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battle damage assessment |
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The timely and accurate estimate of damage resulting from the application of military force, either lethal or nonlethal, against a predetermined objective. Battle damage assessment can be applied to the employment of all types of weapon systems (air, ground, naval, and special forces weapon systems) throughout the range of military operations. Battle damage assessment is primarily an intelligence responsibility with required inputs and coordination from the operators. Battle damage assessment is composed of physical damage assessment, functional damage assessment, and target system assessment. Also called BDA. See also combat assessment. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Legend: APFT = Army Physical Fitness Test BDA = Battle Damage Assessment CTT = Common Task Training HHB = Headquarters and Headquarters Battery Figure 2: 1-5 FA's Rotation Schedule for Motorized Infantry Operations, Delivery of FA Fires and Base Defense while deployed in OIF II. We also talk about radically reducing the logistics demands of our deployed forces through increases in reliability, and frankly, better use of our precision capability, and a good look at bomb damage assessment and/or battle damage assessment. Initially providing surface-to-air missile and AAA threat warnings to the coalition strike packages, the VQ crews quickly broadened their focus to include direct strike support and battle damage assessment for ground operations. |
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