# Forward Operating Base Inkerman

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{{Short description|Military base in Afghanistan}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name                = FOB Inkerman
| ensign              = Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg
| ensign_size         = 90px
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| location            = [Sangin District](/source/Sangin_District)
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| country             = Afghanistan
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| 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
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| ownership           = [International Security Assistance Force](/source/International_Security_Assistance_Force)
| operator            = [British Army](/source/British_Army)<br>[Royal Marines](/source/Royal_Marines)
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| built               = {{Start date|2006}}
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| used                = June 2007 – unknown<!--{{End date|2010}}-->
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'''Forward Operating Base Inkerman''' or more simply '''FOB Inkerman''' is a former [forward operating base](/source/forward_operating_base) in [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan) operated by the [International Security Assistance Force](/source/International_Security_Assistance_Force) (ISAF) under [Operation Herrick](/source/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](/source/1st_Battalion%2C_Grenadier_Guards)
** D ( Cambridgeshire) Company Reconnaissance Platoon, C (Essex) Company, 1st Battalion, [Royal Anglian Regiment](/source/Royal_Anglian_Regiment) 
* OP H 7 (October 2007 – April 2008)
** Alpha Company, [40 Commando](/source/40_Commando) [Royal Marines](/source/Royal_Marines)
** Hislop Troop, [97 Battery (Lawson's Company)](/source/97_Battery_(Lawson's_Company)_Royal_Artillery), [4th Regiment Royal Artillery](/source/4th_Regiment_Royal_Artillery){{sfn|Douglas|2013|p=1}}
* OP H 8 (April 2008 – October 2008)
** B Company, [2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment](/source/2nd_Battalion%2C_Parachute_Regiment){{sfn|Lewis|2013|p=17}}
*** Temporarily supported by half of B Company, [3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment](/source/3rd_Battalion%2C_Parachute_Regiment) during July 2008.{{sfn|Bishop|2009|p=141}}
** 8 Platoon (Fire Support Group), B Company, [2nd Battalion, The Rifles](/source/2nd_Battalion%2C_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](/source/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](/source/4th_Battalion%2C_The_Rifles){{sfn|Streatfeild|2014|p=The Road into Hel(mand)-1}}
* OP H 12 (April 2010 - October 2010)
** Bravo Company, [40 Commando](/source/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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