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Forward Operating Base Bostick

{{Infobox military installation

| name = FOB Bostick

| ensign= Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg

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| location = Naray, Kunar Province

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| country = Afghanistan

| image = File:Firing rounds with an M777 Howitzer Afghanistan 2009.jpg

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| caption = U.S. Army soldiers firing M777 howitzer from FOB Bostick, 2009

| pushpin_map = Afghanistan

| pushpin_label = FOB Bostick

| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Afghanistan

| coordinates = {{Coord|35|12|33|N|71|31|18|E|region:AF_type:airport|display=inline,title}}

| type = Forward operating base

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| ownership = International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

| operator = United States Armed Forces
Afghan National Army

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| built = {{Start date|2005}}

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| used = 2005-{{End date|2013}}

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| h1-number = 01

| h1-length = 30m x 20m

| h1-surface = Asphalt

| h2-number = 02

| h2-length = 30m x 20m

| h2-surface = Asphalt

| h3-number = 03

| h3-length = 30m x 20m

| h3-surface = Asphalt

| h4-number = 04

| h4-length = 30m x 20m

| h4-surface = Asphalt

| h5-number = 05

| h5-length = 30m x 20m

| h5-surface = Asphalt

| h6-number = 06

| h6-length = 30m x 20m

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| footnotes= 8 Helipads

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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,{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Kent |title=Schweinfurt soldiers killed in Afghanistan |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/schweinfurt-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan-1.67147 |accessdate=September 8, 2019 |work=Stars and Stripes |date=August 1, 2007}} who was killed in action.

{{cite web

|title=Afghanistan base renamed in honor of commander who died in combat

|author=Staff Sgt. Brandon Aird, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office

|url=https://www.army.mil/article/10807/afghanistan-base-renamed-in-honor-of-commander-who-died-in-combat/

|quote=Forward Operating Base Naray here was renamed FOB Bostick to honor and remember a commander who died leading his Soldiers in combat.

|date=2008-07-11

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Deployed units

Units deployed to FOB Bostick have included:

|publisher=DVIDS|date=October 8, 2020}}

  • 1st Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment (2011-2012)
  • 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment ( March 2011-2012){{cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/553881/task-force-no-fear-transfer-authority|title=Task Force No Fear transfer of authority [Image 4 of 10]|publisher=DVIDS|date=October 8, 2020}}
  • Battalion Headquarters{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/at-the-edge-of-afghanistan-idUSRTR2QI5I|title= At the edge of Afghanistan|publisher=Reuters|date=October 7, 2020}}
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company
  • Charlie Company
  • Fox Company (Support/maintenance)
  • 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment (March 2012 - ){{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/89203/soldier_finds_purpose_in_mentoring_role|title=Soldier finds purpose in mentoring role|publisher=U.S. Army|date=October 7, 2020}}
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company{{cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Army_1st_Lt._Nicholas_Stave,_serving_with_Headquarters_and_Headquarters_Company,_1st_Battalion,_12th_Infantry_Regiment,_4th_Infantry_Division,_attends_a_dinner_welcoming_Soldiers_arriving_at_Forward_120909-A-BX842-458.jpg|title=U.S. Army 1st Lt. Nicholas Stave, serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company|publisher=U.S. Army|date=October 8, 2020}}
  • Charlie Company{{cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/593303/charlie-company1st-battalion-12-infantry-regiment-4th-brigade-combat-team-4th-infantry-division-school-visit|title=Charlie Company,1st Battalion, 12 Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, school visit [Image 1 of 35]|publisher=DVIDS|date=October 8, 2020}}
  • 91st Cavalry Regiment

; Aviation

See also

{{commons category|Forward Operating Base Bostick}}

References

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{{Kunar Province}}

Category:Military installations of the United States in Afghanistan

Category:Kunar Province