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 Forward Operating Base (FOB) Falcon, Iraq

In mid-September 2004, as part of an Army-wide effort to give its facilities around Baghdad friendlier connotations, and try to resolve the issue of constantly-changing facility names, Camp Ferrin-Huggins reverted back to its previous name of Camp Falcon, with the Arabic translation "Camp Al-Saqr".

By late January 2004 engineers from the 1st Armored Division were midway through an $800 million project to build half a dozen camps for the incoming 1st Cavalry Division. Army planners expected to finish by 15 March 2004. The new outposts, dubbed Enduring Camps, will improve living quarters for soldiers and allow the military to return key infrastructure sites within the Iraqi capital to the emerging government. Plans called for the camps to last between five to 10 years, possibly even longer. Moving to the outskirts of town will allow Iraqi police and the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps to take a lead role in the city's security. At Camp Falcon, on the southern outskirts, a base camp for 5,000 was planned.

The 1st Cavalry Division's 5th Brigade Combat Team assumed the mission of securing Baghdad's Al Rashid District from the 1st Armored Division's Division Artillery Combat Team at a transfer-of-authority ceremony 06 April 2004. Col. Stephen Lanza was the 1st Cavalry's 5th Brigade Combat Team, or Red Team, commander. Since arriving in Iraq a year ago, the 1st Armored's DivArty Combat Team had completed a number of different missions. The DIVARTY Combat Team, the 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, and the 1st Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, led the force protection package at Baghdad International Airport. Later, the unit set up a counter-battery center to combat the mortar and rocket fire into the airport and 1st Armored's headquarters. In January 2004, they moved to Forward Operating Base Falcon. The 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and Task Force 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment were later added to the DIVARTY Combat Team and assumed responsibility of the city's Al Rashid District.
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The 1st Armored Division Artillery accepted authority of the Al Rashid district in southern Baghdad from 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, during a transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Falcon, 23 January 2004. The Division Artillery Combat Team looked forward to working with the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, specifically the 504th battalion and Alpha Company, 36th Battalion, which called Camp Falcon home.

On October 10, 2006, at approximately 10:40 p.m., a 82mm mortar round, fired by militia forces from a residential area in Abu T-Shir, caused a fire at an Ammunition Supply Point (ASP) at FOB Falcon. The ASP, containing tank and artillery rounds, in addition to smaller caliber ammunition, set off a series of large explosions. About 100 troops from the 4th Infantry Division were reported to be stationed at the base at the time, but no injuries were reported.

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"My guys were taking pictures at [forward operating base] Falcon," he said about his friends who awaited his arrival and then forwarded the pictures onto ...
2004, was one of eight soldiers and a Marine who stopped at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Oct. 13, as part of Operation Proper Exit. Founded by the Laurel, ...
... military personnel in Iraq. Ann's current chaplain, Capt. Melissa Hale, is stationed with her husband at at Forward Operating Base Falcon near Baghdad. ...
Throughout the deployment, the brigade operated specifically in Southern Baghdad, with their physical location on Forward Operating Base Falcon â€Â" a two-by- ...

... who works from Forward Operating Base Falcon, where Company B's operators are, said he agreed the system works. The MI company has been serving in Iraq ...
But every month or so, a group of soldiers trade their weapons for wrenches at Forward Operating Base Falcon to help their Iraqi Army counter parts make the ...
"But they asked to do more,” Scaglione wrote from Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq. "So I asked if they would split a life insurance policy with me. ...
"But they asked to do more," Scaglione wrote from Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq. "So I asked if they would split a life insurance policy with me. ...
Dunn, of Gastonia, NC, spoke during a cigarette break at the dusty Forward Operating Base Falcon south of Baghdad. "I'm a fairly high-strung individual to ...
Earlier this year while he was training for his deployment to Iraq, they had a baby boy. A year-long deployment, a new wife, a baby boy and college on the ...
(Nabil al-Jurani / Associated Press / June 30, 2009) By Liz Sly Reporting from Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq - Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Raschke ...
The Associated Press Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq - Gen. Douglas macarthur had his signature corncob pipe. soldiers got cigarettes in their C-rations ...
Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq (AP) - Gen. Douglas MacArthur had his signature corncob pipe. soldiers got cigarettes in their C-rations during World ...
Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq -- Gen. Douglas MacArthur had his signature corncob pipe. soldiers got cigarettes in their ...
... 101st FMD arrived in Iraq early June where they are currently assigned to Camp Stryker finance office and Forward Operating Base Falcon finance office. ...
He was stationed with the First Cavalry Division, 30th Brigade Heavy Combat Team at Forward Operating Base Falcon just outside of Baghdad. ...
He was stationed with the First Cavalry Division, 30th Brigade Heavy Combat Team at Forward Operating Base Falcon just outside of Baghdad. ...
Seven of their fellow soldiers from Forward Operating Base Falcon have been killed by bombs since May 21. But this patrol, like many of late, is more about ...
... from Iraq cities on June 20, “there are no plans to transfer the 3000 American troops stationed within Baghdad at Forward Operating Base Falcon, ...
"We eventually arrived in Iraq. After initial in-processing into country, we moved by rotary aircraft to Forward Operating Base Falcon. ...
... from Iraq cities on June 20, "there are no plans to transfer the 3000 American troops stationed within Baghdad at Forward Operating Base Falcon, ...
The elder Prunty served in the army from 1983 to 1989 and now serves as a linguist at Forward Operating Base Falcon. By enlisting in January 2007, ...
During her deployment to Baghdad, Iraq, Moser served as the Noncommissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) for the dental clinic on Forward Operating Base Falcon ...
... may not have the convenience of a large department store in Iraq, but the supply section on Forward Operating Base Falcon covers their basic needs. ...
He supervises the brigade legal office at Forward Operating Base Falcon, south of Baghdad. Kemp leads staff, reviews legal documents such as soldiers' wills ...
When the brigade moved into Iraq in April, they volunteered to play at the worship services. A few weeks later two others joined the group by way of prayer. ...
For example, US Army Forward Operating Base Falcon, home to 3000 US troops, is clearly within the city limits of Baghdad. But US military officials, ...
For example, US Army Forward Operating Base Falcon, home to 3000 US troops, is clearly within the city limits of Baghdad. But US military officials, ...
Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq - Gen. Douglas MacArthur had his signature corncob pipe. soldiers got cigarettes in their C-rations during the Second ...
Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq - Gen. Douglas MacArthur had his signature corncob pipe. soldiers got cigarettes in their C-rations during the Second ...


 


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