Naval gunfire support (NGFS), also known as naval surface fire support (NSFS), or shore bombardment, is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support...

Corps, Congress, and independent groups over the effectiveness of naval gunfire support (NGFS) provided by Iowa-class battleships, and whether an alternative...

Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) is a Special Operations Capable airborne fire support and liaison unit of the United States Marine Corps....

subsequently used for more specialized roles in surface warfare such as naval gunfire support (NGFS) and anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) engagements. The term generally...

officer or NCO E5 or above) who assists infantry personnel requiring naval gunfire support. The mission was defined during World War II amphibious warfare...

Advanced Gun System (AGS), it was designed to provide long-range naval gunfire support against shore-based targets. A total of six of the systems were...

provide naval gunfire support with its Mark 6 4.5 inch guns. During the night of 14 May, two Westland Sea King HC4 helicopters of 846 Naval Air Squadron...

rocket artillery, and missiles; naval gunfire support from naval artillery; airstrikes, strafes, and close air support from military aircraft; and drone...

four modes of operation: Surface Direct Fire Mode Naval Gunfire Support Mode Anti-aircraft Mode Support Mode SDF mode is used for the engagement of a surface...

(Meiktila) Commando Forward Observation Battery is a specialist Naval Gunfire Support Forward Observation (NGSFO) unit within 29 Commando Regiment Royal...

focus on land attack. The class was designed with a primary role of naval gunfire support and secondary roles of surface warfare and anti-aircraft warfare...

and Security Review. The Mk 8 was used in the Falklands War for naval gunfire support. The Type 21 frigate HMS Alacrity used her Mk 8 to sink the Argentine...

for close air support is a forward air controller, while for the equivalent for naval gunfire support is a spotter. For general fire support, the position...

are expected to also operate in anti-surface, anti-submarine, and naval gunfire support roles. Planning for the Australian Air Warfare Destroyer (as the...

carry the SSG120 dual 120 mm mortar system in order to provide naval gunfire support to the Swedish Amphibious Forces. Development began in 2005 and...

Evans and was assigned to the US Pacific Fleet. Johnston provided naval gunfire support for American ground forces during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands...

D-Day invasion, says that, upon hearing the naval gunfire support plan for Omaha, which limited support to one battleship, two cruisers and six destroyers...

naval gunfire support task force commander of World War II. Born on 1 July 1887 in Poughkeepsie, New York, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy...

squadron was assembled expressly to provide aerial spotting for naval gunfire support during the invasion of Normandy. Personnel and aircraft were assembled...

mid-1943. During the Normandy landings in June 1944, Rodney provided naval gunfire support and continued to do so for several following offensives near the...

Navy has a small corps of Naval gunfire liaison officers trained to provide observation and correction of naval gunfire in support of Army and Marine Corps...

frequently relegated to secondary duties such as convoy escort and naval gunfire support. Royal Oak was sunk at her moorings in Scapa Flow in October 1939...

carrier air strikes, naval gunfire support, amphibious operations, patrol and reconnaissance operations and mine warfare. US Naval forces had been introduced...

the only type of ammunition it can use, so the AGS cannot provide naval gunfire support and the Zumwalts were repurposed for surface warfare. Michael Monsoor...

Baytown. During the Normandy landings in June 1944, Nelson provided naval gunfire support before she struck a mine and spent the rest of the year under repair...

FILIPINAS was then armed with Cannons captured in Cavite and provided Naval Gunfire Support to the Revolutionaries as well as a Transport. The flagship was...

perform naval operations during the 2012 RIMPAC exercises, where the Bertholf detected and tracked missile threats and provided naval gunfire support for...

training ship. Late in the war, she moved to the Pacific, and provided naval gunfire support for the invasion of Iwo Jima and later the invasion of Okinawa....

in the back by a grenade. He contacted a destroyer and requested naval gunfire support; unknown to Thornton, however, she was struck by North Vietnamese...

was active during the Falklands War of 1982, where she provided naval gunfire support (NGFS) and rescued most of the surviving crew from HMS Sheffield...