firebase
noun
fire·base
ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌbās 
: a secured site from which field artillery can lay down interdicting fire
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Rogers received his medal for his brave defense of a firebase near South Vietnam's border with Cambodia in 1968.
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Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
In the morning, Peggy and another Donut would don their light blue outfits, board a helicopter and chopper to a firebase.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
Assigned to the 82nd Airborne Jim's mortar squad operated from a firebase outside of Saigon.
—courant.com, 27 Oct. 2019
Milt Freeman, and 50 of his men were killed or seriously wounded on a neighboring firebase.
—Robert H. Scales, Twin Cities, 16 June 2019
Their first stop was Landing Zone Gator, his old firebase.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2017
The small detachment of Marines deployed to Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province have pushed outside their original constellation of outposts and reopened an old firebase bordering several violent districts, Marines familiar with operations said.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2017
Ron came to me and asked for permission to go to a distant firebase by jeep to say goodbye to some of his friends.
—Chase Wickersham, Orange County Register, 28 May 2017
The three were slain Saturday on a firebase in the Pekka Valley near Nangahar’s Achin district where U.S. forces have been battling Islamic State militants for months.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Washington Post, 12 June 2017
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Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
In the morning, Peggy and another Donut would don their light blue outfits, board a helicopter and chopper to a firebase.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
Assigned to the 82nd Airborne Jim's mortar squad operated from a firebase outside of Saigon.
—courant.com, 27 Oct. 2019
Milt Freeman, and 50 of his men were killed or seriously wounded on a neighboring firebase.
—Robert H. Scales, Twin Cities, 16 June 2019
Their first stop was Landing Zone Gator, his old firebase.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2017
The small detachment of Marines deployed to Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province have pushed outside their original constellation of outposts and reopened an old firebase bordering several violent districts, Marines familiar with operations said.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2017
Ron came to me and asked for permission to go to a distant firebase by jeep to say goodbye to some of his friends.
—Chase Wickersham, Orange County Register, 28 May 2017
The three were slain Saturday on a firebase in the Pekka Valley near Nangahar’s Achin district where U.S. forces have been battling Islamic State militants for months.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Washington Post, 12 June 2017
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“Firebase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firebase. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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