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Revision as of 09:00, 1 April 2003 by Mintguy (talk | contribs) (correct definition)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Friendly fire is United States military parlance for supporting fire from friendly forces as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces known as "enemy fire". A "friendly fire incident" refers to a military situation where forces or material assets of one side are attacked and damaged in error by those of their own or their allies. In Military of the British military parlance these incidents are referred to as blue-on-blue. The term "blue-on-blue" originates from wargamming exercises where friendly forces are blue and enemy forces are red. The term fratricide (killing one's brother) is also sometimes used.