Forward Operating Base Caldwell was named for United States Army Specialist Nathaniel A. Caldwell of Omaha, Nebraska who was killed on May 21, 2003 when the vehicle he was riding in at night rolled over while traveling at excessive speed in Baghdad, Iraq. Caldwell was assigned to the 404th Aviation Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Until the US Army arrived, FOB Caldwell was an abandoned Iraqi military base. Construction had begun in the mid-1980s by the Czechoslovakian government and ceased in the late 1980s or early 1990s. The entire facility covers about 100 acres (0.40 km2) and has several medium size groups of buildings called pods. A kilometer outside of Kirkush is a brick factory which has several black smoke stacks about 50 feet (15 m) high.
FOB Caldwell was located in a complex that was within Kirkush Military Training Base (KMTB), Iraq (Mercator Grid Reference System 38SNC 22027 30374) is approximately 70 miles (110 km) east of Baghdad, close to the Iranian border. Kirkush is located some 90 km northeast of Baghdad and 20 km from the Iranian border. Kirkush [33°43'10"N 045°17'24"E ] lies due east of Balad Ruz, Iraq.
Military unitsedit
Several US Army units lived and worked on FOB Caldwell and KMTB as a whole. Units that were located on FOB Caldwell proper included:
1-10 CAV, 4th Inf DIV, 309th RAOC and 1-17 FA founded Camp Caldwell in June 2003 and relinquished command to 30th BCT in March 2004
1st Cavalry Regiment 5th Squadron, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
5th Iraqi Army MiTT
14th Combat Engineers 2003
Garrison Support Unit Jolly Roger, founded 2006
Logistics Military Assistance Teams (part of Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq) (U.S. Air Force/U.S. Army team providing logistics advice to Iraqi base commander)
323rd Military Police Company (Toledo, Ohio), 18th Military Police Brigade. Provided installation security June 2003-December 2003 for the training of the first two battalions of the new Iraqi Army
1071st Maintenance Company, Michigan National Guard. 2005
Task Force NCO, Military assistance training team, Fort Lewis, Washington, 2004.
1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 2nd Infantry Division, 2009–2010. Headquarters & Headquarters Troop (HHT). Support elements as well as an outpost for command with a Quick Reaction Force (QRF). Last to pass the torch to the Iraqi Army.
Coalition Military Training Team (CMATT) Advisors to the Base Operations, Iraqi CG, Base Defense Team 2005-2008 FOB Caldwell was dissolved into the larger KMTB on April 3, 2010 and turned over to the 5th Iraqi Army Division.
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