A Marine Corps forward operating base is a self-contained remote temporary military base designed to support combat operations in an austere environment, often without pre-existing infrastructure.

A new satellite image showed a buildup of U.S. Air Force assets at Diego Garcia, a strategic American base in the Indian Ocean. The development comes as tensions are high across the Middle East ...

Haiti's Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission is entering a new phase, with plans to establish Forward Operating Bases (FOBs), particularly within key areas of the capital, Port-au-Prince. MSS ...

When he returned to the forward operating base, Richards had a post-blast assessment by doctors. “I was not able to walk straight,” he recalled. “I was wobbling around several hours after the blast ...

No fewer than 17 soldiers were killed and 10 others injured while repelling attacks on communities and military operating bases in parts of Kaduna and Niger states.Scores of bandits were also ...

The Nigerian Armed Forces successfully repelled coordinated bandits attacks on military forward operating bases in Niger and Kaduna States on Monday, June 24.While scores of the attackers were ...

Forest Service tanker base operating earlier than normal to combat Montana wildfires The Helena tanker base typically opens for operations on July 7, but kicked off its wildfire season on June 15.

The Forward Operating Base (FOB) Escravos of the Nigerian Navy says it has deactivated eight illegal refining sites and apprehended three suspects.