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At the height of the occupation the US had 170,000 personnel in uniform stationed in 505 bases throughout all 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.
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 for the Multi-National Corps - Iraq, and later as the headquarters for the United States Forces - Iraq.
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [ 3 ]
While Army units in Iraq complete year-long tours, Marine units stay for seven months; in Ramadi, one Marine battalion typically augments an Army brigade. During the first half of 2004, 1st BCT's two battalions ( 1–16th Infantry , 1–34th Armor ) were augmented by the 2nd Battalion 4th Marines (2/4) and 3rd Battalion 11th Marines (3/11).
Qayyarah Airfield West (Arabic: قاعدة القيارة الجوية) is an Iraqi Air Force base in the Qayyarah subdistrict of Mosul District in northern Iraq.It was captured by U.S. Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
The city was defended by a mix of regular Iraqi army units, Ba'ath loyalists, and Fedayeen from both Iraq and abroad. The United States Army 3rd Infantry Division defeated Iraqi forces entrenched in and around the airfield and bypassed the city to the west. A U.S. amphibious fighting vehicle destroyed near Nasiriyah
United States Air Force United States Army United States Navy: Site history; Built: 2003 Expansions 2004, 2005, 2007, 2007–2008: Built by: U.S. Army Engineers, U.S. Air Force Prime BEEF teams Kellogg Brown and Root United States Army Corps of Engineers United States Navy Seabees: In use: 2003–2009: Battles/wars: Iraq War
Bashur, near the city of: Security: Set up a perimeter and traffic checkpoints around an airfield, which has a runway 6,700 feet (2,000 m). Battle of Umm Qasr: 21 March 2003: 25 March 2003: Umm Qasr: Battle: Was the first military confrontation in the Second Iraq War. Battle of Nasiriyah: 23 March 2003: 29 March 2003: Nasiriyah