Is this a recently-secured area, or something like that?
2007-10-30 05:08:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
An area in proximity to combat.
JP 1-02 is kind of like a military dictionary.
2007-10-30 06:15:33 · answer #1 · answered by Noah Tall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forwar area refers to linear battlefield where you have front lines. You have forward area, and rear area. Forward is toward the enemy. Rear area is where the supplies come from.
In Iraq, there is no real forward area since Iraq is no longer a linear battlefield. When we invaded Iraq and were fighting Saddam's army, then there was a forward area.
2007-10-30 12:44:41 · answer #2 · answered by mnbvcxz52773 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any area forward of where the big guns are pointing, the front-lines, as opposed to the rear.
2007-10-30 12:17:54 · answer #3 · answered by conranger1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It would be the forward edge of the battle field. The front, so to speak.
2007-10-30 12:13:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Better known as the FOB
May be secured, yet it is regularly engaged, this is from where the patrols initiate.
2007-10-30 12:37:22 · answer #5 · answered by Mephisto 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋