advanced operations base meaning
- [Defence]
In special operations, a small temporary base established near or within a joint special operations area to command, control, and/or support training or tactical operations.
Facilities are normally austere.
The base may be ashore or afloat.
If ashore, it may include an airfield or unimproved airstrip, a pier, or an anchorage.
An advanced operations base is normally controlled and/or supported by a main operations base or a forward operations base.
Also called AOB.
See also forward operations base; main operations base.
(JP 3-05.1)
