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fire support

American  

noun

  1. support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.


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He is a joint fire support specialist assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment, said Lt.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

It may have military implications too, potentially forcing the Russian navy to "operate farther offshore now than they were previously, and that may affect its ability to provide direct fire support to troops onshore."

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2022

Struthers served in the Army Reserve from November 1989 to March 2001 as a material handling specialist and as a fire support specialist in the active-duty Army from March 2001 to December 2002.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2022

The center says more than 25,000 firefighters and fire support personnel are spread out across the Western U.S. fighting 56 large uncontained wildfires, 21 of them in Montana and 17 in Oregon.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2017

Each ship had its own fire support area.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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