FA Journal articles from November 2001

FA Journal archives from November 2001

Transformation--The Way Ahead. (The Update Point).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... None of us will ever torget the attacks on our nation that occurred on 11 September 2001. The images of the World Trade Center collapsing and the smoke billowing from the Pentagon will forever play over again in our minds. So will the images of...

What is an American? (Letters to the Editor).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... This is an excerpt from a Veterans Day speech delivered by Major General (Retired) Leo J. Baxter, Lawton, Oklahoma, a former Chief of Field Artillery. He reports that his definition of an American was inspired by an anonymous definition that...

Fort Sill NCO Academy Supports Uzbek Army. (Letter to the Editor).
November 1, 2001... In three international exchange visits in 2001, the Fort Sill NCO Academy, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, supported the Uzbek Army's development of a professional NCO Corps by helping them establish an NCO educational system (NCOES). Personnel from the...

The Right Fire Supporters in the Right Positions send the Right Message.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Commanders of both the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery and 1st Cavalry Division Artillery at Fort Hood [Texas] made bold moves in keeping with "the azimuth" of Field Artillery modernization and transformation. In these division...

131A Targeting Technician Program Maturing. (Letters to the Editor).
November 1, 2001... It was very edifying to read your May-June edition with the theme of "Targeting: Lethal and Nonlethal." An important trend that readers may overlook is the evolution of the Field Artillery warrant officer Targeting Technician, MOS [Military...

Apply to USMA by 1 April. (Letters to the Editor).
November 1, 2001... The United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, is one of the world's premier institutes of leader development. Graduates not only receive a Bachelor of Science degree, but also a commission as a second lieutenant in the US...

Fires for the IBCT: A Mobile Infantry-Centric Force. (Interview).(Initial Brigade Combat Team )(Steven L. Bailey)
November 1, 2001... Commander of the 3d Initial Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) 2d Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington The Initial Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) is the first of the IBCTs being developed as part of the transformation of the Army into the...

Transforming Fires for the Objective Force.
November 1, 2001... The Field Artillery is decisively engaged in transforming fires on every axis of Army transformation: Legacy Force, Interim Force and Objective Force. (See Figure 1.) However, there are many questions about where the Field Artillery fits in the...

Counterfire for the IBCT.(Initial Brigade Combat Team)
November 1, 2001... The Initial Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) closes with and defeats enemy forces using dismounted infantry in a combined arms environment. A key capability that allows the IBCT's infantry to conduct operations is protection from enemy counterfire....

2002 Field Artillery Author's Guide.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Readership. A bimonthly magazine, Field Artillery is the professional journal for US Army and Marine Corps Redlegs worldwide. Approximately 40 percent of our readership is company-grade, both officer and enlisted, with the remaining 60 percent...

Echeloning Fires: Breaking Bad Training Habits.
November 1, 2001... Over the years, many articles have been written about echeloning fires. Most Field Artillery Fire Supporters and their Infantry brethren can recite the 6-5-4-3 rule. This rule (in hundreds of meters) refers to the minimum safe distances (MSDs)...

Field Artillery: Digital Photo Shooter's Guide.
November 1, 2001... The revolution of the "battalion digital camera" now in progress allows units to take and instantly download action photos of their latest training exercise or deployment to briefing slides, home pages and reports or to make inexpensive color...

September 11th Images of Terroism and Courage.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... "Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The sight of planes flying into buildings, fires burning and huge structures collapsing filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger. ...

Junior Officers: The Thinning Ranks.
November 1, 2001... The Army faces a growing crisis as increasing numbers of junior officers are opting to leave the Army. (See Figure 1.) In the mid- to late- 1990s and the early part of this new century, captains are choosing to return to civilian life rather...

Information Operations in Bosnia.
November 1, 2001... During Stabilization Force (SFOR) 9 in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Operation Joint Forge), the American-led Multi-National Division (North), as abbreviated MND(N),used information operations (IO) to accomplish its mission. The division's mission was to...

Restructuring Gunnery in the Captains Career Course.
November 1, 2001... "The scheme of fires was totally out of synch with the scheme of maneuver." "There was no focus of fires." "Fires were not timely." "Volume of fire was not sufficient." How many times have artilleryman heard these comments during after-action...

7th FA on D-Day at Omaha Beach: First to Fire.(Field Artillery)
November 1, 2001... The Enemy and Situation: "The 7th Field Artillery Battalion was assigned the mission of supporting the 16th Infantry in its assault on the northern Normandy coast in the vicinity of Collevillie-sur-Mer, 6 June 1944. This landing was...

Low-Angle Fires for MOUT.(military operations in urban terrain)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Few FA doctrine and literature sources mention fire direction in military operations in urban terrain (MOUT). However, the fire direction procedures for determining intervening crests in the mountainous terrain of the Mojave Desert at the...

Wearing the Scarlet Stripe. (News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Wherever Artillerymen gather, they sooner or later will be addressed by the sobriquet "Redleg." The question often arises as to the origin of the term. In spite of many fanciful stories, the truth may be found firmly planted in Army...

Major General Catao appointed FA Association Liaison. (News).
November 1, 2001... Major General Rui Alves Catao, Brazil's Military Attache to the United States, has agreed to serve as the U.S. Field Artillery Association's Foreign Military Liaison. In this capacity, General Catao will be the Association's advocate among...

September 11th: Soldiers Doing the RightThing.
November 1, 2001... Brigadier General (Promotable) "Fuzzy" Webster is the Army's Director of Training in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (ODCSOPS). On September 11th, he was in his office at the Pentagon. In an interview with Field...

Proud Americans Restore 175-mm Gun Tube for Museum.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Former members of the Proud Americans 2d Battalion, 32d Field Artillery (2-32 FA), the first heavy artillery unit in the Vietnam War (November 1965), recently restored a 175-mm gun tube and donated it to the museum at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. 2-32...