Combat Outpost Shocker

Combat Outpost Shocker (COP Shocker) was a United States Coalition base in Zurbatiyah, a city in southern Iraq that is located a few miles from Iran[1] The base is located parallel to Iraqi 3rd Region BDE Department of Border Enforcement (DBE).

Assigned to the base were a contingent of Iraq Assistance Group Military transition teams, United States Border Patrol and U.S. Canine unit.

On 29 June 2011, Iranian-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah, also known as the Hezbollah Brigades fired IRAM rockets that struck COP Shocker.

[2](Video of the attack) The attack resulted in the deaths of three Army soldiers, Captain Matthew G. Nielson,[3] Captain David E. Van Camp[4] and Sergeant Robert G. Tenney Jr.[5] On 30 July 2011, the United States military turned over responsibility of COP Shocker to the Iraqi 3rd Region BDE Department of Border Enforcement (DBE).