Remote U.S. Border Patrol Bases Plug Gaps on Mexico Frontier By NewsAmericas - September 8, 2013 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin ReddIt Email Print For U.S. Border Patrol agent Frank Dixon, getting to work on the 4 p.m. to midnight shift is simple: He drives out of Hedglen Forward Operating Base and is already in the heart of the cactus-studded wilderness he is tasked with securing.