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Main operating base (MOB) is a term used by the
United States military The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. The armed forces consists of six service branches: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard. The president of the United States is ...
defined as a "permanently manned, well protected base, used to support permanently deployed forces, and with robust sea and/or air access". This term was used to differentiate major strategic overseas military facilities versus smaller, less secure or temporarily manned contingency tactical locations such as
forward operating base A forward operating base (FOB) is any secured forward operational level military position, commonly a military base, that is used to support strategic goals and tactical objectives. A FOB may or may not contain an airfield, hospital, machine sho ...
s, forward operating sites or cooperative security locations. The differentiation was established as
the Pentagon The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense. It was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. As a symbol of the U.S. military, the phrase ''The Pentagon'' is often used as a metonym ...
began to address regional threats primarily in Africa, Asia and
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following its 2004 global posture review.


MOBs in Afghanistan

* Kandahar International Airport, Helmand Province. * Camp Bastion, Helmand Province. *
Bagram Airfield Bagram Airfield-BAF, also known as Bagram Air Base , is located southeast of Charikar in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan. It is under the Afghan Ministry of Defense. Sitting on the site of the ancient Bagram at an elevation of above sea ...
, Parwan Province. * MOB Price, Helmand Province. *
MOB Lashkar Gah MOB Lashkar Gah is a former International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Main Operating Base located in Lashkargah District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The base was formerly used by Task Force Helmand HQ until 9 August 2013 and was contr ...
used to be home to the 4th Mechanized Brigade (‘Black Rats’) headquarters.


References

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