The Camp houses roughly 1,000 Canadian soldiers and over 400 civilian workers, most of whom are Nepalese. The Nepalese workers are responsible for manual labor, including cooking and cleaning. The Canadian workers supervise, shop and complete tasks in office settings. Other workers hail from South Africa, the United Kingdom and India.
One of the Canadian units there is the Civil-Military Co-operation (CIMIC). The Civil-Military Co-operation (CIMIC) unit of the Canadian contingent of ISAF in Kabul, Afghanistan is responsible for infrastructure and reconstruction projects in the region. ...
CampJulien was the main base for the Canadian contingent of ISAF in Kabul, Afghanistan.
It was named after Corporal George Patrick Julien, a Canadian soldier that served in the Korean War, and was ready for full scale occupancy in the late summer of 2003 with the arrival of Roto 0.
At its height the camp housed 2,000 Canadian soldiers and over 400 civilian workers, approximately half of whom were Nepalese.
OTTAWA - The closure of CampJulien, the Canadian base of operations in Kabul, Afghanistan, will take place on November 29, with the ceremonial transfer of its land, buildings and facilities to the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
CampJulien opened in August 2003, when the first Canadian soldiers deployed to Kabul to serve with ISAF.
Over five six-month rotations since then, more than 6,000 CF personnel have served at CampJulien, named in honour of Corporal George Patrick Julien, a Native Canadian soldier of French-Canadian descent who was awarded the Military Medal as a Private, for his actions at Hill 187 in Korea in May 1953.
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