FOB Bostick | |||||||||||||||||
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| Naray, Kunar Province in Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||
 U.S. Army soldiers firing M777 howitzer from FOB Bostick, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
  FOB Bostick Shown within Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°12′33″N 71°31′18″E / 35.20917°N 71.52167°E | ||||||||||||||||
| Type | Forward operating base | ||||||||||||||||
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| Owner | International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) | ||||||||||||||||
| Operator | United States Armed Forces Afghan National Army | ||||||||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||||||||
| Built | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| In use | 2005-2013 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 8 Helipads | |||||||||||||||||
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,[1] who was killed in action.[2]
- ^ Harris, Kent (August 1, 2007). "Schweinfurt soldiers killed in Afghanistan". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
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Staff Sgt. Brandon Aird, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office (2008-07-11). "Afghanistan base renamed in honor of commander who died in combat".
Forward Operating Base Naray here was renamed FOB Bostick to honor and remember a commander who died leading his Soldiers in combat.
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