Forward Operating Base Budwan

FOB Budwan
~~FOB Armadillo~~
FOB Budwan; FOB Armadillo
Nahri Saraj District, Helmand Province in Afghanistan
	FOB Budwan Shown within Afghanistan
Coordinates	31°53′41″N064°42′00″E / 31.89472°N 64.70000°E Coordinates: 31°53′41″N064°42′00″E / 31.89472°N 64.70000°E
Site information
Owner	International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
Operator	British Armed Forces ; Royal Danish Army ; Afghan National Army (ANA)
Site history
Built	January 2008
In use	2008-2011
Airfield information
Elevation	869 metres (2,851 ft) AMSL
Helipads
00	Concrete

Last updated March 16, 2023

Forward Operating Base Budwan, or more simply, FOB Budwan, was a military base located near Gereshk, in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. It was occupied by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces from the United Kingdom and Denmark as part of Task Force Helmand during Operation Herrick (OP H).

History

It was one of three smaller forward operating bases (FOBs) used by British and Danish forces around Gereshk (the others being FOB Sandford and FOB Keenan) in addition to their headquarters at FOB Price.^{[ citation needed ]}

FOB Armadillo

Created by 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards and the Danish.^[2]
Guard Hussar Regiment, Charlie Company Feb - Jul 2009
Guard Hussar Regiment with AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven Unmanned aerial vehicles and Piranha's
- Charlie Company during May 2010

It has been used by:

OP H IX - 3 Commando Brigade (October 2008 - April 2009):
OP H X - 19th Light Brigade (April 2009 - October 2009):
OP H XI - 11 Light Brigade (October 2009 - April 2010):

The base was renamed in 2010 to Budwan

Film

A Danish documentary film of the same name released in 2010, followed a group of Danish soldiers from the Guard Hussars stationed at the base.

FOB Budwan

It has been used by:

OP H XII - 4th Mechanized Brigade (April 2010 - October 2010):
- 4th Regiment Royal Artillery with members of 4th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery ^[3]
  - Cutler Troop^[3]
OP H XIII - 16 Air Assault Brigade (October 2010 - April 2011):
- 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (for the tour only)^[4]
  - J (Sidi Rezegh) Battery RHA with gunners from the 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery.^[5]

The closing and disassembling of Budwan started in December 2010. The last troops and equipment left in late January 2011. The units stationed there were relocated to other bases around Gereshk.^[6]

Notes

↑ Bishop 2009, p. 78.
↑ Coldstream 2016, p. 61.
1 2 "Taliban attacks goes up in smoke" (PDF). Defence Newspapers - Army. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
↑ "Australian and British forces compete for 'Afghan Ashes'". MoD. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
↑ "P10271.150". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
↑ Anthony Loyd (21 January 2008). "Moving day Helmand style: how to turn a farm into a fortress" . The Sunday Times. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

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References

Bishop, P (2009). Ground Truth. UK: HarperPress. ISBN 978-0-00-729665-1.
Guards, Coldstream (2016). 10 Years in Afghanistan. UK: Coldstream Guards.

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[FOOTNOTEBishop200978-1] Bishop 2009, p. 78.

[FOOTNOTEColdstream201661-2] Coldstream 2016, p. 61.

[AUSCUT-3] 1 2 "Taliban attacks goes up in smoke" (PDF). Defence Newspapers - Army. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

[4] "Australian and British forces compete for 'Afghan Ashes'". MoD. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

[5] "P10271.150". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

[6] Anthony Loyd (21 January 2008). "Moving day Helmand style: how to turn a farm into a fortress" . The Sunday Times. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

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