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Why Forward Operating Bases Suck to Live In

One of the toughest places to live and work as a soldier is in an Army Forward Operating Base or FOB. An FOB is an operational-level military position used to launch and support strategic and tactical ...

Not only Americans risked life and limb to serve in Afghanistan

Brits, Canadians and Danes were among those who saw the toughest fighting, writes the BBC's Frank Gardner ...
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AMISOM troops relocate from Marianguwaay Forward Operating Base in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia and gives the community land back to the Federal Government of Somalia

The Ugandan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, have relocated from Marianguwaay Forward Operating (FOB) base in Lower Shabelle region in the Southwest State of Somalia as part ...
Task & Purpose

Texas is building an 80-acre forward operating base for the National Guard at the border

The state of Texas plans to build a new 80-acre “base camp” for National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the plan on Friday, Feb. 16, touting it as a way to ...
The Nation Newspaper

Senator Karimi’s military base project set for handover to Army

Kogi West Senator Sunday Karimi has informed Army authorities of his intention to handover the newly completed Military Forward Operating Base (FOB) in his Constituency. The project, which ground ...