The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
Depending on their size or utility, the installations were called: camp, forward operating bases (FOBs), contingency operating bases (COBs), contingency operating sites (COSs), combat outposts (COPs), patrol base (PBs), logistic based (log bases), fire bases (FBs), convoy support centers (CSCs), logistic support areas (LSAs), and joint security stations (JSSs).
Near the end of Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011), the last several camps and forward operating bases were changed to contingency operating bases and sites.
At the height of the occupation the US had 170,000 men and women in uniform stationed in 505 bases sprinkled throughout all the provinces of Iraq. Another 135,000 private military contractors were also working in Iraq.[1][2]
Due to International military intervention against ISIL, personnel have returned to old bases and new bases created. Control of many U.S.-operated bases was transferred to the Iraqi government during the 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal.
At the request of the Iraqi government in January 2024,[3] and amid rising regional tensions following the 2023 Israeli invasion of Gaza, the US and Iraq are set to begin negotiations to end US military presence in Iraq.[4]
Airfields[edit]
| Name | District | Governorate | Opened | Closed | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Harir Air Base | Shaqlawa | Erbil (Kurdistan Region) | 2003 | Still in use by U.S. forces as of January 2024 | ||
| Al Asad Airbase | Haditha and Hīt | Al Anbar | 2003 | Still in use by U.S. forces as of January 2024 |
Camps[edit]
| Type | Name | District | Governorate | Opened | Closed | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp | Al-Khalis (Rock City FOB) | Al-Khalis | Diyala | ? | |||
| Camp | Al Qa'im (Al Qa'im train station) | Al-Qa'im | Al Anbar | ? | |||
| Camp | Al Watani (Green Zone) | Baghdad | ? | ||||
| Camp | Anah COP Ocotal |
Anah | Al Anbar | 1/4 TF Highlander in '07 w/1st LAR, 3/4 in '06/'07, and many others over years. Large SVBIED at TCP Alpha 20070507. | |||
| Camp | Andaluz (Spanish Camp) | Kufa | Najaf | Used by Spanish troops[citation needed] | |||
| Camp | Anderson | Diwaniya | Al-Qādisiyyah | 35 miles south of Baghdad | |||
| Camp | Camp Apache Camp Gunner Main |
Adhamiya | Baghdad | [5] | |||
| Camp | Arkansas | Al Salam | Baghdad | Al Salam Palace | |||
| Camp | Arrow | Ad-Dawr/Tikrit | Salah ad Din | ||||
| Camp | Avalanche | Abu Ghraib | Baghdad | Abu Ghraib Prison | |||
| Camp | Babylon | Hilla | Babil | April 2003 | January 2005 | Dismantled | HQ of 1st Marine Expeditionary Force[6] Used by Polish Forces[7] |
| Camp | Baharia FOB Volturno |
Fallujah | Al Anbar | 2003 | 2009 | Dreamland | |
| Camp | Basilone | Nasiriyah | Dhi Qar | March 2003 | (Qalat Sikar Air Base) | ||
| Camp | Black Jack | Baghdad | Baghdad | [8] Part of the Victory Base Complex | |||
| Camp | Boom | Baqubah | Diyala | Baqubah Airfield | |||
| Camp | Brassfield Mora | Samarra | Salah ad Din | 2004 | [9] | ||
| Camp | Bravo | Basra | Basra | 2011 | [10] | ||
| Camp | Bristol | Al-Mansour | Baghdad | Part of the Victory Base Complex | |||
| Camp | Bucca | Al-Zubair | Basra | 2003 | December 2010 | Hotel | [11] |
| Camp | Buffalo | Tikrit | Salah ad Din | ? | |||
| Camp | Bulldog | Baghdad | |||||
| Camp | Bushmaster | Al Najaf | Najaf | [12] | |||
| Camp | Bushwaker | ? | |||||
| Camp | Buzz | Ar-Rutba | Al Anbar | ? | |||
| Camp | Clairborne | ? Mosul Air Base | |||||
| Camp | Cobra | Abu Ghraib | Baghdad | Abu Ghraib Presidential Site | |||
| Camp | Cold Steel | ? | |||||
| Camp | Combat Outpost (Ar Ramadi) | ? | |||||
| Camp | Cooke | Taji | Baghdad | 2003 | Taji Air Base | ||
| Camp | Cropper | Part of the Victory Base Complex | |||||
| Camp | Cuervo Camp Rustamiyah Camp Muleskinner |
Sadr District | Baghdad | 2003 | 2009 | Iraqi Military Academy Rustamiyah | |
| Camp | Dahuk | Duhok(Kurdistan Region) | |||||
| Camp | Daniels (Samarra) | Salah ad Din | |||||
| Camp | Dakota (Baghdad) | ||||||
| Camp | Dracula | Dhi Qar | Used by Romanian troops.[1] | ||||
| Camp | Dragoon (Baghdad) | ||||||
| Camp | Duke (Najaf) | Najaf | Najaf | September 2003 | All UN sanctioned weapons were destroyed and FOB was transitioned to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in 2009. Najaf ASP remains active. | Najaf Ammunition Supply Point (ASP) | |
| Camp | Camp Eagle (Baghdad) | ||||||
| Camp | Eagle III (Najaf) | Najaf | |||||
| Camp | Eden Camp Hit |
Al-Qurna | Basra | 2003 | Used by Danish troops.[13] | ||
| Camp | Edson (Diwaniyah) | ||||||
| Camp | Ellis Camp Bastard |
Barwanah | Al Anbar | 2007 | [14][15] | ||
| Camp | Endurance Camp Regulars |
Mosul | Nineveh | Q West Air Field | |||
| Camp | Fallujah | Fallujah | Al Anbar | March 2004 | 2009 | ||
| Camp | Fenway | Dhi Qar | Qalat Sikar Air Field | ||||
| Camp | Freedom (Mosul) | Nineveh | |||||
| Camp | Freedom I Camp Warhorse |
Diyala | Baqubah Air Field | ||||
| Camp | Freedom II (Green Zone) | Baghdad | |||||
| Camp | Ganci (Abu Ghraib) | ||||||
| Camp | Geiger | ||||||
| Camp | Gilligan | (Saddam Canal Bridge provisory camp) | |||||
| Camp | Golf Camp Baker (Najaf) |
Najaf | |||||
| Camp | Graceland | Rasheed Air Base | |||||
| Camp | Griffin | Baghdad International Airport | |||||
| Camp | Honor | Green Zone/Baghdad | Baghdad | 2006 | Iraqi Prison | [16] | |
| Camp | Hotel (Najaf) | ||||||
| Camp | Hurricane Point (Ar Ramadi) | Al Anbar | |||||
| Camp | Husaybah | Al-Qa'im | Al Anbar | 2009 | Renamed Camp Gannon | ||
| Camp | Independence Camp Headhunter FOB Headhunter |
Ali Saleh | Baghdad | Al Muthana Air Base 2 Platoons of HHC 4–64 AR, 4th BDE, 3rd IN Div | |||
| Camp | India | ||||||
| Camp | Iron Horse (Sadr City) | ||||||
| Camp | Ironhorse FOB Danger (Tikrit) |
Salah ad Din | |||||
| Camp | Jennings (Al Amarah) | Maysan | |||||
| Camp | Juliet (Karbala) | Karbala | Used by Polish forces[17] | ||||
| Camp | Junction City (Ar Ramadi) | Al Anbar | |||||
| Camp | Justice Camp Al Adala Camp Banzai |
Kadhamiyah | Baghdad | ||||
| Camp | Kalsu | Babylon | |||||
| Camp | Klecker | Baghdad | Located in the Baghdad International Airport area | ||||
| Camp | Knot | ||||||
| Camp | Korean Village FOB Buzz (Ar Rutbah / H-3 Air Base ) |
Ar-Rutba | Al Anbar | ||||
| Camp | Lancer | Baiji | Salah ad Din | K-2 Air Base | |||
| Camp | Leader (Mosul) | ||||||
| Camp | Libeccio (Nasiriyah) | Dhi Qar | |||||
| Camp | Liberty (Camp Hurriya) Camp Victory North (Camp Al-Tahreer) |
Baghdad | Part of the Victory Base Complex | ||||
| Camp | Lima (Baghdad) | ||||||
| Camp | Loki | Kurdish Region | Erbil | March 2003 | July 2003 | Dismantled | Used by Task Force Viking |
| Camp | Manhattan Camp Habbaniyah |
Al Anbar | Habbaniyah Air Base | ||||
| Camp | Marez (Mosul) | Nineveh | |||||
| Camp | Marlboro (Sadr City) | ||||||
| Camp | Mejid (Al Asad AB)[18] | Al Anbar | |||||
| Camp | Mercury Camp Abu Ghraib |
Abu Ghraib | |||||
| Camp | Minden | Basra | June 2011 | Transferred to Iraqi govt. | |||
| Camp | C.W. Myler (Baghdad) | Camp of Naval Special Warfare Squadron One during their deployment in 2004 | |||||
| Camp | Nakamura (Nippur) | Babil | Named in honor of Army Spc. Paul T. Nakamura | ||||
| Camp | Nama | Baghdad | 2003 | 2004 | Operations moved to LSA Anaconda | Used by Task Force 6–26 and CIA | |
| Camp | Normandy (Muqdadiyah) | Diyala | |||||
| Camp | Outlaw (Green Zone) | Baghdad | |||||
| Camp | Pacemaker | Part of LSA Bushmaster near Najaf | |||||
| Camp | Pacesetter | Samarra | Salah ad Din | Samarra East Air Field | |||
| Camp | Paladin | ||||||
| Camp | Paliwoda (Balad) | Salah ad Din | |||||
| Camp | Packhorse FOB Remagen Camp Cougar |
Tikrit | Salah ad Din | ||||
| Camp | Camp Parsons | (expansion at Camp Victory) | |||||
| Camp | Performance (Mosul) | Nineveh | |||||
| Camp | Camp Patriot(Green Zone) | ||||||
| Camp | Qayyarah | Nineveh | Qayarrah Air Base | ||||
| Camp | Raider FOB Dagger (Tikrit) |
Salah ad Din | |||||
| Camp | Ramadi Camp Blue Diamond Camp Champion Main Camp Hurricane Point |
Ramadi | Al Anbar | 2007 | 2011 | 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Aiborne Division[19]: 3 2-319 Airborne Field Artillery[19]: 3 1–325 Airborne Infantry[19]: 3 | |
| Camp | Reasoner II (Sahl Sinjar, Tal Afar) | Sinjar | Nineveh | 2003 | October 2009 | Transferred to Iraqi Army | |
| Camp | Red Knight | ||||||
| Camp | Redcatcher | Rasheed Air Base | |||||
| Camp | Redemption (Abu Ghraib) | ||||||
| Camp | Renegade | Kirkuk | Kirkuk | April 2003 | Renamed Camp Warrior in 2004 | Kirkuk Air Base | |
| Camp | Ridgeway (Al Taqaddum) | ||||||
| Camp | Ripper (Al Asad) | Al Anbar | |||||
| Camp | Roach Camp Hadithah |
Haditha | Al Anbar | ||||
| Camp | Rustamiyah also known as Camp Cuervo |
Rasheed Air Base | |||||
| Camp | Sather | Baghdad | April 2003 | December 2011 | Baghdad International Air Base | ||
| Camp | Scania (Nippur) | Hashimiya | Babil | March 2003 | July 15, 2010 | Transferred to Iraqi Army | Convoy Support Center (CSC) Scania, on MSR Tampa about 4 miles west of Al Shomali. Last unit: 389th Combat Service Support Battalion.[20] |
| Camp | Schwedler | Fallujah | Al Anbar | 2007 | Named in honor of Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Joseph C. Schwedler | ||
| Camp | Shield (Baghdad) | ||||||
| Camp | Slayer | Baghdad | Part of the Victory Base Complex | ||||
| Camp | Smitty | Samawah | Muthanna | March 2003 | Handed over to Iraqis in July 2006 | Used by American, Dutch, British and Australian troops.[2] | |
| Camp | Snake Pit (Ramadi) | Al Anbar | |||||
| Camp | Solidarity (Camp Al-Tadamum) Camp Gunsligner |
Adhamiyah | Baghdad | ||||
| Camp | Speicher COB Speicher |
Tikrit | Salah ad Din | 2003 | Handed over to Iraqis in October 2011 | Used by Task Force ODIN | |
| Camp | St. Mere (Fallujah) | Al Anbar | |||||
| Camp | Steel Dragon (Green Zone) | Baghdad | |||||
| Camp | Steel Falcon | Al Rashid | Baghdad | ||||
| Camp | Stone (Sulaymaniyah) | Silêmanî | Sulaymaniyah | Kurdistan Region | |||
| Camp | Strike (Mosul) | Nineveh | |||||
| Camp | Striker | Baghdad | Part of the Victory Base Complex | ||||
| Camp | Sullivan (Baghdad) | ||||||
| Camp | Sustainer | ||||||
| Camp | Sycamore | Salah ad Din | Al-Sahra Air Base | ||||
| Camp | Taji | Taji | Taji Air Base | ||||
| Camp | Taqaddum | Fallujah | Al Anbar | March 2003 | Taqaddum Air Base was handed over to Iraqis on April 5, 2020[21][22] | ||
| Camp | Thunder | Baghdad International Air Base | |||||
| Camp | Top Gun (Mosul) | Nineveh | |||||
| Camp | Trebil Camp Gibbons |
Ar-Rutba | Al Anbar | ||||
| Camp | Twin Tower | ||||||
| Camp | Ultimo (Baghdad) | ||||||
| Camp | Union I (Camp Al-Tawheed Al-Awal) Camp Greywolf |
Al-Sijood | Al Sijood Presidential Site | ||||
| Camp | Union II (Camp Al-Tawheef Al-Thani) Camp Warrior |
Al-Sijood | Al Sijood Presidential Site | ||||
| Camp | Victory 51 papa (Abu Ghraib) | ||||||
| Camp | Vigilant (Abu Ghraib) | ||||||
| Camp | Viper | Al-Zubair | Basra | Jalibah Air Base | |||
| Camp | Volunteer Camp Provider (Baghdad) |
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| Camp | War Horse | Diyala | Baqubah Air Field | ||||
| Camp | Whitehorse | Dhi Qar | |||||
| Camp | Whitford | Dhi Qar | Tallil Air Base | ||||
| Camp | Wolf Camp Miller |
Kuwait | |||||
| Camp | Wolfpack (Green Zone) | Baghdad | |||||
| Camp | Zadan (Zadan) | ||||||
| Camp | Zaytun (Erbil) | Erbil | Kurdistan Region | ||||
| Camp | Zulu (As Suwayrah) | Al-Suwaira | Wasit | 2003 | August 21, 2005 | Turned over to the Iraqi army | As Suwayrah Air Base |
Combat outposts (COPs)[edit]
| Type | Name | District | Governorate | Opened | Closed | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COP | Amanche | Baghdad | |||||
| COP | Annihilator | Unused trade school in Ameriya | |||||
| COP | Apache | Adhamiyah | Baghdad | ||||
| COP | Assassin | near Jisr Diyala | Baghdad/Diyala | 2007 | Location 33.308677, 44.617434 Former Truck Depot | ||
| COP | Attack | West Al Rashid | Baghdad | 2007 | Former Boxing Gym | ||
| COP | Ayres | ||||||
| COP | Aztec | South of Baghdad International Airport | Baghdad | [23] | |||
| COP | Bama | Diyala | |||||
| COP | Banchee | ||||||
| COP | Battle | Al Rashid | Baghdad | ||||
| COP | Beretta | ||||||
| COP | 860/Blackfoot | Al Hadar/East Rashid | Baghdad | 2007 | Chaldean Pontifical Babel College Church Complex | ||
| COP | Blickenstaff | Mosul | Nineveh | ||||
| COP | Blue Babe Bridge / Georgian Bridge | (Route Blue Babe, across the Diyala River) | |||||
| COP | Bone Zulu | South Tahrir | |||||
| COP | Cahill | Al-Mada'in | Diyala | 2007 | 2011 | 33.134972, 44.572930 | |
| COP | Callahan | Adhamiyah | Baghdad | ||||
| COP | Carver | Salman Pak | 2008 | 2011 | 33.083224, 44.599440 Baker Boys: Inside the Surge | ||
| COP | Cashe | Jisr Diyala | 33.208018, 44.523323 | ||||
| COP | Cashe South | Baghdad | 2007 | July 2010 | Transferred to the Iraqi Police | 33.20664164070701, 44.519090597883114 Built right next to Al Tuwaitha Nuclear Reactor that was bombed. | |
| COP | Casino COP Wildcard |
Al-Mansour | Baghdad | ||||
| COP | Chaos | Ba'quba | Diyala | ||||
| COP | Cleary | Al Wihda | Diyala | 2007 | 2008 | 33.139267, 44.692545 | |
| COP | Cobra Cabana | Baghdad | 2007 | ||||
| COP | Commando BAR (Base Al Razul) | Baghdad | 2007 | ||||
| COP | Corregidor | (near Haswah, Al Yusufiyah) | 2007 | ||||
| COP | Dragon | Yusifiyah | Baghdad | 2007 | 2008 | Transferred to the Iraqi Army | Last unit: 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).[24] |
| COP | Ellis | Barwana | Al Anbar | 2006 | |||
| COP | Falcon | Ramadi | Al Anbar | ||||
| COP | Ford | Adhamiyah | Baghdad | ||||
| COP | Gator | Baghdad | Nestled in the Dora market | ||||
| COP | Golden | Wādī Tharthār | Al Anbar | 2007 | August 2007 | Turned over to the Iraqi Army | North of Fallujah off MSR Golden |
| COP | Grant | Ramadi | Al Anbar | ||||
| COP | Haditha Dam | Haditha | Al Anbar | December 2008 | |||
| COP | Hatoon | Ba'quba | Diyala | ||||
| COP | Hawas | Wādī Tharthār | Al Anbar | MSR Golden, Northeast of Lake Tharthar Dam and Canal | |||
| COP | Hutal COP Rath |
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| COP | Iron | Ramadi | Al Anbar | ||||
| COP | Khatoon | Ba'quba | Diyala | ||||
| COP | Meade | ||||||
| COP | Murray | Arab Jibor | Baghdad | ||||
| COP | Old Mod | Al Rashid | Baghdad | Old Ministry of Defense Building | |||
| COP | Nepsa | Nineveh | 2007 | 2009 | Turned over to the Iraqi Army | East Side of Tigris Al Sharqat *BTrp 1/3 ACR* | |
| COP | North | Al-Qa'im | Al Anbar | ||||
| COP | Norris | Baghdad | |||||
| COP | Ocotal / Ocotol | Anah | Al Anbar | ||||
| COP | Old Baqubah | Ba'quba | Diyala | ||||
| COP | Old Mob | ||||||
| COP | Qasr `Amij (160k) | Ar-Rutba | Al Anbar | 2007 | 2010 | Turned over to Iraqi Army | Site of the 29th Brigade, 7th IA Division |
| COP | Rabiy | Mosul | Nineveh | ||||
| COP | Rawah | Rawah | Al Anbar | ||||
| COP | Remagen | Salah ad Din | |||||
| COP | Resolve | ||||||
| COP | Rock | ||||||
| COP | Romeo | Ba'quba | Diyala | ||||
| COP | Ruger | ||||||
| COP | Salie | (Nahrawan) | |||||
| COP | San Juan | Southwest of Baghdad International Airport | Baghdad | 2007 | Abandoned | Bombed out garage/barracks destroyed. Remnants of tower remain. | |
| COP | Sedgwick | Al Anbar | August 2009 | Turned over to the Iraqi Army | Downgraded from a FOB sometime between 2008 & 2009 | ||
| COP | Shan | Mosul | Nineveh | ||||
| COP | South | Al-Qa'im | Al Anbar | ||||
| COP | Shocker | Badra | Wasit | 2007 | July 2011 | Located in Zurbatiyah | |
| COP | Spear | Ramadi | Al Anbar | ||||
| COP | Sword | Ramadi | Al Anbar | ||||
| COP | Summers | ||||||
| COP | Tampa | Mosul | Nineveh | ||||
| COP | Tehrir / Tarear / Tahrir | Ba'quba | Diyala | ||||
| COP | Texas | Sadr City | Baghdad | ||||
| COP | Tripoli | ||||||
| COP | War Eagle | ||||||
| COP | 102 | Rusafa | Baghdad | ||||
| COP | 402 | ||||||
| COP | 727 | ||||||
| COP | 742 | ||||||
| COP | 821 | southwestern neighborhood of Saidiyah | Baghdad |
Contingency operating base (COBs)[edit]
| Type | Name | District | Governorate | Opened | Closed | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COB | Adder Camp Adder LSA Adder Camp Cedar I Camp Cedar II |
Nasiriyah | Dhi Qar | December 2011 | Nasiriyah Airport | 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division[19]: 3 1–77 Armor[19]: 6 2–82 Field Artillery[19]: 6 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade[19]: 7 1–163 Infantry[19]: 13 | |
| COB | Asad | Al Anbar | 4–6 Infantry[19]: 3 2-325 Infantry[19]: 7 | ||||
| COB | Basrah Camp Basrah |
Basra | December 2011 | Transferred to civilian control | Contains U.S. Consulate.[10] | ||
| COB | Erbil | Erbil | |||||
| COB | Scania | Babylon | |||||
| COB | Warhorse |
Contingency operating sites (COSs)[edit]
| Type | Name | District | Governorate | Opened | Closed | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COS | Besmayah | Baghdad | |||||
| COS | Bucca | Basra | |||||
| COS | Cobra | Baghdad | 4–9 Cavalry[19]: 7 | ||||
| COS | Delta FOB Delta FOB Al Kut Camp Chesty |
Kut | Wasit | April 2003 | October 2011 | Transferred to Iraqi Control | 6–9 Cavalry[19]: 6 Kut Air Base |
| COS | Echo | Diwaniya | Al-Qādisiyyah | 1–82 Field Artillery[19]: 2 2–8 Cavalry[19]: 6 3/3 Armored Cavalry[19]: 15 | |||
| COS | Endeavor FOB Endeavor |
An Najaf | Najaf | [12] | |||
| COS | Garry Owen | Maysan | 3–8 Cavalry[19]: 6 | ||||
| COS | Hammer | Baghdad | 2011 | Located near Besmaya Range Complex | |||
| COS | Kalsu | Babylon | 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division[19]: 2 2–5 Cavalry[19]: 2 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (Advise and Assist Brigade)[19]: 15 1/3 Armored Cavalry[19]: 15 | ||||
| COS | Korean Village | Ar-Rutba | Al Anbar | ||||
| COS | Mahmudlyah | Al-Mahmudiya | |||||
| COS | Marez FOB Marez Camp Diamondback |
Mosul | Nineveh | 2004 | 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Armored Division[19]: 7 2–13 Cavalry[19]: 7 2–29 Field Artillery[19]: 7 6–17 Air Cavalry[19]: 9 5–82 Field Artillery[19]: 11 1–9 Cavalry[19]: 15 | ||
| COS | Taqaddum | Fallujah | Al Anbar | ||||
| COS | Umm Qasr | Al-Zubair | Basra | ||||
| COS | Warrior | Kirkuk | 6–17 Air Cavalry[19]: 1 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Armoured Division[19]: 2 1–5 Field Artillery[19]: 2 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division[19]: 10 1–14 Infantry[19]: 15 2–12 Cavalry[19]: 15 | ||||
| COS | Warhorse | Baqubah | Diyala | 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division[19]: 2 1–8 Cavalry[19]: 11 |
Firebases (FBs)[edit]
| Type | Name | District | Governorate | Opened | Closed | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firebase | Morehead | Ba'quba | Diyala | October 2011 | Handover to Iraqi Forces | US Special Forces base located in the city of Baqubah. Last occupied by ODA 2135. | |
| Firebase | Saham | Al-Qa'im | Al Anbar | March 2020[25] | 34°21′41″N 41°07′47″E / 34.361286°N 41.129709°E[26][27] |
Forward operating bases (FOBs)[edit]
| Type | Name | District | Governorate | Opened | Closed | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOB | Abu Ghraib | Abu Ghraib | Baghdad | 2004 | September 2006 | ||
| COP | Aggie | Hammam Al Allil/Mosul | Nineveh | ||||
| FOB | Al Asad | Haditha | Al Anbar | 2003 | Ayn Al Asad Airbase | ||
| FOB | Al-Tawheed Al-Thalith | Baghdad | |||||
| FOB | Animal | Baghdad | |||||
| FOB | Arrow | Al-Daur | Saladin | May 2003 | |||
| FOB | Attack | Baghdad | |||||
| FOB | Atlas Hellhound |
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| FOB | Baharia | Al Anbar | |||||
| FOB | Bandit Island | Baghdad | |||||
| FOB | Beast | Samarra | Salah ad Din | ||||
| FOB | Bernstein | Tooz | Salah ad Din | 2003 | Transferred to the Iraqi army in 2006 | Tuz Khurmatu Air Base | |
| FOB | Blue Diamond | Ramadi | Al Anbar | ||||
| FOB | Black | Fallujah | Al Anbar | ||||
| FOB | Blickenstaff | Mosul | Nineveh | ||||
| FOB | Brassfield-Mora | Samarra | Saladin | ||||
| FOB | Broomhead | Baghdad | |||||
| FOB | Bulldog | ||||||
| FOB | Byers | Baghdad | |||||
| FOB | Caldwell Camp Caldwell |
Balad Ruz | Diyala | 2003 | April 3, 2010 | Dissolved into the Kirkush Military Training Base | Named in honor of Army Specialist Nathaniel A. Caldwell |
| FOB | Callahan | Adhamiyah | Baghdad | March 2007[28] | January 3, 2009[29] | Closed down | Occupied by the 4th Infantry Division until recently.[when?] Originally captured by the 2–82nd Airborne, was in an old, burned-out shopping mall.[30] |
| FOB | Carpenter | Salman Pak | 2003 | Salman Pak, previously used by Fedayeen Saddam as a training camp (before 2003) | |||
| FOB | Champion Main Camp Blue Diamond |
Ramadi | Al Anbar | ||||
| FOB | Chosin | Iskandariya/Al-Musayab | Babil | 2003 | 2005 | Renamed FOB Iskandariyah |
Located on the grounds of the Musayyib Power Plant |
| FOB | Cobra | Khanaqin | Diyala | 2003 | Transferred to Iraqi Control | Located in Jalawla | |
| FOB | Comanche | Abu Sayada | |||||
| FOB | Constitution | Baghdad | |||||
| FOB | Cooke | Baghdad | |||||
| FOB | Courage | Mosul | Nineveh | ||||
| FOB | Corregidor | ||||||
| FOB | Crossbow | ||||||
| FOB | Dagger | ||||||
| FOB | Danger | Tikrit | Saladin | May 2004 | 2005 | Formerly FOB Ironhorse | |
| FOB | Daniels | ||||||
| FOB | David | Najaf | Najaf | ||||
| FOB | Duke | Najaf | Najaf | 2004 | October 1, 2006 | Transferred to Iraqi Control | |
| FOB | Dibbis Dibis Dibis Camp Camp Dibis |
Dibis | Kirkuk | ||||
| FOB | Eagle | Balad | Saladin | 2003 | 2004 | Renamed FOB Paliwoda | |
| FOB | Echo | Diwaniyah | Al-Qādisiyyah | 31.968192, 44.910140 | It served as a Spanish (known as Camp Espania), Polish, and American base during different periods of the Iraq War. | ||
| FOB | Eden | Hīt | Al Anbar | ||||
| FOB | Edge | ||||||
| FOB | Fallujah | Al Anbar | |||||
| FOB | Faylok | Al-Muqdadiya | Diyala | ||||
| FOB | Ferdinand | Baghdad | 2007 | U.S. Army Special Forces and Iraqi Special Forces FOB created on Camp Liberty | |||
| FOB | Ferrin-Huggins | Baghdad | Rasheed AB | ||||
| FOB | Fortitude | Mosul | Nineveh | Faisaliyah District | |||
| FOB | Freedom | Green Zone | Baghdad | Formerly used by Uday Hussein | |||
| FOB | Fulda | Tel Afar | Nineveh | ||||
| FOB | Funston | ||||||
| FOB | Gabe | Ba'quba | Diyala | ||||
| FOB | Gaines Mills | Kirkuk | Kirkuk | ||||
| FOB | Garry Owen | Amarah | Maysan | 2003 | 2011 | Transferred to Iraqi Army Control | |
| FOB | Ghost | Erbil | Erbil (Kurdistan Region) | ||||
| FOB | Givens | ||||||
| FOB | Glory | Mosul | Nineveh | ||||
| FOB | Gold | Fallujah | Al Anbar | ||||
| FOB | Grant | (Tal Ashtah AB) | |||||
| FOB | Grizzly FOB Spartan FOB Red Lion FOB Barbarian |
Al Khalis | Diyala | April 2003 | January 2009 | FOB Grizzly is located within Camp Ashraf | |
| FOB | Guardian City | Fallujah | Al Anbar | (Al Taqaddum AB handed over to Iraqis on April 5, 2020[21][22]) | |||
| FOB | Gunner | Al-Taji | (Taji AB) | ||||
| FOB | Hammer | Besmaya | Baghdad | 2007 | 33.791944, 44.605278 Besmaya Range Complex | ||
| FOB | Hawk | Baghdad | |||||
| FOB | Hellhound Atlas |
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| FOB | Hit | Al Anbar | |||||
| FOB | Honor | Green Zone | Baghdad | ||||
| FOB | Hope Camp Hope Camp War Eagle |
Baghdad | |||||
| FOB | Hopping | ||||||
| FOB | Hotel | Najaf | Najaf | ||||
| FOB | Hunter | ||||||
| FOB | Hurricane | Ramadi | Al Anbar | ||||
| FOB | India | Karbala | |||||
| FOB | Independence | ||||||
| FOB | Ironhorse | Tikrit | Saladin | April 2003 | May 2004 | Renamed FOB Danger | |
| FOB | Iskandariyah FOB Chosin |
Iskandariya/Al-Musayab | Babil | 2005 | 2009 | FOB Dismantled, Power Plant returned to civilian control | Located on the grounds of the Musayyib Power Plant |
| FOB | Junction City | Ramadi | Al Anbar | ||||
| FOB | Justice | ||||||
| FOB | Kalsu | Al-Musayab | Babil | May 2003 | 2011 | Renamed COS Kalsu | |
| FOB | Latham Al Walid |
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| FOB | Laurie | Fallujah | Al Anbar | ||||
| FOB | Loyalty | Baghdad | 2003 | August 2011 | |||
| FOB | Lion | renamed FOB Orion | (vicinity of LSA Anaconda, Balad Air Base) | ||||
| FOB | Manhattan | Al Anbar | (Habbaniyah AB) | ||||
| FOB | McHenry | Al-Hawija | Kirkuk | E of Kirkuk | |||
| FOB | MacKenzie | Samarra | Saladin | Formerly FOB Pacesetter | |||
| FOB | Melody | Sadr City | Baghdad | ||||
| FOB | Mercury | Fallujah | Al Anbar | ||||
| FOB | Miller | ||||||
| FOB | Morgan | Baghdad International Airport | |||||
| FOB | Muleskinner | Rasheed AB | |||||
| FOB | Musan | Sinjar | Nineveh | ||||
| FOB | Nimur | ||||||
| FOB | Normandy | Al-Muqdadiya | Diyala | March 2003 | |||
| FOB | Omaha | Tikrit | Saladin | ||||
| FOB | O'Ryan / Orion | Dujail/Al-Faris | Saladin | ||||
| FOB | Pacesetter | Saladin | Now MacKenzie | ||||
| FOB | Packhorse | Tikrit | Saladin | April 2003 | |||
| FOB | Paliden Base | Ramadi | Al Anbar | ||||
| FOB | Paliwoda | Balad | Salah ad Din | 2004 | 2009 | Transferred to Iraqi Control and renamed Balad Joint Coordination Center. | Formerly FOB Eagle |
| FOB | Pasab Wilson |
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| FOB | Patriot | ||||||
| FOB | Phoenix | Dohuk | Dohuk | Transferred to Kurdish Control (KRG) | Kurdistan Region | ||
| FOB | Prosperity Camp Prosperity |
Baghdad | 2003 | Transferred to Iraqi Control | Located at As-Salam | ||
| FOB | Q-West | Mosul | Nineveh | Formerly FOB Endurance | |||
| FOB | Quinn | Ar-Rutba | Al Anbar | 2003 | Mudayasis Airfield, near An Nukhayb | ||
| FOB | Raider | Tikrit | Saladin | ||||
| FOB | Reaper | ||||||
| FOB | Regulars | ||||||
| FOB | Remagen | Tikrit | Saladin | 2003 | August 2006 | Transferred to Iraqi Control | Tikrit South Air Base |
| FOB | Ridgeway Ridgway |
Al Anbar | (Al Taqaddum AB handed over to Iraqis on April 5, 2020[21][22]) | ||||
| FOB | Roundtop Round Top |
Soran | Erbil | Kurdistan Region | |||
| FOB | Rough Rider | Balad Ruz | Diyala | ||||
| FOB | Rustamiyah | Baghdad | 33.282836, 44.519937 | (former Camp Cuervo) | |||
| FOB | Sabre | Ramadi | Al Anbar | ||||
| FOB | Scania | Babil | |||||
| FOB | St. Mere | Fallujah | Al Anbar | September 2003 | Renamed Camp Fallujah in March 2004 | ||
| FOB | Saint Michael Al Mahmudiyah |
Mahmudiya | Baghdad | ||||
| FOB | Shawshook | Diyala | 2007 | Created next to FOB Hammer and Besmaya Range Complex | |||
| FOB | Shell | SE of Karbala[32] | |||||
| FOB | Shield | Baghdad | |||||
| FOB | Speicher | Salah ad Din | 2003 | Renamed COB Speicher | al-Sahra AB | ||
| FOB | Steel Dragon | Green Zone | |||||
| FOB | Stone PB Andrea |
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| FOB | Sykes | Tel Afar | Nineveh | FOB Sykes was located approximately five miles south of the Iraqi city of Tal Afar (Ninewah Governorate) and 40 miles east of the Iraq–Syria border.[citation needed] | |||
| FOB | Summerall Stoddard |
Baiji | Saladin | ||||
| FOB | Sword | ||||||
| FOB | Taji | ||||||
| FOB | Tash | Ramadi | Al Anbar | Joint Security Station erected around an old Iraqi police station | |||
| FOB | Tiger | Al-Qa'im | Al Anbar | ||||
| FOB | Tinderbox | Baiji | Salah ad Din | ||||
| FOB | Trojan Horse | Green Zone | Baghdad | ||||
| FOB | Trotter | ||||||
| FOB | Union III | Green Zone/Baghdad | 2011 | NATO Training Mission – Iraq[19]: 1 Office Of Security Cooperation – Iraq[19]: 1 | |||
| FOB | Vanguard | Dujail/Al-Faris | Saladin | ||||
| FOB | War Eagle | Baghdad | |||||
| FOB | Warhorse | (Baquba Air Field) | |||||
| FOB | Warrior | Kirkuk | Kirkuk | Kirkuk AB | |||
| FOB | Webster | Haditha | Al Anbar | Al Asad AB | |||
| FOB | Wilson | Al-Daur | Salah ad Din | ||||
| FOB | Wyatt | Balad | Salah ad Din | Balad AB/LSA Anaconda | |||
| FOB | Yankee | ||||||
| FOB | Yusufiyah | Al-Mahmudiya | Baghdad | ||||
| FOB | Zulu |
Joint Base (JB)[edit]
| Type | Name | District | Governorate | Opened | Closed | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joint | Balad Anaconda Logistical Support Area Camp Anaconda |
Balad | Saladin | April 2003 | 2011 | Handed over to Iraqi Air Force on Nov 8, 2011 | [19]: 1 (Balad Air Base) |
Joint security stations (JSSs)[edit]
| Type | Name | District | Governorate | Opened | Closed | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSS | Falcon Camp Al-Saqr Forward Operating Base Falcon Camp Ferrin-Huggins Camp Falcon Shield |
Al-Rashid | Baghdad | 2003 | July 2011 | Became HQ for 7/2 Iraqi federal police brigade when handed over in 2011 | |
| JSS | India | Mosul | Nineveh | 2–7 Cavalry[19]: 11 | |||
| JSS | Siniyah | Baiji | Salah ad Din | March 2009 | Handed over to the Iraqi Police in 2009[33] | Located in Seneia Town | |
| JSS | Ezdehar | Kut | Wasit | June 2009 | Handed over to the Iraqi Army in 2009 | Located in Shaykh Sa'ad[34] | |
| JSS | Deason | Al-Mahmudiya | Baghdad | October 2011 | 63rd Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division[35] |
Patrol bases (PBs)[edit]
| Type | Name | District | Governorate | Opened | Closed | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PB | Olson | Samarra | Saladin | Supplied by Camp Brassfield Mora[36] | |||
| PB | Razor | Samarra | Saladin | Supplied by Camp Brassfield Mora[36] |
Other nomenclatures[edit]
- Victory Base Complex (VBC), a cluster of installations surrounding the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). Successively headquarters for Multi-National Force - Iraq and United States Forces - Iraq.[19]: 1
- al-Faw Palace, part of the Victory Base Complex, headquarters of the United States Forces - Iraq in Baghdad
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