title: Patrol Base Rahim
text: # Patrol Base Rahim
  
  Patrol Base Rahim is an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Patrol Base (PB) operated by the British Army and located in Nahri Saraj District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
  
  ## History
  
  The patrol base was built in 2007 by the British Army and named after L/Cpl Paul "Sandy" Sandford, who fell in battle on 6 June 2007.
  
  * The first Danish soldiers in Sandford arrived on 4 August 2007.
  * The Danish forces have had regular units in the camp, both infantry and units from CIMIC.
  * The Leopard 2 platoon during March 2007.
  * In January 2010, changed Sandford to Rahim.
  
  The following units were posted here at some point:
  
  * Operation Herrick IX (October 2008 - April 2009)
  * Operation Herrick X (April 2009 – October 2009)
  * Operation Herrick XI (October 2009 - April 2010)
  * Operation Herrick XII (April 2010 - October 2010)
     * C Company, 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment.
  * Operation Herrick XIII (October 2010 - April 2011)
     * 4th Company of the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards.
  * Operation Herrick XIV (April 2011 – October 2011)
     * A Company, 3rd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment.
  * Operation Herrick XV (October 2011 - April 2012)
     * B Company, 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment.
     * 37 Armoured Engineer Squadron, 35 Engineer Regiment between September 2011 and March 2012.
  * Operation Herrick XVI (April - October 2012)
     * Number 2 Company, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards.
  
  Dismantled and cleared Oct 2012
  
  