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* Troops at forward operating bases in Afghanistan must sometimes contend with adversaries who quickly move in, fire rockets or mortars and then retreat before they can be engaged.

Kingsman Barry Thorne from Warrington is currently serving in Forward Operating Base (FOB) Attal with 1 Lancashire Regiment and said: "I wish all my friends and family back home a Happy Christmas and Happy New Year."

For six months documentarian Janus Metz embedded with Danish troops at a forward operating base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, to shoot the 2010 documentary Armadillo.

Leading more than 20 remote forward operating base missions to resupply and evaluate CJTF Paladin's team needs, LS1(SW) Judish faced the constant threat of attack in the most dangerous areas of Afghanistan.

The group, serving with 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, took on the 26.2-mile marathon challenge at Forward Operating Base Shawqat, in the Nad-e Ali area of Helmand province on Christmas Eve.

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The attacks, which happened Saturday morning, were led against Forward Operating Base Salerno and Forward Operating Base Chapman, ISAF said.

Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Ricardo Chery, a reservist from the Navy Operations Support Center (NOSC) West Palm Beach, Florida, is serving a 14-month assignment with the Army Reserve's 372nd Engineer Brigade at forward operating base (FOB) Sharana, a launching-pad and headquarters for PRT Paktika where Chery assists PRT Paktika personnel in accomplishing their mission.

Army spokeswoman, Lieutenant Colonel Tamara Parker, said the charges involve three separate events alleged to have happened between January and May near Forward Operating Base Ramrod in Afghanistan.

Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Lt Col David Wakefield, said: "One of our comrades died on a foot patrol this morning to the north east of Forward Operating Base Zeebrugge, an area known by us as 3 Peaks.

Troops from C Company, 3rd Battalion The Rifles, are based at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Zeebrugge in an isolated and mountainous part of northern Helmand.