Forward Operating Base Abu Ghraib
- Forward Operating Base Abu Ghraib
FOB Abu Ghraib was a United States Army Forward Operating Base in the city of Abu Ghraib, Iraq. The FOB housed the Abu Ghraib prison, holding over 7,000 detainees during its peak in 2004. FOB Abu Ghraib (BGN/PCGN romanization: Abū Ghurayb; أبو غريب in Arabic ) in the Anbar Governorate of Iraq is located 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of Baghdad's city center, or 15 km northwest of Baghdad International Airport. Closed as a U.S. Military facility in September 2006.
Units that have deployed to FOB Abu Ghraib
*Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion 10th Marines
*HHB 1-102nd Field Artillery Forward - Rear Area Operations Center (RAOC)
*2nd Battalion 111th Field Artillery
*115th Field Hospital
*1st Battalion 119th Field Artillery
*HHC 306th Military Police Battalion
*HHC 96th Military Police Battalion
*1st Battalion 623rd Field Artillery
*HHC 524th Military Intelligence Battalion/JIDC
*HHC 327th Signal Battalion
*HSB 3rd Battalion 321st Field Artillery - Base Defense Operations Center (BDOC)
*803rd Engineer Detachment
*Bravo Company, 2-185th Armor
*Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion 24th Marines
*1st Battalion 9th Marines
*1st Battalion 1st Marines
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