[1] Prior to and during World War II, RAF Habbaniya maintained a Scout group for British and local boys.

[citation needed] In late 2004, Chip Beck, a former Navy commander had the idea to try and restart Scouting in Iraq after serving there.

[3] In early 2008, a group of coalition military officers led by Navy chaplain Lieutenant Commander Andrew Wade sought to expand the Green Zone Council's model to the Iraqis living in and around the Victory Base Complex around Baghdad International Airport.

Meeting with the Green Zone Council and their Iraqi counterparts, and spending several months building relationships with Iraqi civilian and military leaders on and around Victory Base, the group founded the Victory Base Council in April 2008 and began supporting troop meetings in June 2008.

Continued growth of the camp facilities, and ongoing cross training of US and Iraqi Scout leaders are underway for 2009.