Forward Operating Base Bostick

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FOB Bostick
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Naray, Kunar Province in Afghanistan
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U.S. Army soldiers firing M777 howitzer from FOB Bostick, 2009
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FOB Bostick
Shown within Afghanistan
Coordinates 35°12′33″N71°31′18″E / 35.20917°N 71.52167°E / 35.20917; 71.52167
Type Forward operating base
Site information
Owner International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
Operator United States Armed Forces
Afghan National Army
Site history
Built2005 (2005)
In use2005-2013 (2013)
Airfield information
Helipads
NumberLength and surface
0130m x 20m Asphalt
0230m x 20m Asphalt
0330m x 20m Asphalt
0430m x 20m Asphalt
0530m x 20m Asphalt
0630m x 20m Asphalt
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]

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Deployed units

Units deployed to FOB Bostick have included:

Aviation

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