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Soldiers with 1st Theater Sustainment Command participate in “Battle Day” at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 29, 2022.

Soldiers with 1st Theater Sustainment Command participate in “Battle Day” at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 29, 2022. (Mary Katzenberger/U.S. Army)

A U.S. soldier died Sunday in a noncombat-related incident at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, U.S. Army Central announced in a news release.

The cause of death is under review and the soldier’s name is being withheld until next-of-kin are notified, the Army said.

Camp Arifjan is a U.S. Army installation located south of Kuwait City that also houses Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel, as well as military personnel from the U.K., Australia, Canada, Romania and Poland.

The Middle East has been thrown into turmoil following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza.

The U.S. has launched a series of strikes against Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen, Iraq, Syria and the Red Sea in response to attacks on commercial and military ships in the area.

This is a locator map for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates.

This is a locator map for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. (AP)

Brian McElhiney is a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications in New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Oregon. One of his earliest journalistic inspirations came from reading Stars and Stripes as a kid growing up in Okinawa.

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