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.

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 Falcon
• 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 Normandy¹
• 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

• FOB Delhi
• Camp Salerno/FOB Salerno²
• FOB Rhino
• FOB Mehtar Lam
• FOB Logar³
• FOB Edinburgh
• FOB Price
• FOB Robinson
• FOB Sandford
• FOB Armadillo
• FOB Gibraltar
• FOB Dwyer
• FOB Dehli
• FOB Mizan
• FOB Tillman
• FOB Tombstone
• FOB Tycz
• FOB Frontenac in Kandahar build by Canadians
• FOB Wolf
• FOB Zormot
• FOB Ripley, near Tarin Kowt also called FOB Davis or Kamp Holland
• FOB Anaconda, near Khas Oruzgan
• FOB Cobra, near Char Chiehna

FOBs in the United States

• FOB Border Wolf, Deming, New Mexico ⁴
• FOB Cannon, Yuma, Arizona⁵⁶⁷
• CBP FOB Desert Grip, Arizona⁸ (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 Mexico¹⁰
• Lordsburg/FOB, New Mexico¹¹
• Tucson/FOB, Arizona¹²

See also

• Distance in military affairs
• Fire support base
• Forward Operating Site (FOS)
• Fobbit

References

http://www.weekonthebeach.com http://gwot.us/2006/07/08/the-life-of-a-fobit/

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