FOB Davis (formerly FOB Ripley)
Introduction
The base used by the ADF Reconstruction Task Force southeast of Tarin Kowt earlier known as FOB Ripley.
Source: The Other Side of the Coin, 1st Reconstruction Task Force - Operations and Observations, LTCOL Mick Ryan, Commanding Officer, 1st Reconstruction Task Force.
Government sources
The Other Side of the Coin, 1st Reconstruction Task Force - Operations
and Observations, LTCOL Mick Ryan, Commanding Officer, 1st
Reconstruction Task Force.
Analysis
Forward Base Afghanistan, Reporter: Chris Masters, Four Corners, ABC Television, 7 July 2007
Infantry Operations in Southern Afghanistan, LTs Levon Lambert, Daniel Le Breton and Joshua Mickle – B Coy 7RAR, 7RAR (Mech) Blog, 18 February 2009
The addition of an infantry company provided by the newly re-raised 7RAR allowed the influence of RTF-1 to expand into key areas significant distances away from Forward Operating Base Davis. With a force package consisting of Bushmaster IMV and ASLAV vehicles, RTF-1 could rest assured that security of their proposed job sites was in very capable and heavily armed hands.
See also
Updated: 17 June 2009