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For today’s Geo Quiz we asked where the name of a US base in Afghanistan comes from. The base is called Forward Operating Base Frontenac. Anchor Marco Werman gets the full story from military historian John Grodzinkski of Canada’s Royal Military College.
For today’s Geo Quiz we asked where the name of a US base in Afghanistan comes from. The base is called ?Forward Operating Base Frontenac.? The original Fort Frontenac is in Canada ? in Kingston, Ontario ? and that’s the answer to our quiz. Anchor Marco Werman gets the full story from military historian John Grodzinkski of Canada’s Royal Military College.