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forward operating location

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Primarily used for counterdrug operations. Similar to a forward operating base (FOB) but without the in-place infrastructure associated with a FOB. Also called FOL.


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Lucia Fernandez, president of the Ecuadoran-American Chamber of Commerce says that while the commercial fishing sector will continue to be Manta's economic engine, the city really began to take shape in 1999 when it opened a forward operating location, which is a military base that houses U.
Among a myriad of other preparations done by the 599th, the use of the Soldier Readiness Processing program was key in a smooth delivery of SDDC forces to the forward operating location.
During OIF, the DC-130A was deployed to a forward operating location where it was used to launch BQM-34 Firebee target drones near Baghdad, Iraq, dropping radar-jamming chaff and decoys to draw antiaircraft fire away from coalition strike aircraft.
 
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