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Air Force doctrine addresses air-to-ground fratricide reduction in detail at all levels, operational through tactical. The Army's doctrinal concern for fratricide reduction is primarily centered around techniques, tactics, and procedures used at battalion- level and below.
- Dealing Realistically With Fratricide
- Fratricide: Definition and Calculation Controversies
- Method 1 Method 2 Method 3
Kenneth K. Steinweg Follow this and additional works at: https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters
Any purposeful discussion of fratricide must first settle the issue of its definition. At first glance, the definition would seem obvious: the wounding of a soldier by his own troops. Examples suggest that we need a more rigorous definition, one that excludes weapon malfunctions, weapon cleaning accidents, and deliberate self and friendly wounding,...
Friendly Casualties Friendly Casualties Friendly Casualties by Friendly Fire by Friendly Fire by Friendly Fire Careful attention must be paid to the method used to present fratricide information before trying to apply the results to policy and doctrine. It is important to understand in reading the following case studies that mixing different method...
- Kenneth K. Steinweg
- 1995
B-53. Weapons safety posture is an ammunition handling instruction enabling the platoon leader to control the safety of his unit’s weapons precisely. Leaders’ supervision of the weapons safety posture, as well as Soldiers’ adherence to it, minimizes the risk of accidental discharge and fratricide and friendly fire.
reduce fratricide within the Army. During the war, U.S. fratricide losses were 35 killed and 72 wounded soldiers and marines out of a total loss of 146 killed and 467 wounded.6 The Army's fratricide losses for its premier combat vehicles were 7 M1A1 Abrams tanks and 20 Bradley Fighting Vehicles out of a total loss of 10 and 25 respectively.7 When
Jun 7, 2022 · The Vietnam War was unlike any conflict in American history. Many soldiers were drafted into the US military and were unsure of the point of the war. As a result, morale was low, the fighting was dangerous and fragging incidents against superiors became more common, especially in the Army and Marine Corps. These were primarily done with ...
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involved the accidental killing of four Canadian soldiers by a U.S. F-16 (Halbfinger, 2003), and the controversial death of CPL Pat Tillman in 2004 (Nichols, 2006). Needless to say, fratricide is not a new problem of war. Table 1. Historical Fratricide Data (Steinweg, 1995).* Conflict Source of Data Fratricide Rate
