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MOBs are large and permanent, have extensive infrastructure, command and control headquarters, accommodations for families in non-war zones, hospitals, schools, recreational facilities, and nearly anything available in a typical US city.
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MOBs are large and permanent, have extensive infrastructure, command and control headquarters, accommodations for families in non-war zones, hospitals, schools, recreational facilities, and nearly anything available in a typical US city.
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-- Main Operating Bases (MOBs) like the Iraq Balad Air Base housing 30,000 troops, 10,000 contractors, and covering 16 square miles plus another 12-square mile "security perimeter."
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-- Forward Operation Sites (FOSs) that are also major installations but are smaller than MOBs, and
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-- Forward Operation Sites (FOSs) that are also major installations but are smaller than MOBs, and
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-- Main Operating Bases (MOBs) like the Iraq Balad Air Base housing 30,000 troops, 10,000 contractors, and covering 16 square miles plus another 12-square mile "security perimeter."
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-- (1) Main Operating Bases (MOBs) having permanently stationed combat forces, extensive infrastructure, command and control headquarters and extensive accommodations for families including hospitals, schools and recreational facilities.
A Review of Chalmers Johnson's Nemesis - The Last Days of the American Republic 2007
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-- (2) Forward Operation Sites (FOSs) that are major installations smaller than MOBs and over which the Pentagon tries maintaining a low profile.
A Review of Chalmers Johnson's Nemesis - The Last Days of the American Republic 2007
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-- (1) Main Operating Bases (MOBs) having permanently stationed combat forces, extensive infrastructure, command and control headquarters and extensive accommodations for families including hospitals, schools and recreational facilities.
A Review of Chalmers Johnson's Nemesis - The Last Days of the American Republic 2007
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They exclude families, and troop rotations in and out are for six months, not three years as at MOBs.
A Review of Chalmers Johnson's Nemesis - The Last Days of the American Republic 2007
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