Forward Operating Base Fenty
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Forward Operating Base (FOB) Fenty is named after Lt. Col. Joseph J. Fenty Jr. LTC Fenty received his commission for the University of North Carolina- Charlotte ROTC program in 1986 as a Lieutenant of Infantry. LTC Fenty was a founding member and first commanding officer of 3rd Squadron 71st Cavalry (Recon) building the organization from the ground up. He took command 16 Sep 2004, expertly trained the unit, and led the Titans on their first deployment to Afghanistan, in support of OEF VII. On 5 May 2006, nearing the end of Operation Mountain Lion, LTC Fenty personally oversaw a high-risk night extraction of one of his Cavalry scout teams located high in the mountains above Chalas Valley. During the extraction on the hostile rugged terrain, the CH-47 Chinook helicopter that he was in crashed and all aboard perished.
FOB Fenty is in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on the outskirts of Jalalabad City and is built around the Jalalabad Airfield.