{{Short description|Military base in Afghanistan}} {{Infobox military installation | name = FOB Inkerman | ensign = Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg | ensign_size = 90px | native_name = | partof = | location = Sangin District | nearest_town = | country = Afghanistan | image = | caption = | pushpin_map = Afghanistan | pushpin_label = FOB Inkerman | pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Afghanistan | coordinates = {{Coord|32|05|N|64|53|E|region:AF_type:airport|display=inline,title}} | type = Forward Operating Base | code = | site_area = | height = | ownership = International Security Assistance Force | operator = British Army<br>Royal Marines | controlledby = | open_to_public = | condition = | built = {{Start date|2006}} | builder = | used = June 2007 – unknown<!--{{End date|2010}}--> | materials = | fate = | battles = | events = | current_commander = <!-- current commander --> | past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) --> | garrison = | occupants = | IATA = | ICAO = | FAA = | TC = | LID = | GPS = | WMO = | website = }} '''Forward Operating Base Inkerman''' or more simply '''FOB Inkerman''' is a former forward operating base in Afghanistan operated by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) under Operation Herrick (OP H), it was located {{Convert|6|mi}} north east of Sangin.
==Units== * OP H 6 (June – October 2007) ** 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards ** D ( Cambridgeshire) Company Reconnaissance Platoon, C (Essex) Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment * OP H 7 (October 2007 – April 2008) ** Alpha Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines ** Hislop Troop, 97 Battery (Lawson's Company), 4th Regiment Royal Artillery{{sfn|Douglas|2013|p=1}} * OP H 8 (April 2008 – October 2008) ** B Company, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment{{sfn|Lewis|2013|p=17}} *** Temporarily supported by half of B Company, 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment during July 2008.{{sfn|Bishop|2009|p=141}} ** 8 Platoon (Fire Support Group), B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Rifles ** 1st and 2nd Troop, A Squadron, Queens Royal Lancers who formed the Viking Armoured Support Group. (May 2008 - September 2008) * OP H 9 (October 2008 – April 2009) ** Yankee Company, 45 Commando, Royal Marines * OP H 10 (April 2009 – October 2009) ** 2nd Battalion, The Rifles *OP H 11 (October 2009 - April 2010) ** A Company, 4th Battalion, The Rifles{{sfn|Streatfeild|2014|p=The Road into Hel(mand)-1}} * OP H 12 (April 2010 - October 2010) ** Bravo Company, 40 Commando, Royal Marines
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== *{{cite book |last1=Bishop |first1=P |title=Ground Truth |year=2009 |publisher= HarperPress |location= UK |isbn=978-0-00-729665-1 }} *{{cite book |last1=Douglas |first1=C |title=Fire Mission |year=2013 |publisher= Createspace |location= UK |isbn=978-1492880769 }} *{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=R |title=Company Commander |year=2013 |publisher= Virgin Books |location= UK |isbn=978-0753540312 }} *{{cite book |last1=Streatfeild|first1=R|title=Honourable Warriors: Fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan |year=2014 |publisher= Pen & Sword Military|location= USA |isbn=978-1783462278 }}
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