Forward Operating Base Grizzly

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FOB Grizzly (formerly FOB Spartan, FOB Red Lion and FOB Barbarian) is a US Army Forward Operating Base located within Camp Ashraf, Iraq. It is near Al Khalis, approximately 20 kilometers west of the Iranian border and 60 kilometers north of Baghdad.

The FOB is named after the callsign for the 49th Military Police Brigade. They were in charge of the FOB from October 2005 until October 2006. It is currently being run by the 504th Military Police Battalion.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Units that have deployed to FOB Grizzly

• 213th Air Defense Artillery
• HHB 1-102nd Field Artillery Forward
• 110th Military Police Company
• Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion 142nd Field Artillery
• Alpha Company, 1st Battalion 194th Armor
• Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron 124th Cavalry
• Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion 123rd Field Artillery
• 1st Guard Company
• 2nd Guard Company
• 43rd Military Police Battalion
• 49th Military Police Brigade
• 793rd Military Police Battalion
• 382nd Military Police Battalion
• 504th Military Police Battalion
• Alpha Company, 1st Battalion 9th Marines
• 735th Combat Support Company
• 28th Military Police Company
• Task Force National Capital Region
• Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion 161st Field Artillery

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[edit] References

• 1st Lt. Lea Ann Fracasso (2006-12-06). Bulgarian Minister of Defense visits FOB. Multi-National Force - Iraq. Retrieved on 2007-05-06.