The American Army's current fleet of self-propelled howitzers is largely outmoded and at its limit, due to space and weight constraints, to be upgraded. This fire power shortfall is the impetus behind development of a new self-propelled howitzer...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
The commander of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Newell and his Task Force 2-2 participated in the November 2004 combined-joint operation, known as Phantom Fury (Al Fajr), to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah....
During November 2004's Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) in Fallujah, Iraq, Captain James Cobb served as the fire support officer for 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment. Attached to Marine Regimental Combat Team 7 for purposes of this...
A recent addition to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment as the onset of Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) neared, Captain Christopher Lacour served as the assistant fire support officer during this decisive November 2004 urban fight to retake the...
Attached to Task Force 2-2 Infantry during Operation Phantom Fury, Captain Chris Boggiano was the 2nd Platoon leader in the 1st Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop and, in this November 2004 urban assault to retake the Iraqi city...
Assigned to III Corps headquarters and based at Camp Victory in Baghdad from January 2004 through February 2005, Major Sean Tracy served as the joint fires and effects planner and was attached to the G3 plans shop. During his deployment, he was...
Between July 2004 and June 2005, Lieutenant Colonel Ken Adgie served as the operations officer (S3) for the 1st Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team. In this capacity, he was intimately involved in the planning and force packaging for...
In command of 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 2-63 Armor - attached to Task Force 2-2 Infantry, specifically the Brigade Reconnaissance Troop, for purposes of November 2004's Operation Phantom Fury (Al Fajr) - Captain Neil Prakash was in charge of two...
Major John Casper was the operations officer for Task Force 1-26 Infantry during the Easter Sunday Battle of Samarra in April 2004. Casper describes the background of the battle, including the challenges of supervising a Shi'a religious festival in...
From the inception of the Near Term Prepositioning Ships (NTPS) in 1980 to the enhanced Maritime Prepositioning Force, MPF(E), and the Army Flotilla, the sea basing idea has been extensively explored but not yet achieved. The refusal of Turkey to...
The purpose of this monograph is to answer the question; are current techniques and doctrine for fire support development capable of overcoming the challenges posed by future MOUT warfare? In doing so this monograph will explore current and future...
In this first of two interviews, Major Rafael Saenz talks about commanding Alpha Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery in Ad Dawr, Iraq, from April 2003 through March 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He discusses the nightmare of...
In this second of two interviews, Major Sean Williams talks about commanding Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 321st Field Artillery around Tikrit, Iraq from November 2005 through April 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He...
From January through August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Steve Wood served as the logistics officer for 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, part of 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. In this two-part interview, he discusses his...
MAJ John Hill served served as the brigade assistant logistics officer (S4) for plans with the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (AD) and as company commander of Bravo Company 1-16 in Ramadi, Iraq during 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi...
Major John Cole served as the commander of Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery - part of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division - during the initial offensive of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in 2003. In this interview,...
From January 2005 through January 2006, Major Chris Shields served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as an assistant effects coordinator in the 3rd Infantry Division's fires and effect cell, in which he oversaw and managed all counterfire...
The Field Artillery has evolved over the past 20 years. The technology used in developing today’s Field Artillery weapon systems requires Soldiers to become more technically proficient. Test and Evaluation (T&E) teams, to ensure the accuracy and...
“So far, so good” thought SGT Edward Duran. Even though the Squadron had only been in Iraq a week, there was enemy contact the first day upon arrival to the Forward Operating Base. Tonight looked like it was going to be an easy trip south to...