FA Journal articles from September 2005

FA Journal archives from September 2005

MG Ralston becomes 36th Chief of Field Artillery.(Major General David C. Ralston)
September 1, 2005... On 4 August Major General David P. Valcourt, the Commandant of the Field Artillery School, Commanding General of Fort Sill and 35th Chief of Field Artillery, gave up command to Major General David C. Ralston. General Ralston's most recent...

FKN wins army-wide award.(Fires Knowledge Network)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... In a ceremony on 9 September, the online Fires Knowledge Network (FKN) development team presented the Commandant of the Field Artillery School, Major General David C. Ralston, the trophy that recognizes FKN as the most outstanding knowledge...

Fort Sill's new AC and DCO: Colonel Mark McDonald.
September 1, 2005... In a reveille ceremony on 25 July at the flagpole in front of McNair Hall, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, the Field Artillery said "Goodbye" to the FA School Assistant Commandant (AC) and Deputy Commanding General (DCG) Brigadier General Mark A. Graham...

The 1st Cav in Baghdad: counterinsurgency EBO in dense urban terrain.(effects-based operations)(Interview)
September 1, 2005... Major General Pete Chiarelli, Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, deployed America's First Team to serve as part of the MND-B in Baghdad for OIF II from March 2004 until March 2005. "Task Force Baghdad" conducted...

A soldier's story: SPC Brenda Medina, M240B Gunner in the 5th BCT Commander's PST, 1st Cav, OIF II.
September 1, 2005... Specialist (SPC) Brenda G. Medina, 20 years old, from Vacaville, California, was an M240B Gunner and member of the Personal Security Team (PST) guarding a high-payoff target against insurgent attacks during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. SPC...

[D.sup.3]A in an urban environment: 1st Cav counterstrike operations in Iraq.
September 1, 2005... As the 75th Field Artillery Brigade learned during its support of the 1st Cavalry Division (1st Cav) in MultiNational Division (MND)-Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 11, fire supporters face many challenges delivering effects on...

JAGOG: training air-ground combat prowess at the NTC and JRTC.(Joint Air-Ground Operations Group, National Training Center, Joint Readiness Training Center)
September 1, 2005... On 5 July, the USAF renamed the Air Ground Operations School (AGOS) at Nellis AFB, Nevada, the Joint Air-Ground Operations Group (JAGOG). (1) This reflects a USAF move to reinforce the unit's joint air-ground training mission and that the...

1st Cav: engineering countermobility for insurgent indirect fires and mobility for Coalition Forces.
September 1, 2005... On 21 February 2005, an Army-Marine combat operation systematically destroyed the far and near bridgeheads on a key enemy smuggling and infiltration route across the Euphrates River near Baghdad. The operation eliminated the anti-Iraqi forces'...

2005 Field Artillery Photo Contest Winners' Gallery.
September 1, 2005... Winners 1st Place, Combat -- Howitzer Battery, 1-278 Regimental Combat Team (RCT), Tennessee Army National Guard, fires a round from an M109A6 155-mm howitzer (Paladin) during a fire mission at Jisr-Naft, Iraq. Photo by SSG Russell Klika,...

Counterstrike at the NTC: reversing negative trends.(National Training Center)
September 1, 2005... The CD brought back from the suspected insurgent's house included several digital movie clips, obviously filmed by the enemy or one of his supporters. Complete with Arabic martial music and the recorded voice of the photographer, the clip on...

A soldier's story.
September 1, 2005... Specialist (SPC) Shaun P. Hancock, 26 years old, from Salem, Ohio, served in dual roles as an Infantry Squad Member and Fire Direction Center (FDC) Crewmember in A Battery, 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery (A/1-21 FA) (Multiple-Launch Rocket...

Joint fires observer.
September 1, 2005... The USA and United States Marine Corps (USMC) have identified the need to provide close air support (CAS) training to forward observers (FOs), reconnaissance marines and special operators to better prepare them to assist in the control of...

Two-level maintenance: modularity and the transformation of Army maintenance.
September 1, 2005... Today's Army is transforming because of the pressures of strategic challenges, combat experiences and technological changes. The goal of the Ordnance Corps' Task Force Modularity is to restructure Army maintenance so tactical-level combat units...

Master Gunner Division created.(Directorate Of Training & Doctrine, FA School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The Commandant of the FA School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, recently approved the creation of a Master Gunner Division to support FA Master Gunners in units throughout the force. The Master Gunner Division will work under the Director of the...

A company FSO's IO experiences in OIF III.(fire support officers' Information operations, Operation Iraqi Freedom)
September 1, 2005... Information operations (IO) and effects-based operations (EBO) were new terms to many students when I attended the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in the summer of 2004. As eager lieutenants ready to deliver the...

Mobilizing a transforming force: 32d Division Redlegs in The Great War.
September 1, 2005... Wherever the batteries of the 32d were located they stood their ground and fired shot-for-shot with the Germans. If rumors were true, they also fired at targets in enemy territory which had never been shelled before. G. W. Garlock,...

USFAA Scholarships Awarded for 2005.
September 1, 2005... The US Field Artillery Association announces the six winners of the annual undergraduate academic or vocational scholarships and congratulates them on their outstanding accomplishments. 2005 Scholarships. The six $1,000 scholarships were...