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

See also

References

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 Caldwell

★ FOB Dagger, formerly Ironhorse

★ FOB Dibbis

★ FOB Falcon

★ FOB Grizzly

★ FOB Hammer, formerly Shakoosh

★ FOB Hit

★ FOB Independence

★ FOB Kalsu

★ FOB Loyalty

★ FOB Marez

★ FOB McHenry, in Al Hawijah

★ FOB Nimur, in Sinjar [1]

★ FOB Normandy

★ FOB Rustamiayah

★ FOB Saint Michael

★ FOB Speicher - Speicher has been desginated a Contingency Operating Base (COB) now.

★ FOB Summerall

★ FOB Warhorse

★ FOB Warrior
==FOBs in Afghanistan==

★ Camp Salerno/FOB Salerno Camp Salerno/Forward Operating Base Salerno
==FOBs in the United States==

★ FOB Border Wolf, Deming, New Mexico ^[1]

★ FOB Cannon, Yuma, Arizona^[2][3][4]

★ CBP FOB Desert Grip, Arizona^[5]

★ White Sands/FOB, New Mexico^[6]

★ Lordsburg/FOB, New Mexico^[7]

★ Tucson/FOB, Arizona^[8]

See also

★ Forward Operating Site (FOS)

References

1. Concept Perfected in Iraq, Afghanistan Used Along U.S. Border
2. Desert Sentinel, March-April 2007
3. Stayin’ Alive for OJS
4. National Guard efforts leading to success on the U.S.-Mexico Border
5. Border Patrol Agents Apprehend 11, Seize Pot
6. National Guard members head to a border patrol
7. FORWARD OPERATING BASES NEAR LORDSBURG AND DEMING, NM
8. PROJECT 28: THE FUTURE OF SBINET THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2007

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