FA Journal articles from July 2001

FA Journal archives from July 2001

Field Artillery.(deployment in battle)
July 1, 2001... Relevant, Trained and Ready...Two Years Later On the eve of my departure as your Chief of Field Artillery and Commandant of the Field Artillery School, I want to refer to my first "From the Firebase" column in the September-October 1999...

Transforming the Force--From Korea to Today.(Major General (Retired) Robert H. Scales, Jr.)(Interview)
July 1, 2001... Q As both a participant and historian, what did you learn front the post-Cold War transformation of the Army and how does that apply to the transformation today? A First, I believe the premise of your question is incorrect--the process of...

World War I: Joint Fires in the East African Campaign.(creative use of artillery in war)
July 1, 2001... Current military thinking increasingly emphasizes "jointness" with leaders required to employ manoeuverist principles and "think outside the box." Some hold the view that these are relatively new developments--or at least have come to...

Spanish Civil WAr: The German Kondor Legion A Firepower Force Package in Combat.
July 1, 2001... Under a punishing July sun, Feldwebel Schmidt peered through his field glasses at the black beetle-like form emerging from a cloud of dense red dust. "Target identified! Russian tank. Direction--2300 mils. Range--500 meters. Gunner,...

American Civil War: "The Fatal Blunder of the Day".(artillery deployment at Bull Run)
July 1, 2001... The Artillery Fight at the First Battle of Bull Run "It was at this time that McDowell [the Federal commander], committed, as I think, the fatal blunder of the day by ordering both Ricketts' and Griffin's batteries to cease firing and move...

Observations of a [1946] Battery Commander.(Reprint)
July 1, 2001... This article is reprinted from the July 1946 The Field Artillery Journal, Vol. 36, No. 7, Pages 403-5. The note from the 1946 Editor, Colonel Devere Armstrong, introducing the article follows: Nothing is quite so sobering or satisfying as the...

Leading From The Front and By Example.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The US Army is a unique, demanding and rewarding profession. Many tasks in our profession are crucial for the freedom of our country and allies. Therefore, any decision made by a soldier could be a matter of life, death or national security....

Confession s of a [Once] Artillery Lieutenant.(an army officer's mistakes)
July 1, 2001... It has been said that a wise man learns from his mistakes, but a wiser man learns from the mistakes of others. I want to confess three mistakes I made as a young artillery officer long ago (now that the statute of limitations has run out), in...

Eyes of Artillery: The Origins of Modern US Army Aviation in World War II.(Review)
July 1, 2001... Edgar F. Raines, Jr., Washington, DC: Center of Military History, 2000, 372 Pages (GPO Stock No. 008-029-003562). $43.00. Innovation is the razor's edge of war. In Normandy during the bloody fighting of the summer of 1944, one crucial...

Researching FA and DoD Current and Historical Information.(field artillery and Department of Defense information sources)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... 1. FieldArtillery Magazines On Line. We are in the process of putting entire editions of the magazine on line for researchers to download in pdf format: sill-www.army.mil/famag. As of the publication of this magazine, we had magazines on line...

Tuzla to Cortina From Peacekeeping to Warfighting.(warfighting training program)
July 1, 2001... "Training is the cornerstone of readiness and the basis for credible deterrence and capable defense. Training is the means by which the Army's quality soldiers and leaders develop their warfighting proficiency and exercise the collective...

MLRS Live-Fire Qualification Through Multi-Echelon Training.(multiple-launch rocket system training)
July 1, 2001... At Fort Sill, Oklahoma, multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) battalion commanders found themselves in a dilemma about how to optimize personnel, time and training areas and still meet live-fire qualification standards. As personnel shortages...