FA Journal articles from September 2002

FA Journal archives from September 2002

The FA and the Objective Force--an uncertain but critical future.
September 1, 2002... We are an Army at war. We are also an Army postured for significant change. Both of these conditions inevitably bring uncertainty to our view of the future. In my last article, I stated the Field Artillery is absolutely essential today to...

Afghanistan: fire support for Operation Anaconda. (Interview).(Interview)
September 1, 2002... Major General Franklin L. Hagenbeck, Commanding General, 10th mountain division (light), Fort Drum, New York, and Commanding General, Coalition Joint Task Force Mountain in Afghanistan Major General Hagenbeck was the commander of ground...

Afghanistan: joint and coalition fire support in Operation Anaconda.
September 1, 2002... Field Artillery Mission Statement (Revised): "To destroy, neutralize or suppress the enemy by cannon, rocket and missile fires and to integrate all fires into joint and coalition operations." The ability of the United States to wage...

Counterfire in Afghanistan.
September 1, 2002... On 2 March 2002, Task Force Rakkasan, the 3d Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) with elements from both the 101st Airborne and 10th Mountain Divisions, assaulted into the Shah-e-Kot Valley in the Khowst-Gardez...

How to develop the best-ever fire support system.
September 1, 2002... Hammer Three Zero, this is COLT [combat observation lasing team] Three Zero. BRT [brigade reconnaissance troop] has identified 50 enemy vehicles moving north. Fire target group Hotel Three Mike, "At My Command," over. Roger, Hotel Three...

Improving the responsiveness and lethality of fires at the BCT level.
September 1, 2002... In recent years, fire supporters throughout the Army have struggled to maintain the edge against our number one demon--providing responsive fires. Many critics believe fire supporters have lost that edge and become unresponsive and ineffective,...

The close support battery in task force operations on the 21st century battlefield.
September 1, 2002... As the Army moves forward with transformation, many changes are affecting the combined arms team. One area in which we, as Field Artillerymen, cannot afford any lapse is the ability to provide effective, continuous fire support to the maneuver...

Krasnopol: a laser-guided projectile.
September 1, 2002... Technological advances in foreign precision weapons and their components are having a revolutionary impact on US combined arms doctrine and tactics. Currently there are three members of the family of advanced artillery munitions that are...

Improving close contact fires: dedicated batteries linked to parallel clearance of fires.
September 1, 2002... During the past few years, the fire support community has looked for ways to get fires back into the close fight. We developed essential fire support tasks (EFSTs), created the Striker concept and developed innumerable tactics, techniques and...

AVP: increasing laser target location accuracy at max ranges.(azimuth verification point)
September 1, 2002... One fire support observation at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, California, is that, too often, lasing teams inaccurately engage targets of opportunity with indirect fire. This occurs even when they use the highly range accurate...

Maneuver commander's guidance for fire support--what we really need.
September 1, 2002... Is it really fair to continue to tell our maneuver commanders that fires aren't right because the guidance they provide us is unsatisfactory? Granted, the maneuver commander is responsible for his fires. However, it's time for us to take a hard...