Forward operating base

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Forward Operating Base Logar, Afghanistan.

A forward operating base (FOB) is any secured forward position that is used to support tactical operations. A FOB may or may not contain an airfield, hospital, or other facilities. The base may be used for an extended period of time. FOB's are traditionally supported by main operating bases that are required to provide backup support to them. A FOB also reduces reaction time and increases time on task to forces operating from it.

1 Elements of a FOB
2 FOBs in Iraq
3 FOBs in Afghanistan
4 FOBs in the United States
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Elements of a FOB

In its most basic form, a FOB consists of a ring of barbed wire around a position with a fortified entry control point, or ECP. More advanced FOBs would include an assembly of earthen dams, concrete barriers, gates, watchtowers, bunkers and other force protection infrastructure.

[edit] FOBs in Iraq

FOB Abu Ghraib
FOB Bernstein
FOB Caldwell
FOB Dagger, formerly Ironhorse

Forward Operating Base Dagger, Tikrit, Iraq.
FOB Dibbis
FOB Dibbis
FOB Q-West (or Qayyarah Airfield West), formerly known as Camp Endurance, now designated as a Contingency Operating Base (COB) now.
FOB Grizzly
FOB Hammer, formerly Shakoosh
FOB Hit
FOB Independence
FOB Justice
FOB Kalsu
FOB Loyalty
FOB Marez
FOB MacKenzie, in Samarra
FOB McHenry, in Al Hawijah
FOB Nimur, in Sinjar [1]
FOB Normandy
FOB Reaper, south side of Fallujah
FOB Rustamiayah
FOB Saint Michael
FOB Speicher - Speicher has been designated a Contingency Operating Base (COB) now.
FOB Sykes - Tal Afar
FOB Summerall
FOB Yusufiyah
FOB Warhorse
FOB Warrior
FOB Prosperity - Green Zone

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[edit] FOBs in Afghanistan

FOB Delhi
Camp Salerno/FOB Salerno^[1]
FOB Rhino
FOB Mehtar Lam
FOB Logar^[2]
FOB Edinburgh
FOB Price
FOB Robinson
FOB Sandford
FOB Armadillo
FOB Gibraltar
FOB Dwyer
FOB Dehli
FOB Tillman
FOB Tombstone
FOB Tycz
FOB Wolf
FOB Ripley, near Tarin Kowt also called FOB Davis or Kamp Holland
FOB Anaconda, near Khas Oruzgan
FOB Cobra, near Char Chiehna

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[edit] FOBs in the United States

FOB Border Wolf, Deming, New Mexico ^[3]
FOB Cannon, Yuma, Arizona^[4]^[5]^[6]
CBP FOB Desert Grip, Arizona^[7] (Also known as Camp Grip and Desert Camp Grip.) Located approximately 75 miles southeast of Yuma, Arizona in the US Border Patrol's Yuma Sector.^[8]
Lordsburg/FOB, New Mexico^[9]
Tucson/FOB, Arizona^[10]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Camp Salerno/Forward Operating Base Salerno. GlobalSecurity.org (2005-03-07). Retrieved on 2007-02-26.
^ New Kit Keeps Deployed Soldiers Living Well
^ Concept Perfected in Iraq, Afghanistan Used Along U.S. Border
^ Desert Sentinel, March-April 2007
^ Stayin’ Alive for OJS
^ National Guard efforts leading to success on the U.S.-Mexico Border
^ Border Patrol Agents Apprehend 11, Seize Pot
^ [www.azguard.gov/PublicAffairs/05-15-07%2010%20Rescued%20by%20Border%20Patrol%20National%20Guard%20(2).DOC Yuma Border Patrol agents, National Guard rescue 10 in two days ]>/ref>
- White Sands/FOB, New Mexico<ref>[http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/73966-09-01-07.html National Guard members head to a border patrol]</li>
<li id="cite_note-8">'''[[#cite_ref-8|^]]''' [https://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil/ebs/BidResults.cfm?Seldist=SPA FORWARD OPERATING BASES NEAR LORDSBURG AND DEMING, NM]</li> <li id="cite_note-9">'''[[#cite_ref-9|^]]''' [http://homeland.house.gov/SiteDocuments/20070607154822-79256.doc PROJECT 28: THE FUTURE OF SBINET THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2007]</li></ol></ref>