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Along with Armour it seems that Forts are making a comeback - complete with turrets and ramparts.
Now about that mobile force concept you were discussing.......tactical, operational or strategic?
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Now about that mobile force concept you were discussing.......tactical, operational or strategic?
Securing Northern Borders
(Source: US Army Corps of Engineers; issued April 11, 2006)
SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq --- As in placing dominos for the exciting “push over,” each completed border fort along the Iraq /Iran border brings the security of Iraq closer to its goal of self governance. There are centuries old histories of conflict between the people occupying the lands along Iraq’s north-eastern mountains. The placement for each of the 45 planned border forts was determined by identifying the ancient crossing routes through the mountains that the border guards would need to patrol. Of those planned, 39 have been completed.
The latest two are at Ashkana and Hero. These two forts are mirror images of each other. They are built on a British design reflecting gothic era turrets and ramparts. Each has billeting space for guards and leadership. The forts also include shower and bath facilities; office and administration areas; a kitchen; an armory; and built-in force protection and observation posts. To keep everything running in the remote locations, each border fort has its own 50 kV generator with another 50 kV generator as a backup.
“It’s exciting to complete any of the reconstruction projects I’m involved with, but it is especially exciting to complete border forts,” said David Crumpton, the resident engineer for the Sulaymaniyah office of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “Iraq’s self-governing is dependent on its ability to manage its boundaries,” he said. “These border forts provide facilities which will allow them to do just that.”
These posts will allow increased security along the Iranian border as well as to provide a place to train the border police. From these positions, border guards will be able to provide over-watch of specific routes as well as be a logistical base from which guards may extend out and patrol along the border.
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