FA Journal articles from March 2002

FA Journal archives from March 2002

Looking back 200 years and forward to continue the legacy. (The Update Point).(Field Artillery)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, is celebrating its bicentennial. The Academy was founded in March 1802 largely due to the efforts of two distinguished Artillerymen: Henry Knox and Alexander Hamilton. West Point's...

Digitizing the Army for the objective force. (Interview).(Interview)
March 1, 2002... Lieutenant General Benjamin S. Griffin Deputy Chief of Staff, G8, Army Staff, and Former Commander of the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Q As the former commander of the 4th Infantry Division [Fort Hood, Texas], you have had a unique...

NetFires precision effects for the objective force.
March 1, 2002... Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is on a quest to change the military's culture and thinking about the nation's rapidly changing security environment. The recent actions in Afghanistan speak volumes on the reality of the changes in the...

The FCS-based force in future battle.(future combat systems)
March 1, 2002... The future is not as far away as we might think. During a recent experiment conducted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, soldiers, combat and concept developers, "Graybeards" and contractors caught a glimpse of future warfare. This article walks...

Direct and indirect fire: the Multi-Role Armament and Ammunition System (MRAAS) for the multi-mission FCS.
March 1, 2002... The following article describes one of several possible scenarios for the design and operation of the future combat systems (FCS) for the Objective Force. The technologies described in this article are still under development and have not been...

4th ID DCX II: the digitized division fights the COE OPFOR.(contemporary operational environment, opposing force)
March 1, 2002... The Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff have articulated a clear vision for the future transformed Army, and we are pursuing that vision. On 1 January 2001, the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) (4th ID), Fort Hood, Texas, was designated...

HIMARS for rapidly deployable rocket and missile fires.(high-mobility artillery rocket system)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... In the early 1990s, the Army recognized a deficiency in supporting light and early entry forces with rocket and missile fires. The high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) was developed to meet the requirement for a lighter weight, more...

AFATDS: what the commander needs to know about guidance in.(Fielding of the Advanced FA Tactical Data System )
March 1, 2002... Fielding of the Advanced FA Tactical Data System (AFATDS) began in 1997 and has continued throughout much of the Active Component (AC) and into the Reserve Component (RC). (See the article "ARNG [Army National Guard] Fielding AFATDS" by Major...

AFATDS gunnery: technical fire direction.(Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System)
March 1, 2002... "The mission of the Field Artillery is to destroy, neutralize or suppress the enemy by cannon, rocket and missile fires and to help integrate all fire support assets into combined arms operations.... The gunnery problem is an indirect fire...

Field artillery institutional transformation.
March 1, 2002... The strategic landscape has changed, and our Army is on an aggressive path of transformation to reshape how we train and fight. The emphasis is on the development of technologies that will enhance our forces' deployability, lethality, mobility,...

M270A1 an MLRS launcher with leap-ahead lethality.
March 1, 2002... In mid-February, the FA began fielding the multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) M270A1 launcher. The basic M270 launcher, first fielded in 1983, provided a quantum leap in the ability to ripple-fire 12 M26 rockets and (in 1990) two Block I Army...

Crusader: hammer for today, forge for the future.
March 1, 2002... Crusader is critical to transformation. The Army's new FA system contributes directly to the Chief of Staff of the Army's vision of an Objective Force that's responsive, deployable, agile, versatile, lethal, survivable and sustainable. The...

3d BCD, Korea, honors association chapter namesake.(3d Battlefield Coordination Detachment)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... On 9 February 2002, the 3d Battlefield Coordination Detachment (BCD), Korea, and VFW Post 180 hosted the Hill 180 Memorial Ceremony. The 500 attendees included COL Lewis L. Millett, US Army, Retired, and GEN Thomas A. Schwartz, CG, USFK. The...