Camp Victory

Camp Victory
Baghdad International Airport grounds
Al Faw palace, illuminated during the change of command ceremony between III Corps and XVIII Airborne Corps, early February 2005.
Type	Logistics facility
Site information
Owner	Iraq
Site history
In use	2003 – 1 December 2011 (United States) 1 December 2011 – present (Iraq)
Battles/wars	Iraq War
Garrison information
Past commanders	GEN Lloyd J. Austin (September 2010- December 2011) GEN Raymond T. Odierno (May 2009–September 2010) LTG Lloyd J. Austin (February 2008–May 2009) LTG Raymond T. Odierno (December 2006–February 2008) LTG Peter W. Chiarelli (January 2006–December 2006) LTG John R. Vines (February 2005–January 2006)
Garrison	XVIII Airborne Corps (September 2010–December 2011) III Corps (February 2010–?) I Corps (March 2009–February 2010) XVIII Airborne Corps (February 2008–March 2009) III Corps (December 2006–February 2008)

Camp Victory was the primary component of the Victory Base Complex (VBC) which occupied the area surrounding the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). The Al-Faw Palace, which served as the headquarters for the Multi-National Corps – Iraq (and later United States Forces – Iraq until it was turned over to the Government of Iraq on December 1, 2011), was located on Camp Victory. Camp Victory itself lay approximately 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from BIAP.^[1]

Other Camps that made up the Victory Base Complex included Camp Liberty (formerly known as Camp Victory North), Camp Striker, and Camp Slayer. On December 1, 2011, Camp Victory, under an agreement with the Iraqi Government in 2008, was handed over by the United States to the Iraqis.^[2]