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Terms for subject United States (7766 entries)

Financial Reporting Online Government System	FROGS
FINCEN	Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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fire direction center	That element of a command post, consisting of gunnery and communications personnel and equipment, by means of which the commander exercises fire direction and/or fire control
Fire Emissions Joint Forum	FEJF
fire support	Fires that directly support land, maritime, amphibious, and special operations forces to engage enemy forces, combat formations, and facilities in pursuit of tactical and operational objectives
fire support area	An appropriate maneuver area assigned to fire support ships by the naval force commander from which they can deliver gunfire support to an amphibious operation
fire support coordination	The planning and executing of fire so that targets are adequately covered by a suitable weapon or group of weapons
fire support coordination center	A single location in which are centralized communications facilities and personnel incident to the coordination of all forms of fire support for Marine forces
fire support coordination line	A fire support coordination measure established by the land or amphibious force commander to support common objectives within an area of operation; beyond which all fires must be coordinated with affected commanders prior to engagement, and short of the line, all fires must be coordinated with the establishing commander prior to engagement
fire support coordination measure	A measure employed by commanders to facilitate the rapid engagement of targets and simultaneously provide safeguards for friendly forces
fire support coordinator	The officer in charge of the fire support coordination center
fire support coordinator	The brigade combat team’s organic fires battalion commander; if a fires brigade is designated as the division force field artillery headquarters, the fires brigade commander is the division’s fire support coordinator and is assisted by the chief of fires who then serves as the deputy fire support coordinator during the period the force field artillery headquarters is in effect
fire support element	That section of the tactical operations center at every echelon above company responsible for targeting coordination and for integrating fires under the control or in support of the force
fire support officer	The field artillery officer from the operational to tactical level responsible for advising the supported commander or assisting the senior fires officer of the organization on fires functions and fire support
fire support station	An exact location at sea within a fire support area from which a fire support ship delivers fire
fire support team	A field artillery team provided for each maneuver company/troop and selected units to plan and coordinate all supporting fires available to the unit, including mortars, field artillery, naval surface fire support, and close air support integration
fires	The use of weapon systems or other actions to create specific lethal or nonlethal effects on a target
First Initial	FI
First Name	F