Forward Operating Base Budwan

FOB Budwan FOB Armadillo
Nahri Saraj District, Helmand Province in Afghanistan
FOB Budwan Shown within Afghanistan
Coordinates	31°53′41″N 064°42′00″E / 31.89472°N 64.70000°E / 31.89472; 64.70000Coordinates: 31°53′41″N 064°42′00″E / 31.89472°N 64.70000°E / 31.89472; 64.70000
Site information
Owner	International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
Operator	British Armed Forces Royal Danish Army Afghan National Army (ANA)
Site history
Built	2008 (2008)
In use	2008-2011 (2011)
Airfield information
Elevation	869 metres (2,851 ft) AMSL
Helipads Number Length and surface 00  Concrete

Forward Operating Base Budwan or more simply FOB Budwan was a military base located near Gereshk in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. It was occupied by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces from the United Kingdom and Denmark as part of Task Force Helmand during Operation Herrick (OP H).

The base was originally named FOB Armadillo after the mascot of a Danish company commander, Major Anders Stæhr Storrud, who was killed three months before the base was established. The base was then renamed to FOB Budwan in 2010.

It was one of three smaller forward operating bases (FOBs) used by British and Danish forces around Gereshk (the others being FOB Sandford and FOB Keenan) in addition to their headquarters at FOB Price.

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The base was renamed in 2010 to Budwan

A Danish documentary film of the same name released in 2010, followed a group of Danish soldiers from the Guard Hussars stationed at the base.

It has been used by:

The closing and disassembling of Budwan started in December 2010. The last troops and equipment left in late January 2011. The units stationed there were relocated to other bases around Gereshk.