Effective Lethal Fires at Brigade: What Are They and How Do We Enable Them?

By By COL Emiliano Tellado Senior Fire Support Trainer And CW3 William Woods Senior Targeting Trainer

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Effective lethal fires combine maneuver and fires to destroy enemy forces, protect units, and enable decisive operations.

Diagram of brigade battlefield framework showing BCT area of operations and division deep zones with time and distance scales, sensor types, and objectives labeled ANGELS, DODGERS, and ASTROS.

Declassified military document excerpt showing Operation Desert Sabre Phase II objectives, including artillery targeting, suppression of enemy air defenses, and maneuver plans for VII Corps during the Gulf War.

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Operation Desert Sabre: An OPORD for FA in LSCO (Part 2 of 2)

Operation Desert Sabre’s artillery plan during Desert Storm enabled VII Corps’ rapid breach and envelopment of Iraqi forces.

By Dr. John Grenier

Color-coded map of Operation Desert Storm showing coalition force movements into Iraq and Kuwait from Saudi Arabia, with unit insignias, arrows indicating attack directions, and labeled command areas including CENTCOM, Joint Forces Command North, and major divisions.

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Operation Desert Sabre: An OPORD for FA in LSCO (Part 1 of 2)

Operation Desert Sabre fire support plan highlights lessons from VII Corps artillery in Desert Storm for future LSCO and MDO.

By Dr. John Grenier

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DOTMLPF Artillery Insights From the American Civil War: Training (Part 4)

Insights on pre-Civil War U.S. artillery training and its evolution toward modern standards.

By Dr. John Grenier

M142 HIMARS launcher firing a missile from the deck of a naval vessel during maritime operations, demonstrating sea-based precision strike capability.

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Extending the Army's Reach by Sea

This article addresses the limitations of M142 HIMARS operations, such as restricted mobility and dependency on air assets. It offers the HIMARS Afloat concept, mounting systems on a naval vessel, to mitigate these challenges and demonstrate the component interoperability. Recommendations, considerations and requirements cultivated from the initial planning process by 138th FAB and 1-623rd FA BN for HIMARS Afloat are examined.

By CW4 Joseph P. Lyddane