I remember in 2003 shortly after the fall of Baghdad when Jake Garner and and his military government crew were said to have been holed up in their compound because there were no force protection escorts to accompany them out the gate. These force protection policies seem to originate at high levels with the intention of preventing little detachments and groups from being picked off by the bad guys. When taken to extremes though it makes one wonder why we bother sending people overseas if we're going to lock them down in FOBs.