Forward Operating Base Loyalty is a former forward operating base used by the U.S. Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn located in the New Baghdad District (Arabic: بغداد الجديدة) of Baghdad, Iraq.
| Forward Operating Base Loyalty | |
|---|---|
| New Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Forward Operating Base |
| Controlled by |  United States United States Army |
| Location | |
  Forward Operating Base Loyalty Location of FOB Loyalty | |
| Coordinates | 33°19′43″N 44°28′52″E / 33.328682°N 44.481196°E |
| Site history | |
| Built | 2003 |
| Battles/wars | Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation New Dawn |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 4th BCT, 101st ABN DIV |
| Occupants | 1st Battalion 7th Field Artillery, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division 2010-2011 |
FOB Iron Horse was renamed FOB Patriot and then renamed to FOB Loyalty, during OIF II and OIF III. Also the ___location was in East Baghdad. It started with 1st Cav/1st Brigade and 3RD ID came in Dec/January 2005. It also housed the prison for Political Prisoners.
History
editFOB Loyalty was located in what was Saddam Hussein's Directorate of Internal Security. A handful of the hardened concrete buildings were damaged by US forces during the initial invasion of Iraq. The main building took three or four precision-guided bombs, and another precision bomb wiped out the house Saddam used when he visited the base.[1]
The base included a roofed pool, with construction started by Saddam's men and completed by Kellogg Brown & Root contractors, allowing U.S. armed forces members to use.[1] No Army and Air Force Exchange Service Facility existed on the FOB, however a small sundry store existed allowing for basic necessities.[1][2][3]
FOB Loyalty was attacked on April 28, 2008 by improvised Rocket-Assisted Mortars, known as lob bombs, killing a number of servicemen on the base. The base sustained repeated mortar attacks throughout 2008 and 2009.[4]
Joint Security Station Loyalty was again attacked by a lob bomb on 6 June 2011, killing 5 US servicemembers and injuring 12 others; another servicemember died from his wounds four days later.
Joint Security Station Loyalty was transferred to full Iraqi Government control on August 29, 2011.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Garamone, Jim (Dec 16, 2005). "'Head Fobbit' Works for Quality of Life at Forward Operating Base". American Forces Press Service. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ "Where in the ... (Update, FOB Loyalty & JSS Babalsheikh)". INDCJournal. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ "'Stars' fall upon FOB Loyalty; Top generals in Iraq descend on east Baghdad base cam" (Press release). United States Forces - Iraq. 2006-12-28. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ Burns, Robert (July 12, 2008). "AP: 'Lob bombs' biggest worry for US in Baghdad". Fox News. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
- ^ Woislaw, Jonathan (Aug 29, 2011). "'Black Knight' Battery assists in closing Joint Security Station Loyalty, Iraq". US DoD News Release. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
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