FA Journal articles from January 2003

FA Journal archives from January 2003

Fires TTP for the COE. (The Update Point).(, techniques and procedures)(contemporary operational environment )
January 1, 2003... The world has changed. The United States is the sole remaining superpower with the world's most powerful military. Today's Army, however, continues to operate with doctrine, equipment and training methodologies developed in the Cold War era to...

Artillery--never leave home without it (and don't forget the "dumb" rounds). (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... I found your interview with MG Franklin L. Hagenbeck ["Afghanistan: Fire Support for Operation Anaconda"] and the article on "Joint Coalition Fire Support in Operation Anaconda" by LTC Christopher F. Bentley [both in September-October 2002]...

One air force pilot's response to "Afghanistan: Joint and Coalition Fire Support in Operation Anaconda". (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... I am a retired USAF colonel with 22 years experience flying fighters. I served as a forward air controller (FAC) flying OV-10s in SEA [Southeast Asia] with 165 combat missions in North and South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. I flew A-10s as a...

Not all PGMs unresponsive to troops in close contact. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... I read with interest the interview and article debriefing Operation Anaconda in your September-October 2002 issue and will publish them to the pilots in my squadron. I have two points to bring up regarding the larger fire support issues in...

The bottom line for accurate massed fires: Common Grid.
January 1, 2003... Chief Warrant Officer Three Xavier Herrera Since the introduction of the global positioning system (GPS) and its integration with inertial navigation systems (INS), many of today's Field Artillery weapons and target acquisition (TA)...

Recognition of combat vehicles [ROC-V] training.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
January 1, 2003... ROC-V is a Windows-based thermal/sight computer training program developed by the Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) Night Vision Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD). The ROC-V interactive software helps soldiers identify combat...

Attack aviation fires for the close fight: a new approach.
January 1, 2003... Divisional employment of attack aviation is changing. For almost 15 years, the employment of divisional attack helicopters has focused on striking deep at second-echelon forces. While retaining the ability to attack deep, this focus has begun...

Paving the way for air maneuver: defeating COE OPFOR air defenses.(contemporary operational environment opposing force)
January 1, 2003... The world witnessed the devastating effectiveness of US air power and the ruthless efficiency of attack aviation during Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf. The US rapidly defeated Iraq's air defenses, considered some of the best in the world....

Artillery fires in support of aviation in the close attack.
January 1, 2003... Original implementation of the armed helicopter during the Vietnam War saw utility (UH-1) and attack (AH-1) helicopters employed as aerial rocket artillery providing close supporting fires. During the 1980s, the fielding of the AH-64 Apache and...

Fires TTP to defeat the COE OPFOR.(contemporary operational environment)(tactics, techniques and procedures)
January 1, 2003... In a short time, the term "contemporary operational environment" (COE) has become a buzzword that many misunderstand. The COE is the environment in which the new opposing force (OPFOR) operates. Fortunately, the FM 7-100 series of manuals that...

Legal issues with fires in COE populated areas.(contemporary operational environment )
January 1, 2003... On the morning of 28 January 2002, the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) executed a combat mission as assigned by III Corps during its Battle Command Training Program (BCTP) Warfighter exercise. As the regiment approached the city of...

Why can't joe get the lead out?
January 1, 2003... "If there is one thing a Dogface loves, it is artillery--his own." Audie Murphy, To Hell and Back (New York: MJF Books, 1949) After 20 years of automation, at least six different fire direction computers and countless versions of...

Afghanistan: firing artillery accurately with air force met support.
January 1, 2003... In the summer of 2002, Task Force Panther, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, received the mission to replace the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Due to limited...

ARNG AFATDS sustainment training on RCAS.(Army National Guard)(field artillery tactical data system)
January 1, 2003... The Army National Guard (ARNG) now can conduct sustainment training on the advanced FA tactical data system (AFATDS) via an automated network and save travel and training set-up/tear down time plus costs. ARNG units can use the Reserve...

On the German Art of War: Truppenfuhrung. (Book Review).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Editors Bruce Condell and David T. Zabecki, Foreword by James S. Corum, Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001. 303 pages. ISBN 1-55587-996-9. $57.00 There are a handful of books every student of the military art should read. On...