an unseen enemy -- not to exclude spitting camels.
Another view of ammuition pier. Note the projectiles have been moved from the low-boy conveyors. other view of
Patriot missiles in containers. Port of Damman.
A suspect vessel. These dhows were a potential source of terrorist transport. They frequently attempted to penetrate security zones around the Port of Damman enforced by PSU 303B.