[War] Australia: Forward Operating Base Tobruk

[Daniel Sanderson]

"Forward Operating Base Tobruk"
Australian Military Forces
Georgia/Azerbaijan/Persian Gulf

Captain Vince Willard was standing on the bridge of the HMAS Newcastle. The Newcastle was an Adelaide class guided missile frigate, the Australian copy of the Oliver Hazzard Perry frigate. The Newcastle had been following the Iranian frigate Moudge One for the past twenty-four hours, following her over the horizon. When the word came down that the deadline had passed, Willard looked to his XO.

"Ex, sound general quarters for battle stations missile."

"Aye Captain."

Two minutes later, the first Harpoon missile rocketed off the Mark 13 launcher, which quickly reloaded and fired another one.

"Time to target, ten seconds." the PWO reported. "Nine...eight...seven...six...five...four...three...two...one...hit. Looks like a hit Captain.

"All ahead, nav, plot us a course for the ship's last recorded position. Prepare to deploy the boats for rescue operations."



First Battalion (Infantry) of the Royal Australian Regiment had been camped out at Forward Operating Base Tobruk for a week. FOB Tobruk was located close to the Azerbaijani/Georgian border in north eastern Georgia. For the first time since Vietnam, Australian troops were literally on the front line. The Australian troops, along with a few other allied troops, had been given the task of rolling over the border and heading for Zaqatala.

At midnight, the small village where FOB Tobruk was located was woken by the roar as Abrams tanks, Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicles and ASLAVs started up. The infantry troops, who'd been awake most of the night with briefings and so on, all headed for vehicles. At ten minutes past midnight, the snake of vehicles headed out, led by an Abrams tank.

Overhead, the F/A-18Es of the Royal Australian Air Force headed for Azerbaijan, laden down with AGM-88 HARMs and AGM-65 Maverick missiles. The Super Hornets first launched on Iranian outposts along the border, and then went in search of any other Iranian emplacements in and around Zaqatala.

At the same time, SAS and 4th Commando troops painted targets and called in airstrikes in Zaqatala, and Saki.

--ACTIONS TAKEN--
1. Royal Australian Navy sinks an Iranian frigate in the Gulf, and conducts rescue operations.
2. Australian Combined Arms Task Force heads for the border with orders to
capture and secure the town of Zaqatala.


OOC: Actually posted this two days ago and it took long enough to spit it back out at me!



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