fire support
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
We were getting fire support from Tam Ky, and there was no response from the hill we were supposed to be moving onto.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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