bo 3500.1n - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

BO 3500.1N
25 Mar 08
Dedicated Impact
Area
Impact area supporting live-fire of dud-producing ordnance
(e.g., Quebec, Whiskey, and Zulu Impact Areas).
Drop Zone (DZ)
A tactical landing zone in which personnel or cargo
paradrops are authorized.
Dud
Ammunition of any caliber or weight that has been fired,
placed, dropped, thrown or launched, but which fails to
function as designed.
FCLP
Field Carrier Landing Practice
Field Training
Facilities
Those areas designated for a specific type of training,
normally not requiring the use of live ordnance (e.g.,
rappel towers, combat towns).
Fire and Maneuver
Range
Range on which troop movement and live-firing may be
conducted simultaneously.
Fire Danger Rating
(FDR)
National rating based on weather conditions and fire
burning indexes describing the potential for wildland fire
ignition, rate of spread, and suppression probability.
Firing Lane
The area within which a weapon system is fired. It
consists of a start firing line, cease-firing disarm line,
and left and right limits of fire.
Firing Line or
Point
The location from which a weapon is fired at a target or
into an impact area.
Flat Trajectory/
High Velocity
Weapons
Recoilless rifles, tank guns, LAV 25mm guns, and artillery
(when conducting direct-fire operations).
Formal School
A school or a single course conducted by a school, which
produces, as a result of its Program of Instruction (POI),
a Marine qualified in a Military Occupational Specialty
(MOS). This definition includes Weapons and Field Training
Battalion (WFTBN), the Range Coach and Marksmanship
Instructor, and Martial Arts Instructor/Trainer Courses
conducted by 1 st Marine Division.
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