MARINES DEPLOY 'GREEN' FOB TO AFGHANISTAN

摘要

The USMC has deployed the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment's Company as an experimental Forward Operating Base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, to assess how it stands up to rugged operational conditions while relying solely on renewable technology and energy-saving techniques. The system was tested at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, CA, and operated 190 hours straight with almost no fossil fuel usage; only observation equipment required generator power.