Recent content by FJAG

IMHO, we are really missing the efficiencies that reserve service can bring to an arm like the artillery if we do not form hybrid regiments. There is zero reason that all the weapon systems that the artillery should have - from M777s, to SPs, to HIMARS, to loitering munitions, to GBAD, to STA -...

We have LG1s and don’t need any more, thanks. There is fallacy about rates of fire with 105s. If accuracy doesn’t matter, then yes, you can pump out 10 or 12 rounds per minute as long as the round’s fuzes and charges have been set. The speed of the loader is what matters. OTOH, if accuracy...

Not always true. Recently took the TGV from Barcelona to Nimes. There was a bag x-ray but a lot simpler than the airport.

I firmly believe we should keep them all. When sufficient SPs finally come on line then the M777s should go into ARes service. Gibbs' rule 5 - "you don't waste good." 🍻

There's one thing that I learned in my tracing artillery transformation for the WAFG books which has general application, its that in a world where there is fierce competition for scarce resources - read money and project staff - you have to prove your relevance (or your weapon's relevance) to...

It's an interesting time in both UAS and CUAS systems. This one is still a bit pricey CUAS at $10,000 to shoot down a $400 UAS at ranges of "more than 1,000 metres." 🍻

FTFY. My pop was one. He surrendered in Sicily and spent two years in Scotland. :giggle:

Ted. A gunner's farewell. Good shooting. End of Mission. Stand Easy. 🍻

I guess one can take a bit of a Trumparian view of this in that it's their country and they should bear the primary burden of defending it including providing the stocks of expensive consumables. Integrating a combat support and combat service support structure in a multinational organization...

The numbers are a bit misleading. Remember that the IBCT is losing its artillery, its engineers and its brigade support battalion but these are not disappearing, they are merely moving to the div structure. They aren't actually losing all of their cavalry either as there is a new...

You should note several issues about 25 Div which is an active army unit based in Hawaii. First it only has two brigades but both of these are converting to the lighter, leaner MBCT format. There's been a lot of movement as between Hawaii, Washington state and Alaska as to the units there and...

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I wonder if bone spurs are hereditary? 🍻