From the Commandant: BG Alric "Ric" L Francis
4/30/2024
Guided by decades of operational leadership from Bosnia to Iraq and Afghanistan, BG Alric L. Francis advances Field Artillery modernization, strengthens joint re...
Read More
Multinational Fires: Enabling Responsiveness with ASCA
3/9/2026
This article examines the technical and procedural challenges of integrating multinational fires within NATO and provides a framework for using Artillery Systems...
Read More
The King-dom of Battle and the King of Domains
3/9/2026
Drawing on the “King of Battle” archetype, the piece argues that Field Artillerymen at every echelon must bring order, clarity, and generative leadership to domi...
Read More
Fort Sill Hosts Inaugural Best Redleg Competition May 6-16
4/30/2024
Fort Sill’s inaugural Best Redleg Competition brought 35 artillery teams together for demanding physical, technical, and live‑fire events, strengthening readines...
Read More
Field Artillery Strategy 2030
4/30/2024
Advancing field artillery effectiveness through mastery of shoot, move, communicate, and survive, while modernizing training, leveraging AI-enabled systems, stre...
Read More
On Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Building Latent Violence in the Indo-Pacific
3/3/2026
Deep convolutional neural networks could reshape deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. By enabling rapid, highly accurate target identification and accelerating the jo...
Read More
I Found What You're Looking For: Why company grade officers should be fighting to come teach at the Field Artillery School
7/31/2024
A U.S. Army Field Artillery officer explains how serving as a BOLC gunnery instructor provides professional fulfillment, improves work-life balance, and shapes t...
Read More
Where Vision Meets Velocity: Rules for Field-Grade Officers
3/3/2026
Field-grade officers sit at the hinge between strategy and action. Majors and lieutenant colonels translate intent into results - managing risk, friction, time, ...
Read More
Forging Lethality: Integrating Fires and Maneuver for Decisive Operations — Key Brigade Fires Observations from JMRC
3/2/2026
What does it take for a brigade to win in Large-Scale Combat Operations? Lessons from recent JMRC rotations point to tighter integration of fires and maneuver, s...
Read More
A Business Management Approach to Organizational Leadership Development
7/31/2024
Command-focused insights show how applying business management principles can strengthen unit climate, culture, time management, and leader development to enhanc...
Read More
DOTMLPF Artillery Insights From the American Civil War: Matériel (Part 5)
2/9/2025
This is part five of our FA Branch Historian's eight-part series on Field Artillery in the American Civil War. In this article, Dr. Grenier analyzes the nature a...
Read More
The Fight is Coming
10/30/2024
This Field Artillery article argues that all Army units must train for Counter-UAS operations based on lessons from Syria and Ukraine. The authors propose integr...
Read More
MEDEVAC vs. CASEVAC: Life Saving Decisions in the Field Artillery Battalion
8/31/2025
This article examines MEDEVAC vs. CASEVAC life-saving decisions in Field Artillery battalions transitioning to Large-Scale Combat Operations. SFC Matthew Winners...
Read More
Achieving Convergence: at the Division Level Going Past Integeation
6/15/2025
This article examines achieving convergence at the division level through reorganization from Joint Air Ground Integration Centers to Target Integration & Synchro...
Read More
Win Where You Are Planted: Terrain Management fo the FA Battery
6/8/2025
CPT Timothy Carter and MSG Mark Pablo argue that effective terrain management within assigned Position Areas for Artillery (PAAs) is critical to Field Artillery ...
Read More