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A forward operating base (FOB) is any secured forward operational level military position, commonly a military base, that is used to support strategic goals and tactical objectives. [1] A FOB may contain an airbase, hospital, machine shop, and other logistical facilities. The base may be used for an extended period of time.
[151] Transformed into a Forward operating base Gereshk 2003: Closed USMC [152] Active as of 2013. Geronimo: Nawa-I-Barakzayi District: Jul 2009: 29 Mar 2013: USMC Gibraltar: 2007: Jun 2009: USMC Golestan: Sangin District: USMC Hamidullah: Sangin District 2006: 6 May 2014: USMC (Sep 2010 – May 2014) British Army (Unknown- Oct 2010) RM ...
USBP Forward Operating Base, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. Located off Klump Rd. at 31.619222, -108.886889. The site for this FOB was announced by the Border Patrol in January 2012. [13] [14] [15] Camp Bounds Forward Operating Base, Antelope Wells, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. This is a U.S. Border Patrol forward operating base adjacent to the ...
A forward operating site (FOS) or forward operating location (FOL) is a U.S. military term for facilities, defined as "a scalable, 'warm' facility that can support sustained operations, but with only a small permanent presence of support or contractor personnel as opposed to a FOB or MOB. A FOS will host occasional rotational forces and many ...
Advising Platform Lightning [1] or more simply AP Lightning was an installation used by Task Force Southeast to train 203rd Corps of the Afghan National Army and the 303rd Afghanistan National Police Zone Headquarters.
The facility - dubbed Forward Operating Base Eagle - will be an 80-acre complex along the banks of the Rio Grande and house up to 1,800 troops, with the ability to expand to 2,300, Governor Greg ...
Forward operating base (FOB) Rhino, also known as Camp Rhino, was a U.S. military base located in the Registan Desert of Afghanistan, 100 nautical miles (190 km) southwest of Kandahar. It was the first U.S. land base established in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom and was in use from November 2001 to January 2002.
Forward Operating Base Jackson (FOB Jackson) was a military base used by both British and US forces [1] located at west of Sangin Village, Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The FOB was named after British soldier Private Damien 'Jacko' Jackson of the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment who was killed in Sangin in 2006.