(DOD) An airfield used to support tactical operations without establishing full support facilities. The base may be used for an extended time period. Support by a main operating base will be required to provide backup support for a forward operating base. Also called FOB.
Forward operating base
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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 Carpenter
- FOB Dagger, formerly Ironhorse
Forward Operating Base Dagger, Tikrit, Iraq.
- FOB Dibbis
- FOB Falcon
- FOB Q-West (or Qayyarah Airfield West), formerly known as Camp Endurance, now designated as a Contingency Operating Base (COB).
- FOB Garryowen (often incorrectly called "FOB Garry Owen")
- FOB Grizzly
- FOB Hammer, formerly Shakoosh
- FOB McHenry
- FOB Hit
- FOB Independence
- FOB Iskandariyah (formerly FOB Chosin)
- FOB Justice
- FOB Kalsu
- FOB Loyalty
- FOB Marez
- FOB MacKenzie, in Samarra
- FOB McHenry, in Al Hawijah
- FOB Nimur, in Sinjar [1]
- FOB Normandy[1]
- 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 War Eagle
- FOB Warhorse
- FOB Warrior
- FOB Prosperity - Green Zone
- FOB Wilson
- FOB Cobra
FOBs in Afghanistan
- FOB Airborne in Wardak province
- FOB Altimur in Logar province
- FOB Anaconda, near Khas Oruzgan
- FOB Armadillo, British and Danish
- FOB Cobra, near Char Chiehna
- FOB Dehli, now USMC
- FOB Edinburgh, British
- FOB Fenty, near Jalalabad
- FOB Frontenac in Kandahar, built by Canadians
- FOB Gibraltar, now closed
- FOB Hutal, Canadian
- FOB Inkerman, British
- FOB Jackson, British
- FOB Jaker, now USMC
- FOB Keenan, British and Danish
- FOB Logar[2]
- FOB Ma'sum Ghar, Canadian
- FOB Mehtar Lam
- FOB Mizan
- FOB Nathan Smith, Canadian
- FOB Nolay, British
- FOB Price, Danish and British
- FOB Rhino
- FOB Ripley, near Tarin Kowt also called FOB Davis or Kamp Holland
- FOB Robinson, British
- FOB Salerno[3]
- FOB Sandford, Danish
- FOB Sperwan Ghar, Canadian
- FOB Spin Boldak, Canadian
- FOB Hunter
- FOB Shank
- FOB Tycz
- FOB Tillman
- FOB Tombstone
- FOB Wilson, Canadian
- FOB Wishtan, British
- FOB Wolf
- FOB Zeebrugge, British
- FOB Zormot
FOBs in the United States
- FOB Border Wolf, Deming, New Mexico [4]
- FOB Cannon, Yuma, Arizona[5][6][7]
- CBP FOB Desert Grip, Arizona[8] (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.[9]
- White Sands/FOB, New Mexico[10]
- Lordsburg/FOB, New Mexico[11]
- Tucson/FOB, Arizona[12]
- FOB Sentinel, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas[13]
- Sea-Based X-Band Radar FOB, Adak, Alaska[14]
See also
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References
- ^ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/mar/26/briefing-fobs-the-closest-thing-to-home-in-iraq/ Washington Times (3/26/08)
- ^ New Kit Keeps Deployed Soldiers Living Well
- ^ "Camp Salerno/Forward Operating Base Salerno". GlobalSecurity.org. 2005-03-07. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/fob_salerno.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
- ^ 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
- ^ National Guard members head to a border patrol
- ^ FORWARD OPERATING BASES NEAR LORDSBURG AND DEMING, NM
- ^ PROJECT 28: THE FUTURE OF SBINET THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2007
- ^ Visitors may tour battle training area
- ^ 2009 BMDS Booklet
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