page_title: Blue force tracking
hierarchical_section_title: Blue force tracking
caption_attribution_description: English: A U.S. Army soldier from the 256th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion prepares his Humvee's Blue Force Tracker before departing Camp Victory in Iraq on Feb. 5, 2005. The 256th Brigade's mission, Amber Waves, delivered more than 262,000 metric tons of fertilizer and agricultural supplies to local farmers throughout the Baghdad area.
context_page_description: Blue force tracking is a United States military term for a GPS-enabled capability that provides military commanders and forces with location information about friendly military forces. In NATO military symbology, blue typically denotes friendly forces. The capability provides a common picture of the location of friendly forces and therefore is referred to as the blue force tracker. When all capitalized, the term refers to a specific defense contractors' system, but the capability is found in many military and civilian mobile apps.
context_section_description: Blue force tracking is a United States military term for a GPS-enabled capability that provides military commanders and forces with location information about friendly (and despite its name, also hostile) military forces. In NATO military symbology, blue typically denotes friendly forces. The capability provides a common picture of the location of friendly forces and therefore is referred to as the blue force tracker. When all capitalized, the term refers to a specific defense contractors' system, but the capability is found in many military and civilian mobile apps.
caption: A U.S. soldier preparing his Blue Force Tracker before departing Camp Victory, Iraq in 2005
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