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
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
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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