Nonstandard Artillery Tasks during OIF III

Abstract

This Personal Experience Paper will discuss 1-9 FAs non-standard mission for an Artillery battalion during OIF III. I will discuss the numerous roles each battery performed in support of the Brigade. These missions include EOD escort, IED clearing, MITT, PSD, counter-battery artillery, patrolling, raids, sniper ops, convoy escorts, and many more. Furthermore, I will end this paper with the critical lessons learned during training and actual combat operations in OIF III. This paper should inform the reader of the overwhelming demand the war in Iraq is placing on our Army to become Infantry Soldiers first. All other MOS skills and proficiency are now secondary in priority and probably will remain so for some time to come. Training in these areas is critical if non-Infantry units are to accomplish these missions in theatre.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 20, 2006
Accession Number
AD1116708

Entities

People

  • William Jr Zito

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Ammunition Fragments
  • Army
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Combat Operations
  • Explosive Devices
  • First Aid
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Infantry
  • Lessons Learned
  • Local Governments
  • Missions
  • Multiple Launch Rocket System
  • Munitions
  • Personnel Management
  • Project Management
  • Security
  • Training
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Military Science
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.