Fobbit

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Fobbit is a term used by coalition forces in Iraq to describe base working personnel. It can be used to describe Department of Defense personnel or Department of Defense contracted employees. It comes the slang mixing of words FOB or Forward Operating Base, and a pun on Hobbit from J. R. R. Tolkien's book The Lord of the Rings. The word is usually used by combat oriented troops on a regular basis that perform combat, combat support, or combat logistical missions outside of the FOB.

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