Main operating base

Main operating base (MOB) is a term used by the United States military defined as a "permanently manned, well protected base, used to support permanently deployed forces, and with robust sea and/or air access".[1] 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 bases, forward operating sites or cooperative security locations. The differentiation was established as the Pentagon began to address regional threats primarily in Africa, Asia and Latin America following its 2004 global posture review.[2]

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MOBs in Afghanistan
gollark: I would probably do something something mmap.
gollark: Use the osmarks.net comments system as a key/value database.
gollark: Fascinating.
gollark: Oh, so you need to store data in a process somewhere where arbitrary dynamic libraries can read it?
gollark: Is this another case of "firecubez experiences utter X/Y problems"?

References
  1. "U.S. European Command Posture Statement 2016". United States European Command. 2005-01-14. Archived from the original on 2007-02-04. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
  2. "U.S. European Command Statement Following President Bush's Remarks Addressing Global Posture". United States European Command. 2004-08-16. Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  3. "Royal Engineers construct new checkpoint". British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS). Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  4. "British Forces mark Christmas in Helmand". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
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