The phrase "a forward operating" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in a military or strategic context to describe a location or base that is positioned forward in relation to the main forces or operations.
Example: "The troops were deployed to a forward operating base to enhance their strategic advantage in the region."
Alternatives: "a forward deployment" or "a forward position".
Between 1999 and 2009 the U.S. military maintained a forward operating location (air base) in Manta, mainly for counterdrug and contingency operations.
He was diverted during a helicopter flight to a forward operating military base after the Taliban intercepted British military communications.
A military spokesman at Bagram Air Base near Kandahar, Col. Roger King, said the aircraft was close enough a forward operating base -- only about three miles away -- that soldiers on the ground would have heard or seen enemy fire.
The United States has a forward operating base near Gardez for its search for Taliban and Qaeda renegades, and American money already has improved the living standard of several warlords who, in turn, swear allegiance to the campaign against terrorism.
These hubs are, in turn, part of a transportation and logistics network that includes bases located in Rota, Spain; Aruba in the Lesser Antilles; Souda Bay, Greece; and a forward operating site on Britain's Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. .
Baledogle — or "B-dog" as it's colloquially referred to by the Americans in Somalia — has long been a forward operating base on the plains of Southern Somalia, a bumpy, 40-minute propeller plane ride from Mogadishu or a days-long drive through terrain littered with IEDs.
In September 2009 the task of establishing a forward operating base in a remote location within the area of operations was ordered by mission headquarters.
In 2009, she deployed to Iraq again, but this time staying on a forward operating base.
Clerks, cooks and lawyers at a forward operating base in Iraq populate this first novel.
Manning was dispatched to work in intelligence at a forward operating base in Iraq.
"The original mission was accomplished -- to seize a forward operating base -- and right now we're awaiting further orders," Capt.
