NEW SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY CAMP OMBUJAGAUBA, NAMIBIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 7, 1983
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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NPIC/IEG (12/83)
7 DECEMBER 1983
NEW SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY CAMP
OMBUJAGAUBA, NAMIBIA SWN
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY
CAMP DE ED IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE OKAVANGOLAND,
NORTHERN NAMIBIA. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THIS CAMP IS DIVIDED INTO TWO DISTINCT AREAS AND
S R ~D BY A ROAD THAT MAY ALSO SERVE AS AN AIRSTRIP. THE
SOUTHERNMOST AREA, SURROUNDED BY AN EARTHEN WALL, WAS IN A
MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND CONSISTED OF FIVE PERMANENT
STRUCTURES, 12 SQUAD-SIZED TENTS, AND FIVE GENERAL-PURPOSE
TENTS. FOOTINGS FOR ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS AND PERIMETER
GRADING WERE ALSO OBSERVED. THE SEPARATE NORTHERN CAMP AREA
APPEARED TO BE FOR TEMPORARY BILLETING UNTIL CONSTRUCTION OF
THE PERMANENT GARRISON IS COMPLETE. THIS AREA CONSISTED OF
47 SQUAD-SIZED AND TEN GENERAL-PURPOSE TENTS, ONE
CRUCIFORM-SHAPED BUNKER, AND TWO OCCUPIED MORTAR POSITIONS.
NINE BUFFEL LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLES (LAV) WERE NEAR THE
ROAD/AIRSTRIP AT THIS BIVOUAC. (SWN)
THIS PROBABLE BATTALION-SIZED CAMP IS SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO
OTHER SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPS IDENTIFIED IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA
DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE CAMP IS PROBABLY INTENDED TO
PROVIDE SECURITY AND ADDITIONAL PATROL CAPABILITY IN WESTERN
OKAVANGOLAND AGAINST THE INFILTRATION THREAT OF SWAPO (SOUTH
WEST AFRICA PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION) GUERRILLAS FROM SOUTHERN
ANGOLA. (SWN)
OMBUJAGAUBA MILITARY CAMP IS 10NM SOUTHWEST OF THE CUBANGO
RIVER (NAMIBIA-ANGOLA BORDER) AND APPROXIMATELY 70 NM WEST OF
MILITARY HEADQUARTERS AT RUNDU AIRFIELD (BE
(SWN) 25X11
COORDINATES 17-46-095 018-27-41E (S) 25X1
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