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{{Short description|Permanently manned, well-protected military base}}
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'''Main operating base''' ('''MOB''') is a term used by the [[United States military]] defined as a "permanently manned, well-protected [[military base|base]], used to support permanently deployed forces, and with robust sea and/or air access".<ref name="Strategic-Theater-Transformation">{{cite web|url=http://www.eucom.mil/media-library/article/35164/u-s-european-command-posture-statement-2016 |title=U.S. European Command Posture Statement 2016 |date=2005-01-14 |publisher=[[United States European Command]] |url-status=dead |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 }}</ref> 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]]s, [[forward operating site]]s or [[cooperative security location]]s. 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.<ref name="US-EUROPEAN-COMMAND-STATEMENT-GLOBAL-POSTURE">{{cite news|url=http://www.eucom.mil/media-library/article/21826/US-European-Command-Statement-Following-President|title=U.S. European Command Statement Following President Bush's Remarks Addressing Global Posture|date=2004-08-16|publisher=[[United States European Command]]|access-date=2017-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331030421/http://www.eucom.mil/media-library/article/21826/US-European-Command-Statement-Following-President|archive-date=2017-03-31|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Former MOBs in Afghanistan==
* [[Kandahar International Airport]], [[Helmand Province]]
* [[Camp Bastion]], Helmand Province
* [[Bagram Airfield]], [[Parwan Province]]
* [[MOB Price]], Helmand Province<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfbs.com/news/afghanistan/royal-engineers-construct-new-checkpoint-62062.html|title=Royal Engineers construct new checkpoint|publisher=[[British Forces Broadcasting Service]] (BFBS)|access-date=22 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102152920/http://www.bfbs.com/news/afghanistan/royal-engineers-construct-new-checkpoint-62062.html|archive-date=2 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[MOB Lashkar Gah]] used to be home to the [[4th Light Brigade Combat Team|4th Mechanized Brigade]] ('Black Rats') headquarters.<ref>{{cite web|title=British Forces mark Christmas in Helmand|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/british-forces-mark-christmas-in-helmand|publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]|access-date=30 December 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of established military terms]]

==References==
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