FOB Abu Ghraib was a United States Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

 Forward Operating Base

Forward Operating Base

A forward operating base is any secured forward military position, commonly a military base, that is used to support tactical operations. A FOB may or may not contain an airfield, hospital, or other facilities. The base may be used for an extended period of time. FOBs are traditionally supported...

 in the city of Abu Ghraib

Abu Ghraib

The city of Abu Ghraib in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq is located just west of Baghdad's city center, or northwest of Baghdad International Airport. It has a population of 189,000. The old road to Jordan passes through Abu Ghraib...

, Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

. The FOB housed the Abu Ghraib prison

Abu Ghraib prison

The Baghdad Central Prison, formerly known as Abu Ghraib prison is in Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi city 32 km west of Baghdad. It was built by British contractors in the 1950s....

, holding over 7,000 detainees during its peak in 2004. FOB Abu Ghraib (BGN/PCGN romanization

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: Abū Ghurayb; أبو غريب in Arabic

Arabic language

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) in the Anbar Governorate of Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 is located 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of Baghdad

Baghdad

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...

's city center, or 15 km northwest of Baghdad International Airport

Baghdad International Airport

Baghdad International Airport, originally Saddam International Airport, , BIAP is Iraq's largest airport, located in a suburb about west of downtown Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate...

.

FOB Abu Gharaib was closed as a U.S. Military facility in September 2006, in the aftermath of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse

Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse

Beginning in 2004, human rights violations in the form of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, including torture, rape, sodomy, and homicide of prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq came to public attention...

 scandal, in which prisoners were subjected to physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, including torture, rape, sodomy, and homicide by personnel of the 372nd Military Police Company of the United States Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

 together with additional US governmental agencies.

Units that have deployed to FOB Abu Ghraib

• 114 Army Liaison Team
• 142nd Field Artillery Regiment
• Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion 10th Marines
  2nd Battalion 10th Marines
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• HHB 1-102nd Field Artillery Forward - Rear Area Operations Center (RAOC)
• 2nd Battalion 111th Field Artillery
  111th Field Artillery (United States)
  111th Field Artillery is a 155MM towed artillery unit with a General Support/Reinforcing mission. It is a unit within the Virginia Army National Guard based in Farmville, Virginia.-Iraq War Operations:...
  
  
• 115th Field Hospital
• 1st Battalion 119th Field Artillery
  1st Battalion 119th Field Artillery
  The 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery is part of the Michigan Army National Guard. Headquartered in Charlotte, Michigan, it consists of three batteries and a support company: Battery A in Port Huron, Battery B in Alma, Battery C in Albion, and an FSC Company in Augusta...
  
  
• HHC 306th Military Police Battalion
• HHC 96th Military Police Battalion
• 1st Battalion 623rd Field Artillery
• HHC 524th Military Intelligence Battalion/JIDC
• HHC 327th Signal Battalion
• HSB 3rd Battalion 321st Field Artillery - Base Defense Operations Center (BDOC)
• 803rd Engineer Detachment
• Bravo Company, 2-185th Armor
• Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion 24th Marines
• 3rd Battalion 1st Marines
  3rd Battalion 1st Marines
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• 1st Battalion 4th Marines
  1st Battalion 4th Marines
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• 1st Battalion 9th Marines
  1st Battalion 9th Marines
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• 1st Battalion 1st Marines
  1st Battalion 1st Marines
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• 848th Forward Surgical Team