firebase

In brief terms the action involved a rifle company action in which the infantry were detailed off to intercept a North Vietnamese Army (NVA) battalion that was approaching a firebase from the North which then got into difficulties because of the sudden appearance of a second NVA unit in its rear.

Of New Kit, New Tricks and Cavalry 2007

In brief terms the action involved a rifle company action in which the infantry were detailed off to intercept a North Vietnamese Army (NVA) battalion that was approaching a firebase from the North which then got into difficulties because of the sudden appearance of a second NVA unit in its rear.

Archive 2007-10-07 2007

A firebase was a far worse punishment than missing Istanbul.

Extreme Measures Vince Flynn 2009

"The cost of the munition may be comparable to a satellite-guided bomb, but the cost of manning a firebase is a lot less than the cost of an air base," Pike said.

Archive 2006-11-01 2006

The title is derived from the codename for a remote, mountainous military outpost, a "firebase", near the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating North and South Vietnam and the Laos border, not unlike the notorious Hill 937, or Hamburger Hill.

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes By Robert McCrum 2010

'We want them to attack us, so we can engage them and destroy them,' says one Special Forces soldier from the US firebase at Spin Boldak, who took part in the initial firefight that led to Operation Mongoose.

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe: Turning in Circles in Afghanistan Robert Greenwald 2011

He then volenteered for Viet-Nam and was assigned to the 1st marine Div. 5th Marine Regt located at a firebase named An Hoa where he was assigned to the Reactionary Plt assign to patrol the area around Hill 55 and throughout an area named Arizona Valley.

christian dickerson 01 2010

I kept a journal while I was there, I have a few 'empty' days in it, but they were mostly days spent around a forward firebase or down-time for us.

manny garcia 2010

'We want them to attack us, so we can engage them and destroy them,' says one Special Forces soldier from the US firebase at Spin Boldak, who took part in the initial firefight that led to Operation Mongoose.

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe: Turning in Circles in Afghanistan Robert Greenwald 2011

'We want them to attack us, so we can engage them and destroy them,' says one Special Forces soldier from the US firebase at Spin Boldak, who took part in the initial firefight that led to Operation Mongoose.

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe: Turning in Circles in Afghanistan Robert Greenwald 2011