Skardu is a
forward operating base of the Pakistan Air Force and it uses it to support its Army operations on the border with India.
<B Soldiers from the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards playing the enemy, defending a
forward operating base from an attack by 2 Rifles during Exercise Askari Storm in Kenya, as part of 2 Rifles' preparations to deploy to Afghanistan next year
It will also plug into Kestrel, a wide area surveillance system that can monitor an entire
forward operating base and the surrounding area.
2010 when the Taliban launched a mortar attack on
forward operating base Borris in Bermal, Afghanistan.
after being deployed overseas at a
forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Forward operating base protection is definitely an issue--as can be seen in an article devoted to this subject in this magazine.
The Marines launched that round from
Forward Operating Base Zeebrugge, in a completely different district, in neighboring Kajaki, 36 kilometers away.
The 562d was initially assigned to close
Forward Operating Base Dashtu, a battalion-size base in the Arghandab River Valley.
Three years ago, an al Qaeda-linked Jordanian double-agent killed seven CIA employees and a Jordanian intelligence officer in a suicide bombing at the same base in Khost, known as
Forward Operating Base Chapman.
Lance Corporal Jonathan Salem from Moreton, Wirral is serving in
Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shawqat, Afghanistan.
Captain James Townley, 29, from the Corps of Royal Engineers, died in Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, in southern Afghanistan from wounds sustained while serving at
forward operating base Shawqat on Friday.
Captain Bowers commanded a small team responsible for the training and development of the national army based in
Forward Operating Base Ouellette in Nahr-e Saraj in Helmand Province, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.