Military Passport Agent Program
U.S. Embassy Expands Military Passport Agent Program to Three Locations in Iraq
August 1, 2008
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad partnered with the Department of Defense to set up a military passport agent program in Iraq. This program will allow US soldiers to apply for their US passports at three regional bases; Al Asad airbase in Anbar province, Joint Base Balad and COB Adder in Tallil. With a military passport agent in place at three regional bases, service members in these areas no longer have to travel to the International Zone in order to obtain their U.S. passport. Service members can apply for their passports at the Staff Judge Advocate's offices at Al Asad, Balad and Tallil and have it delivered there, or in certain cases, directly to their base of operations. This will shorten their time out of action and will make it more convenient for service members to obtain passports for mid-tour R&R.
The U.S. Embassy launched a successful pilot program with Al Asad airbase in May. Because of that success, the Embassy chose to expand the program to also cover Northern and Southern Iraq.
You may contact the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy at BaghdadACS@state.gov