FA Journal articles from November 1 2000

FA Journal archives from November 1 2000

50-Year Commemoration: Marine Artillery in Korea.(appeared in Marine Corps Gazette, November 1952)
November 1, 2000... Ed: This article is a reprint of one by the same name that appeared in the Marine Corps Gazette, November 1952. The author was a Writer/Researcher of the Historical Branch, G-3, Headquarters, US Marine Corps, Washington, DC. The article...

[F.sup.2][C.sup.2] Experiments for Rapid Transformation to Effects-Based Fires.
November 1, 2000... Several forces are interacting to shape the transformation of the Field Artillery to an effects-based, information-centric system-of-systems. Rapid technological advances, asymmetric or uncertain threats, complex operational environments and...

I Corps Artillery.(Total Force fire support )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... I Corps Artillery, ARNG, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, continues to provide Total Force fire support to I Corps--America's Corps. Readiness and a focus on realistic training were our goals for the year. I Corps Artillery remains...

III Corps Artillery.(Fort Sill, Oklahoma)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The IIId Armored Corps Artillery Phantom Thunder at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, is the Army's largest and most powerful concentration of artillery. This year, III Corps excelled in planning, training and executing potential contingency war plan...

V Corps Artillery.(Schwetzigen, Germany)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... V Corps Artillery, with its new headquarters in Schwetzigen, Germany, continues its tradition of focusing on the fundamentals, providing fire support for all V Corps operations, conducting joint/multinational training and leading the way in...

XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery.(Fort Bragg, North Carolina)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The XVIIIth Airborne Corps Artillery, Dragonfire, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, continues to maintain a crisis response artillery force that is manned, equipped and trained to deploy by air, sea, land and parachute assault anywhere in the...

Field Artillery Training Command.(Fort Sill, Oklahoma)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The FA Training Command at Fort Sill, Oklahoma--home of the "King of Battle"--heads into the 21St century on target. We continue to prepare leaders, soldiers and Marines to be the best in providing fire support. Our vision of "Cutting Edge...

4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The Iron Gunners of the 4th Infantry Div Arty, Fort Hood, Texas, maintained another fast-paced, exciting year as we led the FA and Army into the 21st century. This year, we participated in two Warfighter exercises, Ulchi Focus Lens 2000 and...

10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The Mountain Thunder Redlegs of the 10th Mountain Division Artillery at Fort Drum, NewYork, completed an exciting and rewarding year of training. Our focus on task force training paid tremendous dividends in maintaining our warfighting...

25th Infantry Division (Light) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 25th Infantry Division (Light) Artillery, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, executed a wide variety of challenging training in diverse environments with excellence. Tropic Lightning Redlegs safely and accurately delivered over 14,000 rounds in...

28th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... This year's most dynamic training exercise for the 28th Div Arty, PAARNG, was the V Corps War-fighter at Grafenwoehr, Germany. This exercise provided the opportunity to train with USAREUR units and control the fires of two reinforcing FA...

29th Infantry Division (Light) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 29th Division (Light) Artillery with its headquarters part of the VAARNG, consists of units located in three states: 1-246 FA, E/111 FA and the 129th FAD in Virginia; 2-110 FA in Maryland; and 2-192 FA in Connecticut. The Div Ary maintained...

34th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 34th Red Bull Div Arty--Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin ARNG--continues to strive to be the best Div Arty in the ARNG. Unit readiness, challenging training, external battery qualification lanes and the deployment of E/151 FA (TA) to Kosovo in...

35th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 35th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery, the Santa Fe Division Artillery (Kansas, Illinois and Kentucky Army National Guard) had an extremely busy year. The Div Arty conducted multiple ATs, supported the 35th Infantry Division...

38th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 38th Div Arty, with its head quarters in the Indiana National Guard, conducted decentralized training during the year. 3-139 conducted section lane training during AT at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. Many personnel from 3-139 FA were...

40th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... It was another challenging and exciting year for the artillery of the Sunburst Division--40th Infantry Division (Mechanized), California Army National Guard. The focus this year was on improving section-and battery-level proficiency while at...

42d Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The Redlegs of the 42d Infantry Division (Mechanized), headquartered out of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, started the new millennium with an exciting training year. Throughout the year, 1-101 FA (155-mm self propelled) out of New Bedford,...

49th Armored Division Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... TYOO was the year for the 49th Armored Div Arty of the TXARNG to mass fires. This year all cannon batteries deployed to Fort Bliss for AT at Dona Ana in New Mexico. Our multi-component 2-131 FA (MLRS) had a challenging year, integrating B...

82d Airborne Division Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 82d Div Arty, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, maintains its ability to deploy with no notice worldwide and synchronize lethal and non-lethal fires in support of the 82d Airborne Division. The Div Arty Headquarters demonstrated its...

101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Artillery, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, trained under demanding and realistic conditions at every opportunity this year. Soldiers of the Div Arty supported several operational contingencies, including in...

10th Marine Regiment.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... As the 2d Marine Division's Arm of Decision, the 10th Marines, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, achieve excellence in tactical proficiency and operational readiness. This year, elements of the regiment were forward deployed around the world, from...

11th Marine Regiment.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 11th Marines Cannon Cockers, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California, (1/11, 2/11 and 5/11) and one battalion (3/11) at Twentynine Palms, California, supported many deployments, exercises, technological demonstrations and...

12th Marine Regiment.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 12th Marine Regiment, the Marine Corps' forward-deployed artillery regiment, is headquartered on Okinawa, Japan, with one battalion in Okinawa and one in Hawaii. This year, elements of the 12th Marines trained on mainland Japan, in Okinawa,...

14th Marine Regiment.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 14th Marines, with its headquarters at Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas, is the Marine Corps' largest regiment and the only Marine Reserve artillery regiment. Widely dispersed over 19 sites in 13 states, the...

3d Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery, Fort Stewart, Georgia, started the year focused on training more than 4,500 soldiers for Stabilization Force (SFOR) 8 and 9 Bosnia rotations, while simultaneously maintaining its warfighting...

2d Infantry Division Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 2d Infantry Div Arty remains the US Army's most forward-deployed, protecting Freedom's Frontier with our South Korean allies. As the ground component commander's counterfire headquarters, the 2d Div Arty synchronizes the fires of a...

1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... From freedom's forward boundary in Kosovo, to the mud of Hohenfels, to the wheat fields of Fort Riley, Kansas, the nation's oldest Div Arty, Drum fire Artillery, with it headquarters in Germany, spent the year providing accurate and timely...

1st Cavalry Division Artillery.(Fort Hood, Texas)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The 1st Cavalry Division Artillery Red Team located at Fort Hood, Texas, completed another fast-paced and exciting year with many of our Redlegs participating in division and corps-level Warfighters, assuming the Forces Command (FORSCOM)...

1st Armored Division Artillery.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Entering a new millennium, the Iron Steel Redlegs of the 1st Armored Div Arty, headquartered in Germany, continue to serve on point for the nation with elements deployed in support of missions in Kosovo and Kuwait. In addition, the Div Arty...

Effects-Based Fires.
November 1, 2000... The Future of Fire Support Coordination and Execution Effects-based fires is the overarching concept of the Field Artillery Vision. It has the potential to shape the Field Artillery's modernization efforts and the branch's contribution to...

State of the Field Artillery 2000: Looking Ahead to the Objective Force.
November 1, 2000... What will the Field Artillery look like in the year 2035? What will be our weapons systems? How will our battalions be organized--will we be organized around battalions, division artilleries, FA brigades and corps artilleries? What doctrine...