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fire support

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noun

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


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In addition, the army has sacked the major in charge of fire support.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

Ryan served as a fire support specialist, which is someone who gathers intelligence on enemy targets for artillery forces.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 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

Mark P. Adams, a fire support officer, glanced into a woodpile he was using for cover and saw a makeshift bomb.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2011

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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