Forward Operating Base Loyalty
{{Short description|US military base in Baghdad, Iraq}}
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| location = New Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
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| map_alt = Located in East Baghdad, south of Sadr City
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| type = Forward Operating Base
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| built = {{Start date|2003}}
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| garrison = 4th BCT, 101st ABN DIV
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| occupants =1st Battalion 7th Field Artillery, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division 2010-2011
| battles = Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation New Dawn
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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.
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
FOB 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.{{cite news|last=Garamone|first=Jim|title='Head Fobbit' Works for Quality of Life at Forward Operating Base|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/ID/18520/|access-date=18 November 2013|newspaper=American Forces Press Service|date=Dec 16, 2005}}
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. No Army and Air Force Exchange Service Facility existed on the FOB, however a small sundry store existed allowing for basic necessities.{{cite web|url=http://www.indcjournal.com/archives/003159.php |title=Where in the ... (Update, FOB Loyalty & JSS Babalsheikh) |accessdate=2010-04-07 |work=INDCJournal }}{{cite press release| title='Stars' fall upon FOB Loyalty; Top generals in Iraq descend on east Baghdad base cam | date=2006-12-28 | publisher= United States Forces - Iraq| url =http://www.usf-iraq.com/?option=com_content&task=view&id=8580&Itemid=21 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175828/http://www.usf-iraq.com/?option=com_content&task=view&id=8580&Itemid=21 | url-status =usurped | archive-date =July 17, 2011 | accessdate = 2010-04-07 }}
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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Jul12/0,4670,IraqEliteBombers,00.html|title=AP: 'Lob bombs' biggest worry for US in Baghdad|last=Burns|first=Robert|date=July 12, 2008|newspaper=Fox News|accessdate=March 10, 2011}}
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.{{cite news|last=Woislaw|first=Jonathan|title='Black Knight' Battery assists in closing Joint Security Station Loyalty, Iraq|url=http://www.dvidshub.net/news/77843/black-knight-battery-assists-closing-joint-security-station-loyalty-iraq|accessdate=19 November 2013|newspaper=US DoD News Release|date=Aug 29, 2011}}
See also
References
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Category:Installations of the United States Army in Iraq
Category:United States Marine Corps in the Iraq War
Category:Military installations closed in 2011
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