What is friendly fire in the military?

Definition of friendly fire : the firing of weapons from one’s own forces or those of an ally especially when resulting in the accidental death or injury of one’s own personnel Near the river bordering our camp I find the tents of the four soldiers who were supposedly hit by friendly fire.—

How common was friendly fire?

There have been many thousands of friendly fire incidents in recorded military history, accounting for an estimated 2\% to 20\% of all casualties in battle.

Why does Blue on Blue happen?

Many North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) militaries refer to these incidents as blue on blue, which derives from military exercises where NATO forces were identified by blue pennants and units representing Warsaw Pact forces by red pennants.

What happens if you friendly fire in the army?

Friendly fire is an attack by a military force on friendly forces while attempting to attack the enemy, either misidentifying the target as hostile, or due to errors or inaccuracy. Such attacks often cause injury or death.

Why do you think soldiers might mistakenly fire on their own soldiers?

Errors of position occur when fire aimed at enemy forces may accidentally end up hitting one’s own. Such incidents are exacerbated by close proximity of combatants and were relatively common during the First and Second World Wars, where troops fought in close combat and targeting was relatively inaccurate.

Do soldiers get punished for friendly fire?

Friendly fire incidents are not necessarily punished, or even mostly punished. It depends upon the circumstances. It is possible for a soldier involved in such an incident to receive no repercussions whatsoever, on up to conviction for some form of homicide.

What is the problem with bushfire fighting?

The problem is that the burden of bushfire fighting currently falls on those who have the least capacity to carry it, and that situation is going to get worse. State rural fire services are essentially built on community organisations—the local bushfire brigades, which are made up of unpaid volunteers.

How many more people should Australia’s Defence Force have?

Layton suggests 5,000 additional people in the army plus a lot of new air force aircraft. This gets us to the second problem. Every person and asset in the Australian Defence Force comes with a huge overhead. Defence just can’t provide people as cost effectively as other agencies can.

Did Australian Defence Force personnel operating in Afghanistan commit crimes?

On a number of separate occasions since 2006, reports have been published in the Australian media alleging that a few Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel operating in Afghanistan between 2003 and 2013 engaged in criminal conduct. This chronology is intended to:

Does defence need new people and equipment dedicated to firefighting?

But when you have a frigate regularly sitting off Christmas Island to pick up boat people, it is not exercising its anti-submarine or anti-air-warfare capabilities and they degrade; the nation isn’t getting value for money for the billion-dollar asset and its people. So Defence would need new people and equipment dedicated solely to firefighting.