{{Short description|US Coalition base in iraq}} 300px|thumbnail|Aerial view of Combat Outpost Shocker in Iraq {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
'''Combat Outpost Shocker''' (COP Shocker) was a United States Coalition base in Zurbatiyah, a city in southern Iraq that is located a few miles from Iran near the Zagros Mountain range <ref>{{cite news|first=Ron |last=Synovitz |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2007/09/mil-070928-rferl01.htm |title=U.S. Building Military Base Near Iraqi-Iranian Border |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org |date= 28 September 2007 |agency=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |accessdate=21 June 2009}}</ref> The base was located parallel to Iraqi 3rd Region BDE Department of Border Enforcement (DBE). Assigned to the base were a contingent of Iraq Assistance Group Military transition teams, United States Border Patrol and U.S. Canine unit. An element of U.S. soldiers assigned to the 41st Fires Brigade, out of Fort Hood, Texas, conducted operations there during OIF 08-09.The brigade headquarters conducted operations out of FOB Delta - located in Al Kut, Iraq. In 2010, Grim Troop of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment took over until late summer of 2011 during Operation New Dawn.
==Rocket attack== On 29 June 2011, Iranian-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah, also known as the Hezbollah Brigades fired IRAM rockets that struck COP Shocker.<ref>{{cite news|author=Associated Press |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/30/iraq-rocket-attack-american-deaths |title=Iraq rocket attack kills three American soldiers |work=The Guardian|date= 30 June 2011|accessdate=2013-03-19 |location=London}}</ref>(Video of the attack) The attack resulted in the deaths of three Army soldiers, Captain Matthew G. Nielson,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.militarytimes.com/valor/army-capt-matthew-g-nielson/6567850 |title=Army Capt. Matthew G. Nielson |publisher=Militarytimes.com |date=29 June 2011 |accessdate=2013-03-19}}</ref> Captain David E. Van Camp<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.militarytimes.com/valor/army-capt-david-e-van-camp/6567847 |title=Army Capt. David E. Van Camp |publisher=Militarytimes.com |date=29 June 2011 |accessdate=2013-03-19}}</ref> and Sergeant Robert G. Tenney Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.militarytimes.com/valor/army-spc-robert-g-tenney/6567848 |title=Army Sgt. Robert G. Tenney |publisher=Militarytimes.com |date=29 June 2011 |accessdate=2013-03-19}}</ref>
==Transfer of base== On 30 July 2011, the United States military turned over responsibility of COP Shocker to the Iraqi 3rd Region BDE Department of Border Enforcement (DBE).
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== External links == *[https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2007/09/mil-070928-rferl01.htm U.S. Building Military Base Near Iraqi-Iranian Border] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160406071654/http://www.hammerpao.com/?p=1691 3-1 Cav. Regt. Soldiers are in it together at COP Shocker] *[https://thetension.blogspot.com/2007/10/dust-wind-and-land-mines-fighting.html Dust, Wind and Land Mines: Fighting Smugglers on the Iran-Iraq Border] *[http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/pp093007.shtml US BUILDING MILITARY BASE NEAR IRAQI-IRANIAN BORDER ] *{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20070815062558/http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12940&Itemid=21 Weapons stockpiles destroyed near Iranian border]}} *[https://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3649942 War Inches Closer to Iran] *[https://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,150297,00.html Iran-Iraq Border not Properly Manned] *[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/30/iraq-rocket-attack-american-deaths Iraq rocket attack kills three American soldiers] *[http://www.taskforcemountain.com/stories/5-stories/1493-20081204-p1-1 COP Shocker receives new entertainment system ]
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