Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
I strongly concur. "Watch my tracer/strike" is about the only form of fire control order you actually ever hear veterans mention.
Actually, there is a Youtube video of Canadians in a firefight in Helmand and you can hear one of the section commanders calling out a target indication. In the first 10 seconds here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_S9P1kMNuM

We worked a lot on verbal target indication in training and the most effective way was for section commanders to christen the ground frequently. "Big grapehut", "orchard" - in Pl patrols I'd give these over the PRR.

Of course, the first time my platoon got engaged was by a guy with an RPG and the only guy who saw it was the guy with the Minimi, so it was tracer indication for that one!

M-203 smoke is awesome as well for both ground and air support. Just fire a round and tell the Apaches they're cleared hot.