HISTORY of the FIELD ARTILLERY SCHOOL 1979 FORT SILL, OKL~HOMA Pro~erty of ~.S. Army INDEX Para Page SECTION I. MISSION 1-1 Gene'ra1 1 1~1 SECTION II. KEY PERSONNEL 2-1 SECTION III. PROGRAMS OF INSTRUCTION 3-1 General 1 3-1 Accomplishments & Items of Interest 2 3-4 SECTION 'rV. INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY 4-1 CEO 1 4-1 CFO 2 4-1 GO 3 4-3 SECTION V. TRAINING DEVELOPMENTS 5-1 OTD 1 5-1 DCRDT 2 5-3 TCAD 3 5-10 SECTION VI. NEW DOCTRINE/CONCEPTS 6-1 CEO' 1 6-1 CFD 2 6-1 .DCD 3 6-2 GO 4 6-12 TCAD 5 6-12 DCRDT . 6 6-12 SECTION VII. TRAINING LITERATURE 7-1 .CFO 1 7-1 DTD 2 7-1 GO' 3 7-3 WD 4 7-4 TCAO 5 7-4 SECTION VIII. MODIFICATION, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & 8-1 ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT CFD 1 8-1 DCD 2 8-2 GO 3 8-2 DCRDT 4 8-3 TCAD 5 8-5 SECTION IX. TRADOC SYSTEMS MANAGERS . 9-1 . TSM, TACFlRE 1 9-1 TSM, RPV 2 9-1 TSM, MLRS 3 9-2 .TSM, COPPERHEAD 4 9-3 TSM, FlREFINDER 5 9-3 TSM, PERSHING II 6 9-4 TSM, CANNON 7 9-5 i ii SECTION I. MISSION GENERAL. TllP mission of the US Army Field Artillery School is to provide the means 'i~)r-Activ('Army and Reserv(' Components to achieve required levels of individual and ('oll('ctiv('trainingthrough n'sid('nt and ('xtension training systt'l1\sandmaterials; to cI('v('lopanel('valual('cloctrilH'and organizalioll; lo llel('nnilH'rt'quin'Il1('nlsalHI priot"i- tit.ssfor the development of combat materiel. These missions ('nlail tht' foll"owing functions: a. Prepare, conduct, and administer resident and nonresident courses of instruction as directed. b. Provide training support of active Army Units, Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Reserve Officer Training Corps, and US Marine Corps Reserve elements as directed. c. Participate in the review of doctrine, organization, and equipment for which training responsibility has been~assigned, including the development of training plans to support new items of materiel, new organizations, or new tactical and technical concepts. d. Review and evaluate new or revised doctrine, tactics, and techniques prepared by other Army agencies or other services, as appropriate . e. Develop, distribute, review, and update pertinent instructional packets for other schools in those areas in which USAFAS is designated the proponent school.' f. Prepare and maintain long-range emergency mobilization plans. g. Prepare and review Army-wide training literature as prescribed in AR 310-3. ,h. Promote interservice and foreign understanding of US Army doctrine, tactics, techniques, organization, and operations by providing instruction and training to members of other arms and services of US Armed Forces and to students from foreign countries, and by participating in standardization programs: i~ Serve as the user proponent throughout the life cycle of field artill~ry system materiel. Serve as spokesman for the field artillery in qualitative interpre- tations and definitions in support of the materiel development community. j. Develop technical data and manufacture all graphical firing'items required' by the services and provide these items to US Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command (DARCOM) .for issue to troops world-wide. k. Provide a repository of publications (library) for the use of students, staff, and faculty in support of other mission requirements. 1. Serve as the "home" of the field artillery. m. Serve through the Commandant as the principal field artillery advisor to the Commander, TRADOC. W 2039 1-1 SECT I ON I I. KEY I'I':HSONNEL COMMANDANT -MG Jack N. Merritt remained as Commandant. ASSISTANT COMMANDANT . BG Edward A. Dinges remained as Assistant Commandant. DEPUTY ASSISTANT COMMANDANT COL James P. Holley remained as Deputy Assistant Commandant. DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT (SECRETARY) COL John J. Ridgway, Jr. remained as Secretary. DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONSELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT (CED) COL Don E. Karr assigned 19 Jun 79 vice COL James H ..Carney, Jr. DIRECTOR, COUNTERFIRE DEPARTMENT'(CFD) COL Kenneth Kleypas assigned 26 Nov 79 vice COL Jere L. Hickman DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF COMBAT DEVELOPMENTS (DEC) COL Anthony G. Pokorny assigned 18 May 79 vice COL (P) James E. Drummond. DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND TFAINING (DCRDT) COL. Thomas J. P. Jones remained as Director. DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF EVALUATION (DOE) ,COL Roland B. Rogers assigned 5 Jun 79 vice COL Chester F. Campbell. DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF TRAINING DEVELOPMENT (DTD) COL George M. Krausz assigned 27 Aug 79 vice LTC Gunnar C. Carlson, Jr., who was serving as Acting Director. DIRECTOR, GUNNERY DEPARTMENT (GO) COL James W. Wurman remained as Director. DIRECTOR, TACTICS/COMBINED ARMS DEPARTMENT (TCAD) COL John E. Donohu~ remained as Director. DIRECTOR, WEAPONS DEPARTMENT (WD) COL Samuel J. Ady assigned 6 Feb 79 vice COL Jack L. Van Pool. COMMANDER, USAFAS BRIGADE , COLWilliam II. Rogers assigned 30 Mar 79 vice COL Robert E. Hunter. COMMANDER, STAFF AND FACULTY BATTALION MAJ Graham N. Babb assigned 5 Apr 79 vice LTC Isaac F. Bonifay. COMMANDER, OFFICER STUDENT BATTALION LTC Robert E. Lax assigned 23 Jul 79 vice LTC Charles W. Hendrickson. TRADOC SYSTEM MANAGER, TACFlRE COL Hardy R. Stone III remained. 2-1 TRADOC SYSTEM MANAGER, REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLE (RPV) COL Sherwin Arculis remained. TRAnOC SYSTEM MANAGER, GENERAL SUPPORT ROCKET SYSTEM (GSRS) COL Charles J. Buel remained. TRAnOC SYSTEM MANAGER, COPPERHEAD COL William F. Fitzpatrick assigned 1 Jun 79 vice COL Adalbert E. Toepel. TRADOC SYSTEM MANAGER, FIREFINDER COL Richard N. Griffin remained. TRADOC SYSTEM MANAGER, PERSHING II COL William R. Owel remained. TRADOe SYSTEM MANAGER, CANNON eOL James A. Quinlan remained. TRADoe SYSTEMS MANAGER, CLOSE SUPPORT WEAPONS SYSTEM eOL Kenneth A. Kleypas assigned 2 Aug 79. 2-2 SECTION III. PROGRAMS OF INSTRUCTION 1. GENERAL. On 30 Nov 78, TRADOC discontinued use of the term Course of Instruction' (COI) and directed use of the term Program of Instruction (POI). USAFAS programed 15,458 students to attend 693 classes in 47 courses during FY 79. The initial input was 13,140 students. In FY 79, 11,425 students were available for graduation, and.9,984 graduated. a. Program Deletions. The following courses were deleted in 1979: (1) Field Artillery Cannon Battery Officer, 2E-13A. (2) Tactical Electronic Equipment Maintenance NCO Advanced, 1-31~C42B. (3) Tactical Communications Systems Operator/Mechanic Course, BTC, 101-31V30. (4) Nuclear and Chemical Target Analysis. Reserve Component, 2E-ASI5HB. (5) Honest John Missile Crewman, 042-15F10. b. Program Additions. The following courses were added during the same time frame: (1) Field Artillery Cannon Battery Officer, 2E-13E. (2) Tactical Communications Chief NCO Advanced, 101-31V40. (3)' Nuclear and Chemical Target Analysis- Nonresident/Resident, 2E-ASI5HB. (4) Lance Missile Mechanic, 043-F4. (5) Tactical Communications Chief, BTC, 101-31V30 .. c. Nuclear and Chemical Target Analysis Course- Nonresident/Resident. The letter of transmittal for the establishment of the NCTAC-NR/R was submitted on 9 Nov 78. This course superseded the NCTA-CRC (Reserve Component); its target population encompasses not only the National Guard and Reserves but also active duty officers. This course is quite similar to the self-paced NCTAC resident course with the excep- tion of the training locations. NCTAC/ NRR consists of two phases: Phase I is an ACCP which consists of 5 subcourses with an equivalent of 85 credit hours •. Phase II is a self-paced I-week resident course at Fort Sill exposing the student to classified data and procedures. TRADOC approval was granted on 18 Jun 79. d. Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course. (1) GO/NO GO. GO/NO GO became firmly established. Student' acceptance of the system has continued to vary from one extreme to the other. The Honors Program itself has turned out to be one of the more palatable systems of those employed by the various service schools. Several schools have adopted the USAFAS honors program and adapted it to their particular branch. (2) Validation Examinations. Validation examinations have continued to be employed. However, decreasing numbers of students have attempte~ to validate the 3-1 ~aterial. The prevalent rationale for not attempting the validation was that they l wanted to gain the most possible information. Another possible reason is the declin- ing experience level of the officers entering the course. Validation examinations have all been made optional. (3) Enrichment Program. A new enrichment program option was added in 1979. FAOAC students were assigned to FAOBC and FACBOC sections to provide guidance on future Army life. The program has met with moderate success. e. Operations/Intelligence Course. The US Army Operations/Intelligence NCO/Specialist Course, for which USAFAS was project manager, was fielded on 22.May 78; One month prior to that date, pUblici~y flyers were sent to all combat units in the J National Guard, Army Reserve, and Actlve Army that had been identified by the schools involved with the production. Kinton Research has been contracted for a I-year studY of the course and its administration. I f. Lance Missile ~fechanic. The Lance Missile Mechanic Course was conducted on a ',tempo'raryapproval basis for 50 students in 1978. TRADOC approved the course in , tlar 79~ However, approval of the MACRIT is required before true training requirementS will be known. g. Saudi Arabian National Guard Field Artillery Officer Basic Course (SANGFAOBC). The SANG maintains the security of the Royal Family and provides internal security for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A 1973 memorandum of understandin (MOU) committed the governments of the United States and Saudi Arabia to a moderniza- tion program for the SANG. The program calls for English language training at , Lackland Air Force Base to be followed by training at appropriate TRADOC service schools.