Foward Operating Base Martello
FOB Martello is a Canadian facility located in the El Bak valley about 200km north of Kandahar. It is manned by a company of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and engineers. The outpost is roughly the size of a baseball diamond and is nestled in a horseshoe of low ridges. It is dotted with semi-permanent sleeping tents and has running water for showers and toilets. Martello is strategically placed in a dangerous area where the Taliban is resurgent. Working alongside the Canadians are small contigents from the Netherlands and the Afghan National Army.
