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vocabulary, documentation, correspondence, and publications. This
glossary is intended to aid those unfamiliar with specific special
operations terminology.
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FA. Feasibility assessment;
field artillery.
FARP. Forward arming and
refueling point. Used for STOL and rotary-wing aircraft in support
of operations.
FBCB2. Force XXI Battle
Command Brigade and Below. FBCB2 has a BFT and comms capablity for
vehicles on the battlefield.
FEBA. Forward Edge of the
Battle Area. Term no longer used.
FFI. Forces Francaises de
L'Interior, French Republican resistance organization.
FFIR. Friendly forces
information requirements.
FID. Foreign Internal
Defense; see definition below.
FSR. First Strike Ration. Learn
more about the nutritional value of the First Strike Ration (FSR) at
http://hprc-online.org/comrad/
FIS. Fingerprint
Identification System. Used to identify Soldiers during E&E and
other similar operations.
FIST. Fire Support Team.
FLIR. Forward Looking
Infrared Radar.
FLOT. Forward Line of
Troops.
"Flower Soldiers". In the Vietnam
War is was common practice for members of the South Vietnamese Army to
stay home with their families (not report to work) as long as they kicked
back part of their pay to their superiors.
FM. Field manual; frequency
modulation.
FN. Front National, French
communist resistance movement - WWII era.
FO. Forward Observer.
An artillery man trained to call in artillery fire in support of combat
troops.
FOB. Foward operational
base. A term used by conventional and Special Operations Forces. In
special operations, a base is usually located in friendly territory or
afloat. It is established to extend command and control or
communications or to provide support for training and tactical operations.
The FOB usually is adjacent to a airfield.
FOBBIT. A member of the
military in a war zone who does not get off a large base or FOB. Eats
chow, sleeps, plays X-box, and never gets beyond the perimeter.
Foreign Internal Defense.
"Participation by civilian and military agencies of a government in any of
the action programs taken by another government or designated organization
to free and protect its society from subversion, lawlessness, and
insurgency." (JP 1-02). FID is one of the primary missions of
U.S. Army Special Forces. FID in a combat environment such as the
Iraq or Afghanistan war is sometimes called "combat FID" - although this
is not an official definition. See Joint Publication 3-22,
Foreign Internal Defense, 12 July 2010 available on the dtic.mil
website
here.
FORMICA. Foreign Military
Intelligence Collection Activities (FORMICA). See
DoD Instruction S-5205.01, March 9, 2015.
FP. Force Protection.
Actions taken to prevent or mitigate hostile actions against personnel,
resources, facilities, and critical information. Usually FP is defensive
in nature although local security forces will have a response force
available for local security operations.
FPF. Final Protective Fires.
Where artillery or mortar fire is called in to provide protection to a
defensive position.
FPL. Final Protective Line.
Frag. Fragmentation grenade;
to frag someone.
FRAGORD or FRAGO.
A fragmentary order.
FSA. Fire Support Area.
FSCC. Fire Support
Coordination Center.
FSCM. Fire Support
Coordinating Measure.
FSE. Fire Support Element.
FSO. Fire Support Officer.
FST. Forward Surgical Team.
Fulton Recovery System. A ground
to air exfiltration system to pickup individuals or important packages or
papers from a denied area. Also know as "Skyhook" and
Surface-To-Air-Recovery-System or STARS.
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