A firebase was a far worse punishment than missing Istanbul.    From Wordnik.com.  [Extreme Measures] Reference

The firebase was abandoned at 2: 00 AM on 1 April 1972.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crosby, Bruce A. Jr.] Reference

Detachment Alpha at Quang Tri and individuals at the firebase.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crosby, Bruce A. Jr.] Reference

But one can imagine them proudly defending one last firebase for their freedom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eisenberger, George J. Buck] Reference

CNN terrorism analyst Peter Bergen just returned from a U.S. firebase in that area.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2006] Reference

Ranch House was an American firebase in Nuristan that nearly got overrun last spring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into the Valley of Death] Reference

Placed effectively, a Central Park firebase could rain steel down upon most points of Manhattan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cheeseburger Gothic » Escaping New York.] Reference

They were engaged in an effort to save a Special Forces firebase from being overrun by enemy troops.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foster, Robert E.] Reference

I had a firebase here, named Danger to remind my warriors we were at dead center of a hornet's nest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The War Without End] Reference

The soldiers serving in Zhari district are spread between a firebase and a number of smaller outposts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canadian, American and Afghan troops in Zhari district] Reference

Major Holiday was the commander of this firebase and of another in Zurmat, two hours south by dirt road.    From Wordnik.com.  [Imperial Grunts] Reference

In Afghanistan a cook on a firebase ordered twice as much food as usual from the local vendors one morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Conversational Topic « Whatever] Reference

Twenty-four hours earlier they had been on a perimeter of a firebase, with the red mud caked on their boots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anti-War Shouldn't Mean Anti-Military] Reference

I threw my rucksack in the back of one of their Toyota pickups and we drove to the firebase, a few minutes away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Imperial Grunts] Reference

I was at Walter Reed and some of the kids there were casualties of the firebase that was overrun -- 16 wounded, 9 killed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Obama Interview - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference

Fighting their way up the hillside of their former firebase, hatred and jealousy evaporate, even the Corps itself disappears.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgianne Nienaber: Savannah Book Festival Promises Stellar Lineup in February] Reference

Their destination, after a stop at a firebase: Landing Zone Ranger South, a reconnaissance base deep inside hostile territory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saigon Quartet] Reference

They were walking the grounds of a forward firebase, concealed in the eternal jungle some distance from where Ranji had been found.    From Wordnik.com.  [The False Mirror]

Finally, all the counterintelligence officer could say to the man was "If you ever have a problem, come and see me at the firebase.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Imperial Grunts] Reference

The battle scenes in Platoon -- the ambushed patrol, the over-run firebase -- are horrific, but at the same time thrilling, mesmerizing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evan Thomas : 'The War Lovers': The Dangerous Temptation Of War] Reference

In addition, a firebase might include M110 (self-propelled) or M115 (towed).    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

One lesson of Wanat was that the primitive forward firebase was understaffed.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

KABUL, Afghanistan - Departing their firebase well after the sun had risen, U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackanthem Military News] Reference

Ground observers had to have some landmark, also visible to the firebase, as a point of reference.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

I'd rather see Rush drafted into the military and stationed at a firebase near the border with Pakistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

Using these weapons required secure road access, at least for a well-armed convoy, to the firebase. target acquisition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

"Our position is pretty isolated, the farthest advanced of any firebase.    From Wordnik.com.  [The False Mirror]

“I just got word from the firebase commander.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cheeseburger Gothic » A freebie.] Reference

He was stationed at firebase "Sarge" on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crosby, Bruce A. Jr.] Reference

Storming Grand Redoubt to establish firebase.    From Wordnik.com.  [Operation Sea Lion]

A firebase not far from Tuy Hoa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ace of Spades HQ] Reference