Elsewhere in Iraq, soldiers and Marines patrol into dangerous Iraqi neighborhoods from squalid COPs, temporary Combat Outposts set in those neighborhoods, places where heat, dirt and foul odor triumph ...

January 2, 2006: Names change, situations don't. In Iraq, most troops are support type people, called fobbits (those who spend most of their time in FOBs, or Forward Operating Bases.) During the ...

SINJAR, Iraq—If an army travels on its stomach, as was famously said, then the American military force fighting in Iraq could circumnavigate the globe by dinnertime, and probably should to burn some ...

This issue is preventing our website from loading properly. Please review the following troubleshooting tips or contact us at [email protected]. Best Defense: Freaking out the FOBBITs of Afghanistan ...

I’m not sure if it fits the definition of pop a military meme, or if it’s a validation of a military argot or a more recent deployed military vernacular, but I do know this: Bob on the FOB is some ...

They were Fobbits because, at the core, they were nothing but marshmallow. Crack open their chests and in the space where their hearts should be beating with a warrior's courage and selfless regard, ...