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CAP - Combat Air Patrol; CAP - Civil Air Patrol; CAPT – Captain (U.S. Navy, USCG O-6) Capt – Captain (USMC O-3) CPT – Captain (U.S. Army, USAF O-3) CAS – Close Air Support; CASEX – Coordinated Anti-Submarine EXercise [9] CASEVAC – Casualty Evacuation; CAT – Combat Application Tourniquets; CBRN – Chemical Biological Radiological ...
This is a list of installations used by the United States Marine Corps, organized by type and state.Most US states do not have active Marine Corps bases; however, many do have reserve bases and centers.
Depending on their size or utility, the installations were called: camp, forward operating bases (FOBs), contingency operating bases (COBs), contingency operating sites (COSs), combat outposts (COPs), patrol base (PBs), logistic based (log bases), fire bases (FBs), convoy support centers (CSCs), logistic support areas (LSAs), and joint security ...
Patrol Base Shamshad is a foreign military base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. [1] [2] The camp is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Garmsir. [3] Both Estonian and British troops have occupied the base. [1] [3] The base has been used to train Afghan soldiers. [2]
Patrol Base Wishtan Sangin District 2010. 2008: Closed. 2010: British Army (August 2008-Closure) RM (August 2008-Closure) USMC (2008) Built by Echo Coy, 2/7 USMC in ...
Patrol Base Jaker in Afghanistan was a military expeditionary base used by the United States Marine Corps and British Army. It was in along the Helmand River Valley in Nawa-I-Barakzayi. It was originally built by the British Army of Task Force Helmand in 2008. In June 2009, it was transferred to the Marines of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade.
Picket (Fr. piquet, a pointed stake or peg, from piquer, 'to point or pierce'), is thought to have originated in the French Army around 1690, from the circumstance that an infantry company on outpost duty dispersed its musketeers to watch, with a small group of pikemen called piquet remaining in reserve. [2]
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. [1] The first Danish soldiers in Sandford arrived on 4 August 2007. [1] The Danish forces have had regular units in the camp, both infantry and units from CIMIC. [1] The Leopard 2 platoon during March 2007.