The facility was initially manned by 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division with detainee operations supervised by members of the 82nd Military Police Battalion, and medics from the 101st Airborne. Facility detainee operations were conducted in conjunction with Kurdish prison guards which obtained extensive training via the 1/504 PIR. In January 2006, 508th Military Police Battalion (Internment/Resettlement) took control over Theater Internment Facility (TIF) operations. Soldiers from the 508th trained up navy personnel to perform guard force duties and detainee operations. In February 2006, members of the Navy Provisional Detainee Battalion (NPDB) began detainee operations. 508th Military Police Battalion (I/R) opened a training program for Kurdish prison guards. Kurdish guards first graduated from the extensive training given by 508th MPs, and later integrated into operating independently on each cell block. 508th MPs maintained control of the TIF operations, while NPDB controlled FOB operations.