FA Journal articles from January 2006

FA Journal archives from January 2006

Reflecting on 2005 and looking ahead to 2006: thank you Field Artillerymen.(Army's Joint Fires Coordinator (JFCOORD))
January 1, 2006... At the beginning of a new year, people around the world pause to reflect upon the past year and look to the year ahead. As I look back, I see the actions of dedicated, flexible and creative Field Artillery Soldiers and Marines executing many...

Responses to: "Patriot fratricides--the human dimension lessons of Operation Iraqi Freedom".(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2006... Today We Can Automate Complex Procedures From a networked fires perspective, the author Dr. John K. Hawley [of the article in this edition] brings up a point we must address. Where and how much human intervention is required in any fires...

Response to: "is it time for the ADA and FA to merge?".(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2006... The article by our Assistant Commandant (AC), Colonel (Promotable) Mark McDonald, in this edition is certainly most interesting and thought-provoking--and may well indeed foretell the future. But I believe there is a fallacy underlying the...

Response to: "TF 2-2 IN FSE AAR--indirect fires in the battle of Fallujah".(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2006... I read the article in the March-April 2005 issue with great interest and, in part, with utter amazement. It appears, from the article, that the new artillery tactics are to leave behind the ability to mass fires by deploying batteries with task...

NetFires Center of Excellence: an exciting place to be.(Interview)
January 1, 2006... Q What do you see as the strengths of the Air Defense Artillery [ADA] and Field Artillery [FA]? Is it time to merge the two branches? If so, why and in what time frame? If not, why not? A Before I answer, I want to say that the Lennoxes...

2005 Hamilton Award winner: B/2-162 FA, 192nd SIB, PRANG.
January 1, 2006... B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 162nd Field Artillery (B/2-162 FA), Puerto Rico Army National Guard (PRARNG), has won the Alexander Hamilton Best ARNG Battery Award for 2005. Captain Jose J. Cruzado commands the battery with NCO leader First Sergeant...

Is it time for the ADA and FA to merge?(Field Artillery)(Air Defense Artillery)(Cover story)
January 1, 2006... This is the question that's constantly being asked at all echelons. Why would such a question even be posed? After all, Field Artillery (FA) is all about force application and Air Defense Artillery (ADA) is all about force protection--we all...

The recognition-primed decision model: an alternative to the MDMP for GWOT.(Global War On Terrorism)(military decision-making process)
January 1, 2006... The 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (3rd IBCT), 10th Mountain Division, was activated on 16 September 2004 at Fort Drum, New York. The brigade's 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment (4-25 FAR), organized along modular lines, is its...

Field Artillery Cannon Systems update.
January 1, 2006... The Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) System Manager-Cannon (TSM-Cannon), Fort Sill, Oklahoma, maintains current cannon programs and develops relevant and ready systems to support the future military. TSM-Cannon's mission is to be the...

Patriot fratricides: the human dimension lessons of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
January 1, 2006... This article identifies network design and operator-controller training problems that have implications for networked-centric operations in the future combat system (FCS) Army. This article is courtesy of the Air Defense Artillery magazine and...

2005 Knox Award winner: A/2-17 FA, 2nd ID.(BEST OF THE BEST)
January 1, 2006... A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery (A/2-17 FA), Paladin, 2d Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 2nd Infantry Division (2nd ID), Fort Carson, Colorado, is the winner of the 2005 Henry A. Knox Best Active Component (AC) Battery Award. A/2-17...

2005 Gruber Award winner: SFC Craig A. Brown, HHB/1-319 AFAR, 82nd Abn Div.(INNOVATIVE BEST)
January 1, 2006... Sergeant First Class (SFC) Craig A. Brown, Headquarters Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment (HHB/1-319 AFAR), 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has won the US Army Field Artillery's Gruber...

Networked fires.
January 1, 2006... Network-centric warfare (NCW) broadly describes the combination of strategies; emerging tactics, techniques and procedures; and organizations that a fully, or even partially, networked force can employ to create a decisive warfighting...

The task force FSO in a model for full-spectrum planning.(fire support officer )
January 1, 2006... The fire support officer (FSO) always has been a crucial player in a maneuver battalion task force's ability to synchronize combat power at the critical time and place on the battlefield. As the US enters the fourth year of fighting the Global...

Training ARNG FA units for full-spectrum operations.(Army National Guard Field Artillery )(Column)
January 1, 2006... The Marcalastan commander never had led his battery through an urban environment before. Intelligence estimates assured him the town was not a threat and the local MP [military police] battalion had secured the host nation's refueling point in...

The FSO's AO database for the Stryker company.
January 1, 2006... A platoon leader in a new Stryker reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition (RSTA) troop deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) is tasked to meet with local inhabitants and search some buildings in a particular part of the troop's...

Iraq's first Saint Barbara inductees.
January 1, 2006... "Are you Infantrymen or Artillerymen?" The question often is asked of members of 4th Battalion, 11th Field Artillery (4-11 FA), known as Task Force (TF) Thunder. The TF commander Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Scott G. Wuestner answers, "We're both;...

FA school & FA SMES directory.(Directory)
January 1, 2006... (580) 442-xxxx or DSN 639-xxxx As of 1 January 2006 Command Group, Fort Sill http://www.sill.army.mil Chief of Field Artillery MG David C. Ralston redleg@sill.army.mil 3006/3709 FAX 4700 CSM of the Field...

Air Force Met data online--viable secondary source for FA fires.
January 1, 2006... In response to questions from the field, the Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, conducted an informal study of the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) meteorological (Met) data and validated that the data is a viable secondary Met source...