Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah (Arabic:إسكندرية), or FOB Iskandariyah, was a United States military forward operating base located on the grounds...
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An forward operating base (FOB) is any secured forward operational level military position, commonly a military base, that is used to support strategic...
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Forward Operating Base Dogwood or FOB Dogwood, further to the north of the original Camp Dogwood, from late 2004 to 2005. Between Fallujah and Karbala...
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List of the United States military installations in Iraq (redirect from Forward Operating Base Sykes)
camp, forward operating bases (FOBs), contingency operating bases (COBs), contingency operating sites (COSs), combat outposts (COPs), patrol base (PBs)...
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Iskandariya (redirect from Iskandariyah)
bombing on February 4 killed yet another soldier. Forward Operating Base Alexandria, or FOB Iskandariyah a U.S. Military installation was established in...
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Regiment of 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, was operating out of Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah, located at the Musayyib power plant near the city...
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provinces, all on the border with Pakistan; brigade headquarters was at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost. Known as Task Force Yukon. 1–501 IN BN (ABN) was...
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Korea. Kwang Ju Air Base, Suwon Air Base and Taegu Air Base had previously been announced as ending operations, but would instead operate at reduced levels...
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between Sunnis and Shias in the cities of Haswah and Iskandariyah, and the surrounding areas. Operating "outside the wire", the paratroopers encountered many...
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launched later that day. The missiles hit targets in and around Kut, Iskandariyah, Nasiriyah, and Tallil. This was done in response to Saddam Hussein,...
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basic principles of army operations and challenges all the battlefield operating systems. As the 2nd Brigade Tactical Group, the squadron trains brigade...
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combat operations around Fallujah, Zaidon, Al-Karmah, Abu Ghraib, and Al Iskandariyah. D Company was constantly in the field and was often engaged directly...
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days. As of 20 October the U.S military announced that Operation Together Forward had failed to stem the tide of violence in Baghdad, and Shiite militants...
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NORMANDY the major population centers controlled by 2–8 IN included Iskandariyah, Haswah, Eskan, the Hateen Apartments, Muelha, and an area known as Chaka...
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conducted combat operations and built FOB Chosin (later renamed FOB Iskandariyah) at the Musayyib Power Plant in conjunction with engineers from the 82nd...
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The unit later 'jumped' to TAA Thunder II (Karbala), and Thunder III (Iskandariyah), before finally assuming operations out of Mosul Airfield. During the...
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least 55 people were killed in a car bombing outside a police station in Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad. February 11: Forty-seven Iraqis are killed in a suicide...
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