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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.
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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.
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 Endurance (Q–West) (or Qayyarah West)
- FOB Grizzly
- FOB Hammer, formerly Shakoosh
- FOB Hit
- FOB Independence
- FOB Justice
- FOB Kalsu
- FOB Loyalty
- FOB Marez
- 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
FOBs in Afghanistan
- Camp Salerno/FOB Salerno[1]
- FOB Logar[2]
- FOB Rhino
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]
See also
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>
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