forward defense area
1defense area — For any particular command, the area extending from the forward edge of the battle area to its rear boundary. It is here that the decisive defensive battle is fought …
2Forward Operating Base Abu Ghraib — FOB Abu Ghraib was a United States Army Forward Operating Base in the city of Abu Ghraib, Iraq. The FOB housed the Abu Ghraib prison, holding over 7,000 detainees during its peak in 2004. FOB Abu Ghraib (BGN/PCGN romanization: Abū Ghurayb; أبو… …
3Defense Information Systems Agency — Seal …
4Area 51 — This article is about the U.S. Air Force installation in Nevada. For other uses, see Area 51 (disambiguation). Area 51 …
5Defense Support of Civil authorities — This article is about current practise in the United States. For a more historical and international perspective, see Military aid to the civil power. Defense Support of Civil Authorities (or DSCA) is the current process by which United States… …
6Forward observers in the US military — A forward observer, Iraq, 2007. Forward observers in the US military are artillery observer …
7defense in depth — 1. : a tactical system of mutually supporting positions that are each capable of all round defense and that have sufficient depth to prevent the enemy from achieving freedom of maneuver before his attack is broken up and absorbed 2. : a strategic …
8Territorial Defense Forces (Yugoslavia) — Territorial Defense Forces (Serbian and Macedonian: Територијална одбрана, Teritorijalna odbrana , Croatian: Teritorijalna obrana , Slovenian: Teritorialna obramba ) were a separate part of the armed forces of the former Socialist Federal… …
9Zone defense — is a type of defense, used in team sports, which is the alternative to man to man defense; instead of each player guarding a corresponding player on the other team, each defensive player is given an area known as a zone to cover. A zone defense… …
10Unconventional warfare (United States Department of Defense doctrine) — In US doctrine, unconventional warfare (abbreviated UW) is the term for guerilla warfare conducted or supported by United States Army Special Forces (SF) and other units in the United States Special Operations Command. Guerilla warfare is one… …
