Integrating Offensive And Defensive Fires To Defeat Indirect Fire Attacks
Fires Bulletin|May - June 2018

Integrating Offensive And Defensive Fires To Defeat Indirect Fire Attacks

Capt. Mary Jocelyn
Integrating Offensive And Defensive Fires To Defeat Indirect Fire Attacks

With warfare evolving into a multi-dimensional battlefield, there is an increased demand for innovation to counter enemies’ creative uses of tactics and weaponry. Technology has played a major role in developing offensive weapons cheaply and providing ease-of-access to anyone seeking to use violence as a means to achieve their objectives. Cheap, readily available offensive weapons (i.e., tactical ballistic missiles and rockets, artillery and mortars) are an increasing threat to the force due to adversaries’ superior numbers within their stockpiles. To combat this evolving threat of guided and ballistic munitions, the U.S. military and its allies rely heavily on the active air and missile defense weapons systems. However, the over-reliance on active defense limits our ability to provide the most comprehensive defense to friendly forces. Improvements in tactics and Fires integration must be implemented to combat the evolving threat. The only way to effectively defeat an adversary with superior numbers of offensive weapons is through a comprehensive defense of integrated offensive and defensive Fires.

Esta historia es de la edición May - June 2018 de Fires Bulletin.

Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.

Esta historia es de la edición May - June 2018 de Fires Bulletin.

Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.

MÁS HISTORIAS DE FIRES BULLETINVer todo
Learning To Speak Maneuver
Fires Bulletin

Learning To Speak Maneuver

I am not what you would consider to be a “car person” which means that I usually pay for maintenance and don’t look under the hood unless I see smoke.

time-read
8 minutos  |
July-August 2018
The 2017 Knox, Hamilton And Gruber Awards
Fires Bulletin

The 2017 Knox, Hamilton And Gruber Awards

The U.S. Army Field Artillery School has announced the winners of the 2017 Knox, Hamilton and Gruber awards for excellence within the field artillery branch. These awards are presented annually and recognize excellence by unit (active and National Guard) and individual. Congratulations to the 2017 award winners.

time-read
3 minutos  |
July-August 2018
Head, Heart, Gut
Fires Bulletin

Head, Heart, Gut

A personal, ethical decisionmaking methodology

time-read
8 minutos  |
July-August 2018
E-62nd Thaad And Patriot Interop Success
Fires Bulletin

E-62nd Thaad And Patriot Interop Success

During their first ever Missile Defense Agency Flight Test, Soldiers from Battery E, 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade and 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conducted a Congressionally mandated interoperability test between the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense and Patriot weapons at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico April 6, 2018.

time-read
3 minutos  |
July-August 2018
Paratroopers Train To Jumpwith Stinger Missiles, Defend Against Air Threats
Fires Bulletin

Paratroopers Train To Jumpwith Stinger Missiles, Defend Against Air Threats

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Conducting static-line airborne operations with non-typical weapons systems requires specialized training and equipment due to their large size.

time-read
2 minutos  |
2018 ADA Special 50th Anniversary Issue
ADA Modernization Team Seeks ‘Quick Wins' On Goals
Fires Bulletin

ADA Modernization Team Seeks ‘Quick Wins' On Goals

Two of the six modernization priorities that Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley set forth last October directly affect Fort Sill and the Fires Center of Excellence.

time-read
6 minutos  |
2018 ADA Special 50th Anniversary Issue
Air Defense Artillery In World War I
Fires Bulletin

Air Defense Artillery In World War I

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the U.S. participation in World War I. It was in 1917 that Gen. John Pershing and his American Expeditionary Force embarked onto the shores of France to begin training and readiness into what became known globally as The Great War. As America entered World War I, new technologies from the Industrial Age were introduced into combat.

time-read
4 minutos  |
2018 ADA Special 50th Anniversary Issue
What Is Old Is New Again
Fires Bulletin

What Is Old Is New Again

Field artillery in megacities

time-read
10+ minutos  |
May - June 2018
Emerging Air Defense Challenges
Fires Bulletin

Emerging Air Defense Challenges

Unmanned aerial systems 

time-read
2 minutos  |
May - June 2018
Hello From The 53rd Commandant Of The U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Fires Bulletin

Hello From The 53rd Commandant Of The U.S. Army Field Artillery School

Never for a second did I ever expect to become the 53rd Chief of the Field Artillery and Commandant of the United States Field Artillery School. Having said that, I am thrilled and humbled to serve our Army and our branch in this capacity.

time-read
3 minutos  |
September-October 2018