Abstract
Abstract : This report describes direct fire fratricide data at the National Training Center (NTC) and examines factors likely to impact on fratricides. Direct fire fratricide were measured using digital data from the NTC instrumentation system on 39 battalion task forces and 206 missions in Fiscal Year 1985-86. The data were compared with reported historical fratricide data and the effect on fratricides of mission, range, and training period were also analyzed. Results indicate that over five percent of all Blue Forces (BLUEFOR) pairings are on friendly units and about three percent result in actual loss. The NTC data are high in comparison to historical data. Range and mission had an effect on the probability of a fratricide. Factors contributing to fratricide were identified and training recommendations are applied to these findings and targeted to respective echelons. Keywords: NTC lessons learned, Friendly fire, Amicicide.
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