- Combat Outpost Shocker
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COP Shocker is a U.S. Coalition base located in Zurbatiyah, Iraq.[1] The base located parallel to Iraqi 3rd Region BDE Department of Border Enforcement (DBE). Assigned to the base is a contingent of US Border Military transition team, United States Border Patrol and US Canine unit. The base planning and design was headed by U.S. Army Captain James Văn Thạch and completed in October 2007.[2]
References
- ^ Synovitz, Ron (28 September 2007). "U.S. Building Military Base Near Iraqi-Iranian Border". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2007/09/mil-070928-rferl01.htm. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ Vietnamese-American Army Captain Builds Military Base in Iraq
External links
- Vietnamese-American Army Captain Builds Military Base in Iraq
- U.S. Building Military Base Near Iraqi-Iranian Border
- COL Kenneth Downer assessment as Commander of Combat Outpost Shocker
- 3-1 Cav. Regt. Soldiers are in it together at COP Shocker
- Dust, Wind and Land Mines: Fighting Smugglers on the Iran-Iraq Border
- US BUILDING MILITARY BASE NEAR IRAQI-IRANIAN BORDER
- Weapons stockpiles destroyed near Iranian border
- War Inches Closer to Iran
- Iran-Iraq Border not Properly Manned
- COP Shocker receives new entertainment system
- U.S. to Target Iranian Arms Entering Iraq
- U.S. Building Military Base Near Iraqi-Iranian Border
Categories:- Military bases of the United States in Iraq
- Military installations of Iraq
- United States military stubs
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