SOCCENT Forward Operations Base

SOCCENT Forward Operations Base is a US Military and Air Force Base in Qatar. It appears to be run by Colonel Sharp, and William Lennox with his team appear to be stationed there for the time being. The base has a variety of vehicles including tanks, armoured trucks and car, helicopters, jets, aeroplanes and inflatable toys. The soldiers there are very hostile against unknown targets, but they are useless when combating giant robots disguised as helicopters.

Movie Role
In the live action film, SOCCENT is run by Colonel Sharp. William Lennox and his team of soldiers are stationed also at the base until they return to America. A boy named Mahfouz also spends time at the base, particularly with Lennox. On the same day Lennox and his men return to base, a mysterious MH-53 Pave Low helicopter codenamed X4000 flies towards the base. It is escorted by two jets when it fails to identify itself. Upon landing, it transforms into Decepticon Blackout and begins obliterating the base, releasing his minion Scorponok in the process. Lennox and his men escape across the desert while Colonel Sharp takes on Blackout with an axe and cuts the hardline to the computer core Blackout needs. Blackout wipes out everyone in the base and leaves it in ruins. John Keller later leads the case in finding out what destroyed the base.