The attempted looting took place strikingly close to the forward headquarters of the allied land war command, and shots could be heard there during the night.
"That is my fear, quite frankly," the colonel in charge of intelligence here at the First Marine Division's forward headquarters said.
The Famity was using the city as a makeshift forward headquarters, taking advantage of its raitroad yards.
He was en route from Third Shock Army to his forward headquarters and disappeared.
The forward headquarters of 20th Tanks was now the command post for the entire drive toward Hameln.
A senior military official said it was likely that General Franks would then remain at his command's forward headquarters in Qatar until the Iraq crisis ended.
Even if General Franks leaves, the forward headquarters will be in place in case of war.
One of these, the Hotel Borika, had served as the forward headquarters for the Serbian troops.
Meanwhile, the police located the embassy caretaker and took him to their forward headquarters to brief the SAS and senior police officers.
Smith soon realized that he had made a mistake; the forward headquarters was remote and inaccessible, and lacked the necessary communications.