forward operations base

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In special operations, a base usually located in friendly territory or afloat that is established to extend command and control or communications or to provide support for training and tactical operations. Facilities may be established for temporary or longer duration operations and may include an airfield or an unimproved airstrip, an anchorage, or a pier. A forward operations base may be the location of special operations component headquarters or a smaller unit that is controlled and/or supported by a main operations base. Also called FOB. See also advanced operations base; main operations base.

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advanced operations base main operations base			I caught up with him last week at Forward Operations Base Thar Allah in Basra during the current Operation Telic 1 3. Amazing escape of Brummie soldier from Iraq bomb blast; Mercury ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) Fourteen forward operations bases were being constructed from the ground up, he said, adding: "Right now we are preparing a bundle of them for the new two-seven police mentoring mission that we have going out in the western part of my area, and also further west to one of the other regional commands. $30m spent on projects in south, says US mly official by Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul, Afghanistan) With no other building available, they were told by the forward operations base (FOB) field engineering team that land would be set aside for them but that they would have to build their own shop. The castle at Camp Bucca by Sieger, Raymond / Engineer: The Professional Bulletin for Army Engineers			forty-three forty-two fortyish forum Forwaked Forwander forward forward aeromedical evacuation forward air controller forward air controller (airborne) forward area forward arming and refueling point forward aviation combat engineering forward bias forward delivery forward dive forward edge of the battle area forward line of own troops forward logistic site forward market forward motion forward oblique air photograph forward observer forward operating base forward operating location forward operations base forward pass forward passer forward post forward quotation forward recovery mission profile forward resuscitative surgery forward roll forward slash forward slope forward tell forward(s) forward-looking forward-looking infrared forward-moving forward-thinking forwarder forwarding forwarding address forwarding agent Forwardly forwardmost forwardness forwards Forwaste Forweary			Forward Observer Team Equipped with GLLD Forward Observer Team Equipped with Ground Laser Locator Designator Forward Observer Training System Forward Observer Vehicle Forward Observer's Ranging Marking Scope Forward Observer/Fire Support Team Forward Observer/Forward Air Controller Forward of Center Forward of Friendly Lines forward of the beam Forward of the FEBA Forward on No Answer Forward One-Sided Generalized Markov Forward One-Way Clutch Forward Only Conversion Forward Operating Agency Forward Operating Avionics Division Forward operating base Forward operating base Forward Operating Base Test Equipment forward operating location forward operating location Forward Operating Location Training Area Forward Operating Site Forward Operating/Operations Area Forward Operation forward operations base Forward Optimistic Oriented Concurrency Control forward P/E Forward P/E Ratio Forward P/E Ratios Forward parity forward pass forward pass forward pass Forward Passage of Lines forward passer forward path Forward Path Matrix forward payment Forward Perpendicular Forward Perpendicular Forward Phase Control Forward pocket forward post Forward premium Forward price Forward Price to Earnings Forward Price to Earnings Ratio Forward Price to Earnings Ratios Forward Price-to-Earnings Forward price-to-earnings ratio Forward Price-to-Earnings Ratios Forward Price/Earnings

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