Fiddler's Green | |
Location: | Nawa, Afghanistan |
Type: | Fire base |
Built: | July 2009 |
Used: | 2009–2021 |
Controlledby: | Afghan Armed Forces |
Fiddler's Green was an expeditionary fire base in Afghanistan built by the United States Marine Corps. It was located off Route 605 in Nawa-I-Barakzayi District of Helmand Province near the border with Pakistan at what the Marine Corps considered a "chokepoint to Taliban activity."[1] . It was originally built by the 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines in 2009 for Operation Strike of the Sword.
It was built on a flood plain, requiring Marine engineers to make improvements to the infrastructure.[2]