This study investigates the division artillery's ability to provide effective fire support at the Battle Command Training Program (BCTP) from 1992 through 1994 by analyzing exercises according to the four basic tasks of fire support. The five...
This study is an analysis of the close support artillery battalion in the Light Infantry Division (LID) and its relationship with the maneuver brigade. There is currently a debate over whether the maneuver brigade should have an organic artillery...
This monograph discusses how the field artillery should be organized and employed to provide close support to the heavy brigade on a mid to high intensity AirLand Battle-Future (ALBF) battlefield. The nature of the ALBF battlefield dictates that...
From April 2002 through August 2003, Major Darryl Rupp served as the division artillery (DIVARTY) intelligence officer for 3rd Infantry Division and, in this capacity, was involved in the DIVARTY-specific planning, at both home station and in...
The purpose of this monograph is to analyze the employment of fires brigades (FiB) in the global war on terror and determine if fires brigades are being utilized fully and in their doctrinal role. The US Army developed FiBs to replace the previous...
Under current fielding plans two FA brigades will reinforce committed divisions. Each brigade consists of two MLRS battalions (3X9) and one CRUSADER/PALADIN battalion (155mm, SP, 3X6). A division will be able to use its three cannon battalions as...
This monograph searches for an answer to the question: Does the current division artillery have the capability to perform both its direct support and counterfire missions effectively within the demands of AirLand Battle Doctrine? Historically the...
MAJ Josh Gillen served as the brigade communications officer (S6) for the 319th Airborne Field Artillery (FA) Regiment in Ramadi, Iraq during 203 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In the first of two February 2009 interviews,...
This study compares ammunition resupply doctrine for nondivisional units with the 75th FA Brigade experiences during Desert Storm. The intent is to analyze the reasons the 75th was nearly out of ammunition at the end of the war. A four step process...
From March to October 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Scott Gould served as commander of the 44th Chemical Company, 2nd Chemical Battalion, based at Taji, and was concerned principally with chemical, biological, radiological and...
From February through April 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major David Pasquale served as a redeployment planner for the 82nd Division Artillery (DIVARTY). In this interview, the first of three reference his Global War on Terrorism...
This ARTEP Mission Training Plan (MTP) is a descriptive training plan designed for to provide a complete tactical training and evaluation guide your unit. It provides guidance on "what to" as well as "how to" train. The specific details of your...
Since the attack on 11 September 2001 this Country has gone through a lot of changes President George Bush declared war on Iraq, with are armed forces already engaged in Afghanistan it became quite apparent that the reserve component would be a...
This study examines the implications of the evolution of technology on the employment of technology of the Field Artillery in Force XXI and beyond. Historically the Field Artillery has been the greatest killer on the battlefield. By 1870, according...
Five years after emerging victorious from World War II, the United States became embroiled in the Korean War. In August of 1950, despite the relative industrial and technological disadvantages suffered by the enemy North Korean Peoples’ Army, the...
In this second of two interviews, Major David Creasman discusses his deployment in the Ramadi area of Iraq as the intelligence officer for the division artillery (DIVARTY) of the 82nd Airborne Division from 2003 through 2004. A major challenge he...
From March 2003 through March 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Chaplain (Major) Dennis Hysom served as first the 4th Infantry Division's DIVARTY chaplain and then as the chaplain for the 104th Military Intelligence Battalion. In this...
From April 2003 through August 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Bobby Davis served initially (for three months) as the headquarters and headquarters battery (HHB) commander for 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, part of 1st...
Force development trends since the end of the Cold War have dictated a smaller, more lethal force that is capable of rapidly responding to a multitude of contingencies from a CONUS base - force projection. The tremendous growth in information and...
Colonel David C. Martino was the division artillery (DIVARTY) commander for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Mosul, Iraq from July 2003 until February 2004. During this time, the DIVARTY was primarily responsible under the Army of...