FA Journal articles from May 2002

FA Journal archives from May 2002

FA essential to current and future force success. (The Update Point).(field artillery)(Column)
May 1, 2002... The Field Artillery is absolutely essential today to the success of our joint forces and the Army's combined arms team--and will continue to be in the future. Some have confused discussions about the viability of any particular weapons system...

NCOs, stay in your lane--the Army needs you there. (Interview).(non-commissioned officers)(Interview)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... Sergeant Major of the Army Jack L. Tilley Army Staff at the Pentagon Q. NCOs play what role and have what responsibilities in the Transformation of the Army? A. The Army's Transformation encompasses far more than just the...

The platoon sergeant and his lieutenant: who does what?(United States Army)
May 1, 2002... A sergeant in the Army, if he's a squad leader or tank commander, is a commander just like an officer no difference whatever. It's just the smallest tactical element. General William E. DePuy As Commanding General, Training and...

So, you want to be a Master Gunner?(artillery training suggested by the Field Artillery School, Oklahoma)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... In 1995, the Master Gunner positions first were authorized at the Field Artillery Division Artillery, Brigade and Battalion levels. In early 1999, the Chief of Field Artillery tasked the Gunnery Department and the then Warfighting Integration...

The first sergeant.(Lawrence "Bud" McCarren)(Column)
May 1, 2002... First commands never can be duplicated nor can the First Sergeants and other NCOs who went with them. In the late 1950s, First Sergeant Lawrence "Bud" McCarren was the "Topkick" of B Battery, 5th Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, part of the 4th...

"Welcome aboard, sergeant major".(job description)
May 1, 2002... Undoubtedly, the most important interpersonal relationship in any battalion is that of the commander and the command sergeant major (CSM). As the two most senior leaders in the battalion, they will have nearly a half century of experience...

Reversing a negative trend: the M981 FIST-V on deadline.(artillery equipment)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
May 1, 2002... Whether in the motor pool or on the battlefield, there is a common negative trend among a number of FA units: deadlined M981 fire support team vehicles (FIST- Vs). The FIST-V is an M113 chassis with a laser designator rangefinder (LDR) and...

Enlisted redlegs: take charge of your career.(enlisted personnel management system)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... Transformation is occurring across the full spectrum of Army systems. Our active duty enlisted personnel management system (EPMS) is undergoing changes to move forward with advances in technology and information management. These changes will...

The battalion fire control NCO.(non-commissioned officer)(Column)
May 1, 2002... My first experience with the Field Artillery battalion fire control NCO (FCNCO) was as a young soldier in a battery fire direction center (FDC) during the battalion "Best FDC Competition." I was the FDC advance party man in a 105-mm battery and...

"So, FSO, did we integrate our mortars effectively?".(fire support officers)(Column)
May 1, 2002... All maneuver units require indirect fires to win battles. Mortar sections and platoons provide the maneuver commander responsive indirect fires in the close fight. Military history has repeatedly demonstrated the effectiveness of mortars....

FA school library named after Master Sergeant Morris Swett.(Morris Swett Technical Library)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... In October 1968, the US Army Artillery and Missile Center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, renamed its "Technical Library" in Room 16 of Snow Hall "Morris J. Swett" after a retired Master Sergeant who devoted more than 40 years to the library. Morris...

NCOs and values-based decision making.(non-commissioned officers)(related article: The Rational Decision-Making Model)
May 1, 2002... In the "Army of One," senior leaders look to the NCO Corps to embrace a value system that develops character and to lead soldiers. The Army depends on its NCOs to create the environment and set the tempo for success in full-spectrum operations....

Desert Fire: the Diary of a Gulf War Gunner. (Redleg Review).
May 1, 2002... Andrew Gillespie, South Yorkshire, England: Leo Cooper, 2001. 248 Pages. ISBN 0-85052-7953. $25.86 This is a rare find--a book tailor-made for the professional development of young commissioned and noncommissioned officers. Desert Fire...

The Maneuver Shooter Program: multiplying the efficiency of indirect fires.(United States Army)
May 1, 2002... The lieutenant was used to being this close to his adversaries, but never this vulnerable. The desert's topography offered no security. He and his soldiers were as easily visible to .the three BMPs as they were to him. One glance from the BMPs...

2002 History Writing Contest winners.(FA Journal)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... First Place--"Bombarding the Marianas: Joint Fires at the Strategic, Operational and Tactical Levels" by Major Prisco R. Hernandez, ARNG Second Place--"A Contest of Contrasts: The Principle of Dislocation and the Artillery Fight at the...

Bombarding the Marianas: joint fires at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. (World War II).
May 1, 2002... The war was lost when the Marianas were taken away from Japan and when we heard the B-29s were coming out... we had nothing in Japan that we could use against such a weapon. Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Commander-in-Chief of Japanese...

A contest of contrasts: the principle of dislocation and the artillery fight at the Battle of Chancellorsville. (The Civil War).(United States history)
May 1, 2002... I doubt if the history of modern armies can exhibit a parallel instance of such palpable crippling of a great arm of the service in the very presence of a powerful enemy, to over come whom would require every energy of all arms under the most...

How artillery beat Rommel after Kasserine. (World War II).(the Red Fox)
May 1, 2002... Two great feats of the US Army Artillery in World War II were the February 1943 emergency forced march of the 9th Infantry Division Artillery (Div Arty) into Tunisia, North Africa, and the division's resulting victory in the battle against a...