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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.
Map of permanent US military bases in Iraq 1. Al Qayyarah air base 2. Camp Marez 3. [ name unknown ] 4. Camp Renegade (2 000 soldiers) 5. Camp Speicher (6 000 soldiers) 6. Balad air base (20 000 soldiers) 7. Al Asad air base 8. Camp Taji 9. Taqaddum air base 10. Green Zone 11. Camp Falcon Punch (5 000 soldiers) 12. Camp Victory (14 000 soldiers ...
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
English: Map of ground operations of Operation Desert Storm starting invasion February 24-28th 1991. Shows allied and Iraqi forces. Special arrows indicate the American 101 st Airborne division moved by air and where the French 6 st light division and American 3 rd Armored Cavalry Regiment provided security.
Pages in category "Military installations of the United States in Iraq" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Camp Victory was the primary component of the Victory Base Complex (VBC) which occupied the area surrounding the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). The Al-Faw Palace, which served as the headquarters for the Multi-National Corps – Iraq (and later United States Forces – Iraq until it was turned over to the Government of Iraq on December 1, 2011), was located on Camp Victory.
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 ]
On January 12, 2009, the Government of Iraq took control of the compound from the United States military. [2] The camp is adjacent to the other major U.S. base in Fallujah, the former Ba'athist resort Camp Baharia (also known as "Dreamland"). An M198 howitzer firing from Camp Fallujah, Iraq in 2004