Forward Operating Base Salerno is a former forward operating base used by the U.S. military from 2002-2013 during Operation Enduring Freedom. Located in the southeastern province of Khost, Afghanistan, near the city of Khost, FOB Salerno was nicknamed "Rocket City" for the numerous rocket and mortar indirect fire attacks targeting the base over the ten years that US forces occupied to post.

Garrison info:  505th PIR, 82nd ABN DIV 3rd BCT, 10th MTN DIV 504th PIR, 82nd ABN DIV 506th RCT, 101st ABN DIV 4th ABCT, 25th INF DIV 187th RCT, 101st ABN DIV 3rd BCT, 1st INF DIV.
On November 1, 2013, U.S. forces withdrew from FOB Salerno and transferred control of the installation to the Afghan National Army. 

94TH CSH is a trauma hospital,” said Lt. Col. Gregory A. Kolb, commanding officer, 344th Combat Support Hospital. “It’s not a typical hospital like we have in the U.S. Most of our patients are trauma patients.” Approximately 90 percent of those who arrive at Salerno Hospital do so by a medevac helicopter, and are coming to get treatment for injuries sustained in battle. “Most of the injuries we see here are from improvised explosive devices, shrapnel and gunshot wounds,” 

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