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Forward Operating Base Sharana

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Type
  
Forward operating base

In use
  
20-2013 (2013)

14/32
  
Asphalt

Elevation
  
2,237 m

Built
  
20YY (20YY)

Identifiers
  
IATA: OAS, ICAO: OASA

Address
  
Afghanistan

Forward Operating Base Sharana

Operator
  
United States Armed Forces

Owner
  
International Security Assistance Force

Closure of forward operating base sharana paktika province afghanistan


Forward Operating Base (FOB) Sharana was a large forward operating base with many amenities, including a United Service Organizations installation. It is based in Paktika Province, Afghanistan.

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Opening on 1 March 2011, The SPC Jordan Byrd Trauma Center provided combat medical services for the region. The center was named in honor of Specialist Jordan Byrd, a Task Force Red Currahee medic from Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, who had died in YahYa Khel District the previous October while saving another soldier.

The base was handed to the Afghan Government on 1 October 2013.

Units

  • 166th Engineer CO, February 2009 to March 2010
  • 1092nd Engineer Battalion, 372nd Engineer Brigade (United States Army), May 2010 to May 2011
  • 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, May 2011 to May 2012
  • 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (United States Army) May 2012 to February 2013
  • 842nd Engineer Company, Nov 2011 to September 2012

    • References

    Forward Operating Base Sharana Wikipedia
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