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Joint Firefighter Integrated Response Ensemble (J-FIRE) is a military protective suit used for firefighting in the CBRN and WMD environment. [3] J-FIRE utilizes the JSLIST and an aluminized firefighting proximity suit. The J-FIRE is designed to resist water and standard firefighting chemicals, while still providing CBRN protection to the user.
Final protective fire (FPF) refers to a tactical plan for a military unit, set up in support of the infantry, to protect itself against overwhelming attack, and generally reserved for units at risk of being overrun. [1] It involves the concentration of weapons fire directly in front of the unit to impede enemy movement.
An Indian Wehrmacht volunteer in a Tobruk DFP along the Atlantic Wall, 1944. During the fighting in North Africa (1942–43), U.S. forces employed the shell scrape.This was a very shallow excavation allowing one soldier to lie horizontally while shielding his body from nearby shell bursts and small arms fire.
Fires is one of the six warfighting functions defined by the US Army, which also include movement and maneuver, intelligence, sustainment, command and control, and protection. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The fires warfighting function is the related tasks and systems that provide collective and coordinated use of Army indirect fires, AMD, and joint fires ...
Echelon formation: a military formation in which members are arranged diagonally. Encirclement: surrounding enemy forces on all sides, isolating them. Enfilade: a unit (or position) is "enfiladed" when enemy fire can be directed along the long axis of the unit. For instance, a trench is enfiladed if the enemy can fire down the length of the trench.
In military science, suppressive fire is "fire that degrades the performance of an enemy force below the level needed to fulfill its mission" [clarification needed]. When used to protect exposed friendly troops advancing on the battlefield, it is commonly called covering fire. Suppression is usually only effective for the duration of the fire. [1]
The general concept of "good order and discipline" in military law dates back to 17th century England, when the first Articles of War were established for the British Army and the Royal Navy.
Engineer Aviation Firefighting Platoons (EAFFPs) were established to provide fire protection for the Army Air Forces. [7] This is the beginnings of the USAF Fire Protection field [8] The Air Force opened its first firefighting school at Lowry Air Force Base, which moved to Greenville AFB, MS, and, in 1964 to Chanute Air Force Base in