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Expeditionary Advance Base Operations
The official Marine Corps concept is called Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO), not "Expeditionary Advance Base Operations."
Full reasoning
This is a terminology error. The U.S. Marine Corps and Marine Corps University materials refer to the concept as Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO).
Evidence:
- The official Marine Corps modernization page is titled "Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO)" and defines the concept under that name.
- Marine Corps University materials likewise use "expeditionary advanced base operations" and the abbreviation EABO.
- Marine Corps University publications also cite the 2018 Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) Handbook under that exact title.
So the article's phrase drops the d in advanced and misstates the proper name of the concept.
3 sources
- Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) > United States Marine Corps Flagship > Modernization Priorities
The Official United States Marine Corps Public Website ... Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations is a form of expeditionary warfare...
- Bringing Clarity to Stand-in Forces
The new concepts called SIF—expeditionary advanced base operations (EABO), and reconnaissance/counter-reconnaissance operations (RXR)—articulate potential employment options...
- The Joint Force Maritime Component Command and the Marine Corps
From Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) Handbook: Considerations for Force Development and Employment (Quantico, VA: Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, Concepts and Plans Division, 2018).