Long Live the King: A Discussion on Future Artillery Warfighting

Abstract

After years of training and deploying under the maneuver brigade concept to support non-standard missions such ascounter-insurgency (COIN) or security force assistance (SFA), artillery proficiencies have steadily atrophied decreasing overall preparedness and lethality for a future conflict against a near-peer competitor. To best prepare for future warfighting, the fires community must be ready to operate inside a contested electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) while thoroughly planning for information and Information Operations (IO) as a separate warfighting function (WFF). Lastly, artillery battalions must return to the Division Artillery (DIVARTY) under an organic relationship to enable thorough training and certification of fires units prior to supporting maneuver commanders at exercises and during deployments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 2018
Accession Number
AD1176881

Entities

People

  • Jeremy Blascak

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Units
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Doctrine
  • Electromagnetic Spectra
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Fire Support
  • High Explosives
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Organizational Structure
  • Standards
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

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