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A U.S. Army Ranger armed with an M249 light machine gun provides overwatch security on an objective during a mission in Iraq, 2006. Overwatch is a force protection tactic in modern warfare where one small military unit, vehicle, or aircraft supports another friendly unit while the latter executes fire and movement tactics.
The Armed Overwatch program is the seventh effort by the US military to evaluate or purchase commercial, off-the-shelf turboprop aircraft for reconnaissance and attack duties over the past fourteen years: it follows the US Navy's Imminent Fury combat test (2008), [21] the US Air Force's Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance program (LAAR, 2009 ...
Bounding overwatch (also known as leapfrogging, moving overwatch, or the buddy system) is a military tactic of alternating movement of coordinated units to allow, if necessary, suppressive fire in support of offensive forward "fire and movement" or defensive "center peel" disengagement. [1] [2] [3]
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
Various deployed units: Active 85th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron: undisclosed location: Various deployed units: Active 111th Air Support Operations Squadron: Camp Murray, Washington: 81st Heavy Brigade Combat Team Washington State Army National Guard: Washington ANG: 113th Air Support Operations Squadron: Terre Haute, Indiana
United States special operations forces (SOF) are the active and reserve component forces of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force within the US military, as designated by the Secretary of Defense and specifically organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special operations.
Pages in category "Lists of military units and formations" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Israeli Army. 89th "Oz" Brigade. Unit 212 – Maglan [110] Unit 217 – Duvdevan; Unit 621 – Egoz; Israeli Navy. 13th Flotilla – Shayetet 13; Israeli Air and Space Force. 7th Special Air Forces Wing Unit 5101 – Shaldag (Special Air-Ground Designating Team) [111] Unit 669 – Combat Search and Rescue and Airborne Medical Evacuation Unit