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2 unusual facts about Area of operations


Area of operations

Within an AO there will typically be one Main Supply Route along which vehicles, personnel and supplies will be transported.

Operation Coburg

The Australians subsequently clashed with the Viet Cong during early patrols in Area of Operations (AO) Columbus, while later Fire Support Base (FSB) Andersen was repeatedly subjected to major ground assaults.



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206th Field Artillery Regiment

On approximately 1 November 2004 the 1–206th FA was ordered by 39th BCT to resume responsibility for AO Ghost, the area of operations assigned to 2–7 CAV due to that unit's impending tasking to take part in Operation Al-Fajr, Second Battle of Fallujah, Iraq.

8th Cavalry Regiment

The battalion area of operations (AO COURAGE) encompassed the cities of Balad, Duluiyah and Dujayl.

DRG Class 86

Its area of operations was predominantly the routes in Germany's central mountains (Mittelgebirge); as a result the first 10 units were given a Riggenbach counter-pressure brake.

Kosovo Campaign Medal

The central design depicts two rocky mountain peaks, with a pass between in references to the Dinaric Alps, the campaign's area of operations.

Samuel Perez, Jr.

In the Navy Central Command (NAVCENT) area of operations he served as both the NAVCENT chief of staff and deputy commander, 5th Fleet.

Saxon XI HT

The last area of operations for these locomotives in the Deutsche Reichsbahn was on the ramp from Eibenstock upper station to Eibenstock lower station which was closed in autumn 1975.

United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

Marine Forces Pacific area of operations also covers the Middle East with the subordinate United States Marine Forces Central Command.