FOB Bostick | |||||||||||||||||
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Naray, Kunar Province in Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||
![]() U.S. Army soldiers firing M777 howitzer from FOB Bostick, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||||||||
Type | Forward operating base | ||||||||||||||||
Owner | International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) | ||||||||||||||||
Operator | United States Armed Forces Afghan National Army | ||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°12′33″N71°31′18″E / 35.20917°N 71.52167°E | ||||||||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||||||||
Built | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
In use | 2005-2013 | ||||||||||||||||
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8 Helipads |
Forward Operating Base Bostick (FOB Bostick), previously called FOB Naray, was a U.S. military outpost in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan. In July 2008, the name of the base was changed in memory of Major Thomas G. Bostick Jr. of Llano, Texas, [1] who was killed in action. [2]
Units deployed to FOB Bostick have included:
Forward Operating Base Naray here was renamed FOB Bostick to honor and remember a commander who died leading his Soldiers in combat.
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