Forward Operating Base Shawqat
FOB Shawqat was an International Security Assistance Force Forward Operating Base operated by the British Armed Forces and located in Nad Ali District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The FOB was established on the site of a British Built mud brick fort dating from the Anglo-Afghan Wars.
The base was used under Operation Herrick.
History
It has been used by:- OP H X - 19th Light Brigade :
- * 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
- ** Battlegroup HQ
- ** Prince of Wales's Company
- * 4th Battalion, The Rifles
- ** R Company
- OP H XI - 11 Light Brigade :
- OP H XII - 4th Mechanized Brigade :
- OP H XIII - 16 Air Assault Brigade :
- * 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment
- **B Company
- * 16 Medical Regiment, RAMC
- * 2 Royal Tank Regiment - Cyclops
- * 51 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers
- OP H XIV - 3 Commando Brigade:
- *45 Commando
- **Whiskey Company
- OP H XV - 20th Armoured Brigade :
- OP H XVI - 12th Mechanized Brigade:
- *1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
- OP H XVII - 4th Mechanized Brigade :
- *Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
- *** Delta Company
- ** 21 Royal Engineer Regiment, 4 Squadron
- *22 Engineer Regiment
- OP H XVIII - 1st Mechanized Brigade :
- *2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment