FA Journal articles from March 2006

FA Journal archives from March 2006

Modularity update: transforming the FA.(Army's Joint Fires Coordinator (JFCOORD))
March 1, 2006... The Field Artillery is transforming for the future, but our mission endures: provide all-weather, 24/7, responsive, effective fires in support of our ground forces. And in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), we execute that mission daily. ...

Second Battle of Fallujah--urban operations in a new kind of war.(Interview)
March 1, 2006... As Commanding General of I MEF, LtGen Sattler commanded the joint and coalition forces at the second Battle of Fallujah in Iraq from 8 to 20 November 2004. Fallujah is about 40 kilometers west of Baghdad on the Euphrates River and has a...

NLOS cannon: meeting the demands of future combat.(non-line-of-sight cannon)
March 1, 2006... When Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld terminated the Crusader 155-mm self-propelled howitzer program in May 2002, he told the Army to accelerate development of the future combat system (FCS) cannon, properly known as the non-line-of-sight...

TF Geronimo COLT in OEF thwarts attacks: an FO's dream.(Combat Observation Lasing Team)(Task Force)
March 1, 2006... While operating in the austere mountainous border region of southern Khowst Province, Afghanistan, the Combat Observation Lasing Team (COLT) of Task Force Geronimo, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, thwarted attacks on a border...

FA TOC as a base defense operations center in OIF.(Field Artillery Tactical Operations Center, Operation Iraqi Freedom; Base Defense Operation Centers explained)
March 1, 2006... The Field Artillery (FA) tactical operations center (TOC) always has been a source of pride for most direct support (DS) battalions. In many instances, it has defined the commander's and his staff's effectiveness to plan and direct his units in...

4th Brigade, 75th Division as the Defense Coordinating Element for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
March 1, 2006... On 26 August 2005, three days before Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the Gulf coast region, the 4th Brigade, 75th Division (Training Support), Fort Sill, Oklahoma, was notified to deploy the Defense Coordinating Officer and Defense...

The Tet Offensive 1968.
March 1, 2006... Editor's Note: This article is the first half of "Part V: The Hot War, 1968, The Tet Offensive" of a monograph about the role of Field Artillery in Vietnam (Parts I through VII) published in a series of 14 articles by General Ott in the Field...

Show-of-presence aircraft to secure Afghan elections: planning and assessing them.(Combined Joint Task's 76 air support )
March 1, 2006... One of the first questions asked about the October 2004 Afghan presidential elections was, "Did the use of aircraft in the 'Show-of-Presence' (1) role work?" Specifically, "Did air presence achieve the Combined Joint Task Force 76's...

Fort Sill's SMART Lab provides unique capabilities.
March 1, 2006... The Systems Modeling, Analysis, Requirements and Test (SMART) Laboratory brings a unique capability to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Deploying and non-deploying active Army, National Guard and Marine units can use its resident functions and in-house...

Afghanistan: CJTF-76 joint fires board in OEF 04-06.(combined joint task force, Operation Enduring Freedom)
March 1, 2006... You are assigned to the fires and effects cell (FEC) at the combined joint task force (CJTF) level as a fire support officer (FSO). There are two regional commands and a task force (TF) within your area of responsibility (AOR), each with its...

Master Trainer Course--ABCS interoperability.(Army Battle Command System training course offered at Fort Sill, OK)
March 1, 2006... The Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Product Manager (PdM) Fire Support Command and Control ([C.sup.2]) New Equipment Training Team (NETT) at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, is offering a new course that teaches how to integrate the Army battle...

Battalion reset: infantry, artillery or both?(experience of 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infanntry Division from Fort Lewis Washington after deployment in Iraq )
March 1, 2006... On 3 November 2004, the 3rd Brigade (Stryker), 2nd Infantry Division (3/2 ID), finished the first Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT) combat tour in Iraq and returned to Fort Lewis, Washington. Veterans of 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery...

Celebrating Saint Barbara.
March 1, 2006... The Connecticut Redlegs Chapter celebrated Saint Barbara with the 192 Veterans Association on 4 Dec 2005. Robert Daly, left, Timothy Yahn, James Caporizo III, Giuseppe Pampena, Stanley Sandlock, Anthony Uva, Anthony Mammola, Thomas Bria, and...