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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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He served as a fire support team commander in the 4th Regiment Royal Artillery.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

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

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023

They are expected to coordinate air power, fire support and intelligence collection and analysis, skills with which the Afghan military and police forces have often struggled.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2018

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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