Global Connections

There are 28,000 KBR employees all across the planet. Though we are separated by miles, we are all connected and working together toward a common purpose — to design and deliver the future while improving our social and environmental impact. In Global Connections, we celebrate KBR’s culture of inclusion and diversity by highlighting employees working in different locations around the world and the communities where they live.

Global Connections

There are 28,000 KBR employees all across the planet. Though we are separated by miles, we are all connected and working together toward a common purpose — to design and deliver the future while improving our social and environmental impact. In Global Connections, we celebrate KBR’s culture of inclusion and diversity by highlighting employees working in different locations around the world and the communities where they live.

Djibouti, Africa

Despite scorching heat often in the triple digits Fahrenheit, little manufacturing and limited natural resources, KBR helps sustain a base population of thousands of soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa. Camp Lemonnier serves as the primary location for the U.S. Africa Command and plays a pivotal role in U.S. military operations and humanitarian assistance activities. KBR has provided vital services at Camp Lemonnier — located in the Horn of Africa — since 2013, with work in the region dating back further to 2002. The company also supports the base’s two forward operating locations at Chabelley Airfield in Djibouti and Camp Simba in Manda Bay, Kenya.

KBR runs a gamut of operations at Camp Lemonnier. The company’s work includes engineering, airfield operations, housing, administration, vehicle maintenance, water and wastewater facility operations, solid waste management, and recreation services that augment and enhance the quality of life on the base.

KBR also serves up its award-winning galley services. The Dorie Miller galley, the base’s dining facility that KBR helps operate, recently earned a 5-Star accreditation — the Navy's highest level of evaluation for food service operations. The galley has received this accreditation for the past five years.

KBR even performs pest control at Camp Lemonnier. The company staffs a team that works to keep the base free from insects and animals that transmit diseases. Pests may include hyenas, mongooses, honey badgers, cats and dogs, as well as rodents and snakes. With 25 different species of snakes in the Horn of Africa, such as venomous mambas, cobras and adders, KBR’s pest control team is especially important.

Even with the challenges of a hostile and austere environment, KBR provides critical services every day, with an emphasis on safety and efficiency that enable smooth base operations and allow the military personnel stationed there to focus on their mission. In fact, KBR has achieved more than 25 million hours without a lost-time safety incident in Djibouti since 2013. Last year, the Djibouti Base Operations Services Support team won the KBR CEO Award for Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) Excellence — a salute to its commitment to sustainability and safety.

“The Djibouti team is outstanding in so many ways. The project is a blended family of over 24 different nationalities that looks out for each other and have the courage to care. When you visit Djibouti, you are instantly lifted by the team’s spirit of caring for their customers and each other.”

- ELLA STUDER , KBR SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, LOGISTICS BUSINESS UNIT, GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS

In addition to safety, sustainability also continues to be an important area of focus for KBR in Djibouti. As an example, KBR operates a fleet of eco-friendly electric cars at Camp Lemonnier. These vehicles replaced gasoline-operated all-terrain vehicles, reducing KBR’s carbon footprint and driving maintenance and operational costs down. Other sustainability initiatives include water efficiency measures and the use of solar and LED-energy efficient lights.