BK's Central and South American operations began in Mexico in the late 1970s, and by the early 1980s it was operating locations in Caracas, Venezuela, Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Rather, we need discreet operating locations, under local sovereignty, that the Pentagon helps to maintain.
The new facilities, which in military parlance are known as forward operating locations, reflect a deeper change in American relations with countries in the region.
"Without operating locations on the continent, I.S.R. capabilities would be curtailed, potentially endangering U.S. security," General Ham said in a statement to the House Armed Services Committee last March.
Together, officials here said, those three bases, known in military jargon as F.O.L.'s, or forward operating locations, helped seize $1.1 billion worth of drugs in 2007, with the focus of the seizures on smuggling out of Colombia.
We have full-time counsel on site here, and we reach out in every one of those operating locations.
Through acquisitions, CED now has over 500 "profit centers," or independently operated locations distributing electrical products throughout the U.S.
The privately-held business distributes electrical equipment for residential and commercial use, as well as electrical components used in wind and solar energy collection and energy efficient lighting, through nearly 600 independently operated locations.
A 2010 report by the Government Accountability Office mentioned forward operating locations in Isiolo and Manda Bay, both in Kenya. .
Information released earlier this year by the military also makes references to at least nine "forward operating locations," or FOLs in Africa.
