fire support
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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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