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Forward Operating Base Sarkari Karez was a foreign military base in Maywand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.[1][2] The base was initially established, secured and named by the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry "Ramrods" in 2008. It was built by the Bravo Company, 62nd Engineer Battalion based in Fort Hood.[3] After President Barack Obama expanded the US presence in Afghanistan, several thousand U.S. Army soldiers were stationed at the base.[4]
In June 2011, the FOB was renamed Sarkari Karez after 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, Kansas assumed responsibility.
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Donna Miles (2009-05-07). "Gates' Afghanistan Visit Focuses on Troop Needs". American Forces Press Service. Archived from the original on 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
But the main focus of the day, Gates told reporters before arriving here, was to talk directly to the troops. He held an outdoor town hall session with Marines at the massive new Camp Leatherneck facility being built at a frenzied pace outside the primarily British Forward Operating Base Bastion in Helmand province. From there, he choppered into Forward Operating Base Ramrod, an outpost about 50 miles west of here, where the Army's 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, is based.
- ^ Mike Mullen (2009-07-17). "All Hands Call Forward Operating Base Ramrod: As Delivered by Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Forward Operating Base Ramrod, Maiwand District, Afghanistan Friday, July 17, 2009". Joint Chiefs of Staff. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
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Tech Sgt. Jill Lavoie (2009-02-12). "62nd Engineers establish combat outpost in Southern Afghanistan" (PDF). Fort Hood Sentinel. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
Within six hours of arriving, Soldiers assigned to Company B, 62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Eng. Bde., had built a protective berm.
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Elisebet Freeburg. "Army Reserve Command Moves All U.S. Troops, Supplies Into Afghanistan". United States Army Reserve. Archived from the original on 2010-02-13. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
With the number of units in Afghanistan increasing weekly, mobility provides those units with Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. The need is evident at Forward Operating Base Ramrod where thousands of Marines have arrived and need a vast number of MRAPs to become functional.