In its report Strengthening US Global Defense Posture, the US Department of Defense outlines three categories of overseas US military structures:
1. Main Operating Bases (MOB) are those relatively larger installations
and facilities located in the territory of reliable allies, with vast
infrastructure and family support facilities that will serve as the hub
of operations in support of smaller, more austere bases; examples are
the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, and
Camp Humphreys in Korea
2. Forward Operating Sites (FOS) are smaller, more spare bases that
could be expanded and then scaled down as needed; they will store
pre-positioned equipment but will only normally host a small number of
troops on a rotational, as opposed to permanent, basis; while smaller,
they must still be able to quickly support a range of operations with
back-up from MOBs
3. Cooperative Security Locations (CSL) are facilities owned by host
governments that would only be used by the US in case of actual
operations; though they could be visited and inspected by the US, they
would most likely be ran and maintained by host-nation personnel or even
private contractors; useful for pre-positioning logistics support or as
venues for joint operations with host militaries, they may also be
expanded to become FOSs if necessary
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