The exercise, which began the week prior, also utilized the northern and southern Puerto Rican operating areas, and involved complex battle group training events, naval surface fire-support training and air-to-ground bombing.
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As four large air raids hit the American dispositions, fighter cover from the ships of " Healy " s task group and surface fire from the ships decimated the Japanese formations.
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Secondary missions consist of Search and Rescue ( SAR ), Medical Evacuation ( MEDEVAC ), Vertical Replenishment ( VERTREP ), Naval Surface Fire Support ( NSFS ), and Communications Relay ( COMREL ).
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A good example of this role of disturbance is in ponderosa pine ( " Pinus ponderosa " ) forests in the western United States, where surface fires frequently thin existing vegetation allowing for new growth.
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A barge sweep off Bougainville and bombardment of Choiseul Bay was conducted on 8 January 1944; ten days later, the destroyer returned for another blow on Bougainville, raking the island's northeast shores with surface fire.
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The ship returned to its homeport on 4 October 1999 . Since returning from deployment, " David R . Ray " participated in various training opportunities, including Anti-Air Warfare and Naval Surface Fire Support exercises.
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Tests will begin in late summer 2016 off the coast of Florida to assess the gun's ability to perform naval surface fire support against static floating targets away using GPS-guided hyper velocity projectiles ( HVPs ).
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The 563-foot destroyer, commissioned in 1979, failed to meet Navy standards for deployment in " naval surface fire support, " the use of the 5-inch guns to destroy surface targets and support amphibious landings by Marine forces.
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The dominant fire regime in the boreal forest is high-intensity crown fires or severe surface fires of very large size, often more than 10, 000 ha, and sometimes more than 400, 000 ha ( Heinselman 1981 ).
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As some spoil tips resulting from industries such as coal or oil shale production can contain a relatively high proportion of hydrocarbons or even coal dust, they can commence spontaneous subterranean combustion, which can be followed by surface fires.
