Forward operating site
Type of United States military facility
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::summary Type of United States military facility ::
A forward operating site (FOS) or forward operating location (FOL) is a U.S. military term for facilities, defined as "a scalable, 'warm' facility that can support sustained operations, but with only a small permanent presence of support or contractor personnel as opposed to a FOB or MOB. A FOS will host occasional rotational forces and many contain pre-positioned equipment."{{cite web |title=Strategic Theater Transformation |url=http://www.eucom.mil/english/Transformation/Transform_Blue.asp |date=2005-01-14 |publisher=United States European Command |access-date=2007-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204141322/http://www.eucom.mil/english/Transformation/Transform_Blue.asp |archive-date=2007-02-04 |url-status=dead
An FOS is differentiated from a cooperative security location (CSL) with no permanent force or contractor personnel, or a forward operating base (FOB) and main operating base (MOB), with a large force and a well-defended site.
Locations
They include, but are not limited to the following locations:
Asia
- Paya Lebar Airfield, Singapore{{cite news |title=Presence, Not Permanence |url=http://www.afa.org/magazine/Aug2006/0806presence.asp |date=August 2006 |publisher=United States Air Force |access-date=2007-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107055655/http://www.afa.org/magazine/Aug2006/0806presence.asp |archive-date=2006-11-07 |url-status=dead
Caribbean
- Curaçao International Airport, Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands{{cite news |title=Agreement of Cooperation between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Access to and Use of Facilities in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba for Aerial Counter-Narcotics Activities |url=https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/trb-2011-71.html |date=2 March 2000 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands) |access-date=2013-07-13}}
- Queen Beatrix International Airport, Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Central America
Europe
- RAF Fairford, United Kingdom
- Bulgaria,{{cite news |title=U.S. to keep two forward bases in North Africa |url=http://www.algeria-watch.org/en/two_bases.htm |date=2005-03-15 |publisher=World Tribune |access-date=2007-02-09 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204816/http://www.algeria-watch.org/en/two_bases.htm |url-status=dead
- Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania
Africa
- Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti{{cite news |title=U.S. expands military outposts worldwide |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6072771 |date=2004-09-22 |work=NBC News |access-date=2007-02-09 }}
- Morocco
- Tunisia
References
References
- (2004-08-16). "U.S. European Command Statement Following President Bush's Remarks Addressing Global Posture". [[United States European Command]].
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