The

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has a large number of temporary military bases in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

, most a type of

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(FOB). Depending on their size or utility, the installations were called: Camp, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Contingency Operating Base (COB), Contingency Operating Site (COS), Combat Outpost (COP), Patrol Base (PB), Outpost, Logistic Base (Log Base), Fire Base (FB), Convoy Support Center (CSC), Logistic Support Area (LSA) and Joint Security Station (JSS). Near the end of

Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011) The occupation of Iraq was characterized by a large United States military deployment on Iraqi territory, beginning with the U.S.-led invasion of the country in March 2003 which overthrew the Ba'ath Party government of Saddam Hussein and end ...

, the last several Camps and Forward Operating Bases were changed to Contingency Operating Bases and Sites. At the height of the occupation, the

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had 239,000 troops stationed in 505 bases throughout Iraq. Another 135,000 contractors were also working in Iraq. Due to

International military intervention against ISIL In response to rapid territorial gains made by the so-called Islamic State during the first half of 2014, and its universally condemned executions, reported human rights abuses and the fear of further spillovers of the Syrian Civil War, many s ...

, 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.

Airfields

Camps

Combat Outpost (COP)

Contingency Operating Base (COB)

Contingency Operating Site (COS)

Firebase (FB)

Forward Operating Base (FOB)

Joint Base (JB)

Joint Security Station (JSS)

Patrol Base (PB)

Other nomenclatures

Victory Base Complex Victory Base Complex (VBC) was a cluster of U.S. military installations surrounding the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). The primary component of the VBC was Camp Victory, the location of the Al-Faw Palace, which served as the headquarters f ...

(VBC), a cluster of installations surrounding the

Baghdad International Airport Baghdad International Airport , previously Saddam International Airport ( ar, مطار بغداد الدولي, Maṭār Baġdād ad-Dawaliyy) is Iraq's largest international airport, located in a suburb about west of downtown Baghdad in the ...

(BIAP). Successively headquarters for

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and

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. **

al-Faw Palace The Al Faw Palace (also known as the ''Water Palace'') is located in Baghdad approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) from the Baghdad International Airport, Iraq. Saddam Hussein commissioned its construction in the 1990s to commemorate the Iraqi forces' ...

, part of the Victory Base Complex, headquarters of the

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

References

*{{cite book , last1=Bernstein , first1=J, title=AH-64 Apache Units Of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom , year=2005 , publisher= Osprey Publishing Ltd, location= UK , isbn=1-84176-848-0

External links

Map of Army Installations in Iraq
* Iraq facilities on www.globalsecurity.or

United States Army lists