Forward Operating Base Chapman

<p>Forward Operating Base Chapman, also known as Camp Chapman, was a <a href="/facts/United_States_Armed_Forces/NHVsU9Id">United States Armed Forces</a> <a href="/facts/Forward_Operating_Base/bUu9hYdk">Forward Operating Base</a> located at the site of a former Afghan Army installation and was situated in <a href="/facts/Khost_province/q4pNfkG3">Khost province</a>, <a href="/facts/Afghanistan/v63Auu1C">Afghanistan</a>, on an airstrip 2 miles east of <a href="/facts/Khost/3vrU9s9a">Khost</a>.
</p><p>The site was also used by the <a href="/facts/Central_Intelligence_Agency/U7urmQYL">Central Intelligence Agency</a> and was near <a href="/facts/Forward_Operating_Base_Salerno/sRTmSKH7">Forward Operating Base Salerno</a>, a large military base formerly used by <a href="/facts/United_States_special_operations_forces/HtQWyHTB">U.S. special operations forces</a>. The base was named for Sergeant First Class <a href="/facts/Nathan_Chapman_(soldier)/R8uxHmux">Nathan Chapman</a>, the first U.S. soldier killed by enemy fire during the Afghanistan war, in 2002. Chapman was killed while fighting alongside the CIA.
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Forward Operating Base Chapman