List of forward operating bases

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As of 2017, the U.S. Border Patrol operated 17 forward operating bases—12 permanent FOBs and 5 temporary camps—along the U.S.-Mexico border. Five of the nine southwestern Border Patrol sectors—Yuma, Tucson, El Paso, Big Bend, and the Rio Grande Valley—have FOBs; the remaining four—San Diego, El Centro, Del Rio, and Laredo—do not.{{cite book |title=Border Patrol: Issues Related to Agent Deployment Strategy and Immigration Checkpoints |date=November 2017 |publisher=United States Government Accountability Office |url=https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-18-50}} These include:

• Wellton Station Forward Operating Base (FOB): Camp Grip (also known as Desert Grip FOB), located within the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWR) along El Camino Del Diablo in Yuma County, Arizona. This FOB falls within the U.S. Border Patrol's Yuma Sector, and is located 3.8 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, approximately 34 miles southwest of Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, and 55 miles southeast of Tacna, Yuma County, Arizona.{{cite book |title=Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the Camp Grip Expansion Project, Yuma County, AZ |date=April 2020 |publisher=U.S. Customs and Border Protection |url=https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2020-Apr/Camp%20Grip_Draft%20EA_508_0.pdf}} It was originally established as a tactical camp in 2002 through Operation Desert Grip, which was a joint U.S. Border Patrol operation conducted by the Yuma Sector/Wellton Station & Yuma Sector Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue (BORSTAR) team and Tucson Sector/Ajo Station.{{cite book |title=Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment for the Expansion of Operation Desert Grip UCBP Tucson and Yuma Sectors, Arizona |date=July 2003 |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security |location=Washington, D.C.}}
• Papago Farms FOB, Sells, Arizona{{cite news |last1=Trevizo |first1=Perla |title=Report: Remote Border Patrol station in Arizona unfit to stay open |url=https://tucson.com/news/local/border/report-remote-border-patrol-station-in-arizona-unfit-to-stay-open/article_06bbeb7a-f6df-52a2-a6e2-fd4602d71d0f.html |access-date=8 September 2024 |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=24 February 2016}}
• San Miguel Law Enforcement Center on the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona. Located south of San Miguel on Indian Route 19 / San Miguel Rd about two miles north of the US/Mexico border at 31.583779, -111.770689, this FOB is a joint command center for the US Border Patrol and the Tohono O'odham Police Department. It began operating in 2004.{{cite news |last1=Trevizo |first1=Perla |title=Report: Remote Border Patrol station in Arizona unfit to stay open |url=https://tucson.com/news/local/border/report-remote-border-patrol-station-in-arizona-unfit-to-stay-open/article_06bbeb7a-f6df-52a2-a6e2-fd4602d71d0f.html |access-date=8 September 2024 |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=24 February 2016}}
• FOB Cannon, Yuma, Arizona[http://www.azguard.gov/PublicAffairs/March_April2007DesertSentinel.pdf Desert Sentinel, March-April 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322100442/http://www.azguard.gov/PublicAffairs/March_April2007DesertSentinel.pdf |date=2012-03-22 }}[http://www.azguard.gov/PublicAffairs/PAO%20Pages/Desert%20Sentinel%20Editions/DECEMBER%20SECURUS.pdf Stayin’ Alive for OJS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322091933/http://www.azguard.gov/PublicAffairs/PAO%20Pages/Desert%20Sentinel%20Editions/DECEMBER%20SECURUS.pdf |date=2012-03-22 }}[https://www.1af.acc.af.mil/Library/featuresarchive/story/id/123062963/ National Guard efforts leading to success on the U.S.-Mexico Border]
• Hedglen FOB, east of Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona. This is a U.S. Border Patrol (Tucson Sector) forward operating base located at 31.371333, -109.210222, on a site near the intersection of Guadalupe Canyon Rd and Geronimo Trail that local ranchers call Floyd Pocket. The site was originally proposed by a local landowner group called Malpai Borderlands Group. It has 32 beds, vehicles, a fueling station, horse stables, and a helipad. It has been in operation since May 2013, and was initially approved and funded through the 2010 Emergency Border Security Supplement Act.{{cite book |title=Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Forward Operating Base at the Floyd Pocket Project Area Douglas Station's Area of Responsibility U.S. Border Patrol, Tucson Sector |date=March 2012 |publisher=U.S. Customs and Border Protection |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/38546437/supplemental-environmental-assessment-us-border-patrol-tucson- |access-date=5 September 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Trevizo |first1=Perla |title=Agents respond to traffic, patrol closer to the border |url=https://tucson.com/news/local/border/agents-respond-to-traffic-patrol-closer-to-the-border/article_d963d9e4-b817-53d1-bc37-5030d3a3ad05.html?utm_source=tucson.com&utm_medium=js_redirect&utm_campaign=invalid_source |access-date=4 September 2024 |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=19 August 2013}}
• USBP Forward Operating Base, Luna County, New Mexico. This FOB operates within the area of responsibility of the El Paso Sector's Deming Station.{{cite book |title=Environmental Stewardship Plan for Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Tactical Infrastructure, Segments JV-1 Through JV-3 U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector, Santa Teresa Station, New Mexico |date=December 2008 |publisher=U.S. Customs and Border Protection}}{{cite book |title=Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment II for the Proposed Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Tactical Infrastructure U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector, Deming Station, New Mexico |date=January 2008 |publisher=U.S. Customs and Border Protection |url=https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/borderwall/maps/impact-el-paso-draft.pdf}}
• USBP Forward Operating Base, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. Located off Klump Rd. at 31.619222, -108.886889. The site for this FOB was announced by the Border Patrol in January 2012.{{cite news |last1=Alba |first1=Diana M. |title=Bootheel ranchers want planned border base moved |url=https://www.deseret.com/2011/9/21/20217589/bootheel-ranchers-want-planned-border-base-moved/ |access-date=5 September 2024 |publisher=Deseret News |date=21 September 2011}}{{cite news |title=US Border Patrol to build station in NM bootheel |url=https://ktar.com/story/100868/us-border-patrol-to-build-station-in-nm-bootheel/ |access-date=5 September 2024 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=KTAR News |date=21 January 2012}}{{cite book |title=Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment II for the Proposed Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Tactical Infrastructure U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector, Deming Station, New Mexico |date=January 2008 |publisher=U.S. Customs and Border Protection |url=https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/borderwall/maps/impact-el-paso-draft.pdf}}
• Camp Bounds Forward Operating Base, Antelope Wells, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. This is a U.S. Border Patrol forward operating base adjacent to the Antelope Wells port of entry; it is located at 31.336030, -108.529820. The FOB can house up to 16 agents, but the number residing at the base varies.{{cite news |title=Border Patrol nabs nearly 200 in remote Southwest New Mexico |url=https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/border-patrol-nabs-nearly-200-remote-southwest-new-mexico |access-date=7 September 2024 |publisher=U.S. Customs and Border Protection |date=19 August 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Alba-Soular |first1=Diana M. |title=A look at Antelope Wells border facilities in New Mexico |url=https://www.lcsun-news.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2018/12/18/antelope-wells-new-mexico-port-focus-after-immigrant-girls-death/2343766002/ |access-date=7 September 2024 |publisher=Las Cruces Sun News |date=18 December 2018}}
• FOB Border Wolf, Deming, Luna County, New Mexico. This FOB was used as a staging area for U.S. National Guard soldiers deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Operation Jump Start between 2006-2008.{{cite book |last1=Doubler |first1=Michael D. |title=Operation Jump Start: The National Guard on the Southwest Border, 2006-2008 |date=24 October 2008 |publisher=National Guard Bureau Office of Public Affairs Historical Services Division |url=https://www.nationalguard.mil/portals/31/Documents/About/Publications/Documents/Operation%20Jump%20Start.pdf}} It is unclear whether this FOB is still in operation today.
• FOB near Lordsburg, New Mexico.[https://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil/ebs/BidResults.cfm?Seldist=SPA Forward operating bases near Lordsburg and Deming, NM] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625081705/https://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil/ebs/BidResults.cfm?Seldist=SPA |date=2007-06-25 }}

The Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military Department have also constructed forward operating bases in Texas as part of Operation Lone Star. In 2022, a joint investigation by the Military Times (part of Sightline Media Group) and the Texas Tribune called the living conditions for many of the National Guard troops housed on these bases "deplorable". Troops interviewed for the investigation reported cramped and substandard accommodations, problems that Texas Military Department leadership attributed to the speed and scale of Operation Lone Star.{{cite news |last1=Winkie |first1=Davis |last2=Barragán |first2=James |title=Deplorable conditions, unclear mission: Texas National Guard troops call Abbott's rushed border operation a disaster |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/01/texas-national-guard-border-operation-lone-star-abbott/ |access-date=8 September 2024 |publisher=Military Times and The Texas Tribune |date=1 February 2022}} These FOBs include:

• Forward Operation Base Camp Eagle, Eagle Pass, Texas. According to Texas governor Greg Abbott, the base will enable the state to permanently “amass a large army in a strategic area." The facility began operating in May 2024, and is designed to house at least 1,800 Texas National Guard soldiers. The cost to build and operate the base over the first eight months was $171 million, paid to Team Housing Solutions, a private contractor. After that initial period, the state has the option to extend the base's operation for each of the following two years. According to the Texas Observer, those "two extensions would cost Texas taxpayers $350 million on top of the original $171 million—bringing the possible total to over half a billion dollars".{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Justin |title=Abbott's border military base could cost Texans $500 million |url=https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-border-military-base-millions/#:~:text=National%20Guard%20soldiers%20deployed%20in,volleyball%20court%2C%20and%20an%20arcade. |access-date=8 September 2024 |publisher=Texas Observer |date=20 February 2024}} A local advocacy group, the Eagle Pass Border Coalition, has voiced concern that the 80-acre base's location next to a sewage treatment plant and a concrete plant could expose soldiers stationed there to health risks.{{cite news |last1=Serrano |first1=Alejandro |title=First Texas National Guard troops move into new Eagle Pass base |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/31/texas-eagle-pass-national-guard-base/ |access-date=8 September 2024 |publisher=Texas Tribune |date=31 May 2024}}
• Camp Walker (Texas Military Department FOB), Laredo, Texas. Located at 27.377703, -99.471835. Opened in October 2021. Built and operated by Team Housing Solutions.{{cite news |last1=Thayer |first1=Rose L. |title='Lack of purpose' and poor housing plague Texas National Guard troops on Mexico border mission |url=https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-03-04/texas-national-guard-troops-mexico-border-mission-5202395.html |access-date=8 September 2024 |publisher=Stars & Stripes |date=4 March 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Ulis |first1=Monie |title=Operation Lone Star Commander Update, 24 January 2024 |url=https://tmd.texas.gov/Data/Sites/1/media/border-mission/operation-lone-star/ols-pay/ols-team-24jan2022.pdf |website=Texas Military Department |access-date=8 September 2024}}
• Camp Amistad (Texas Military Department FOB), Del Rio, Texas.{{cite web |title=Camp Amistad |url=https://www.teamhousing.com/camp-amistad/ |website=Team Housing Solutions |access-date=8 September 2024}}{{cite news |title=Inside Operation Lone Star |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/podcasts/the-daily/texas-mexico-border-greg-abbott.html? |access-date=8 September 2024 |publisher=The Daily, New York Times |date=19 May 2022}}
• Camp Swift (Texas Military Department FOB), Del Rio, Texas.{{cite news |title=Inside Operation Lone Star |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/podcasts/the-daily/texas-mexico-border-greg-abbott.html? |access-date=8 September 2024 |publisher=The Daily, New York Times |date=19 May 2022}}
• National Guard Base Camp Kelly, Zapata, Texas. Located at 26.890035, -99.284931.{{cite news |last1=Findell |first1=Elizabeth |title=Texas GOP Governor Faces Backlash Over Problems With National Guard Deployment at Border |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-gop-governor-faces-backlash-over-problems-with-national-guard-deployment-at-border-11643461204 |access-date=8 September 2024 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |date=29 January 2022}}

Other FOBs located in the United States but not operated by the U.S. Border Patrol include:

• Sea-Based X-Band Radar FOB, Adak, Alaska[http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/pdf/2009MDAbook.pdf 2009 BMDS Booklet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923172757/http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/pdf/2009MDAbook.pdf |date=2009-09-23 }}

FOBs and base camps located in the U.S. and operated by the U.S. military for training purposes include:

• FOB Sentinel, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas. This is an imitation FOB used by the U.S. Army to train soldiers for deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.[http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2009/nov/06/no-headline---military_briefs/ Visitors may tour battle training area] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220031822/http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2009/nov/06/no-headline---military_briefs/ |date=2012-02-20 }}
• Doña Ana Base Camp, near Chaparral, Otero and Doña Ana Counties, New Mexico. Located at 32.145833, -106.506111 on the Doña Ana Range Complex, which is part of Fort Bliss Training Center at Fort Bliss. Used for training by the U.S. Army.{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Christopher |title=210th RSG special projects, facilities support Fort Bliss mobilization station |url=https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/1758259/210th-rsg-special-projects-facilities-support-fort-bliss-mobilization-station/ |publisher=U.S. Army Reserve |date=14 February 2019}}{{cite web |title=U.S. Army Fort Bliss Training Center |url=https://wrpinfo.org/media/1191/fort-bliss-training-center-wrp-mal-final-2016.pdf |website=Military Asset List |publisher=Western Regional Partnership (WRP) |access-date=4 September 2024}}
• McGregor Base Camp, near Alvarado, Otero County, New Mexico. Located at 32.080557483526924, -106.17666465823983 on the McGregor Range Complex, which is part of Fort Bliss Training Center at Fort Bliss. Used for training of U.S. National Guard soldiers.{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Christopher |title=210th RSG special projects, facilities support Fort Bliss mobilization station |url=https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/1758259/210th-rsg-special-projects-facilities-support-fort-bliss-mobilization-station/ |publisher=U.S. Army Reserve |date=14 February 2019}}{{cite web |title=U.S. Army Fort Bliss Training Center |url=https://wrpinfo.org/media/1191/fort-bliss-training-center-wrp-mal-final-2016.pdf |website=Military Asset List |publisher=Western Regional Partnership (WRP) |access-date=4 September 2024}}
• Orogrande Base Camp, Otero County, New Mexico. Located on the Orogrande Range Complex, which is part of Fort Bliss Training Center at Fort Bliss. Used for training by the U.S. Army.{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Christopher |title=210th RSG special projects, facilities support Fort Bliss mobilization station |url=https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/1758259/210th-rsg-special-projects-facilities-support-fort-bliss-mobilization-station/ |publisher=U.S. Army Reserve |date=14 February 2019}}{{cite web |title=U.S. Army Fort Bliss Training Center |url=https://wrpinfo.org/media/1191/fort-bliss-training-center-wrp-mal-final-2016.pdf |website=Military Asset List |publisher=Western Regional Partnership (WRP) |access-date=4 September 2024}}
• Westbrook Forward Operating Base/Westbrook Base Camp, near Alvarado, Otero County, New Mexico. Located at 32.0330548595103, -106.15268814858258, and part of Fort Bliss. Used for training by the U.S. Army.{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Christopher |title=210th RSG special projects, facilities support Fort Bliss mobilization station |url=https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/1758259/210th-rsg-special-projects-facilities-support-fort-bliss-mobilization-station/ |publisher=U.S. Army Reserve |date=14 February 2019}}
• FOB Mailfoot, Fort Moore, Georgia{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

• Advance airfield
• Advanced landing ground
• Fire support base
• Forward operating site
• Loss-of-strength gradient
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