Mr. Chair, the military is full of acronyms. An FOB is a forward operating base. This would be a site that is separate and distinct from the main base at Kandahar airfield. It would be a tactical location that would have 50 to 200 troops associated with it. It would be in an area probably 20 to 50 kilometres from the main airfield, and it would be located in an area of tactical importance, one that would allow soldiers to conduct their operations more efficiently and more effectively, because they wouldn't have to travel to that area to conduct those operations.
On June 17th, 2008. See this statement in context.