13F Fire Support Specialist
Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion 78th Field Artillery
13F Class 12-23
Class 12-23 begin learning the fundamentals of Land Navigation. Land Navigation instills the groundwork of the 13F MOS by allowing the Soldiers the necessary skills of how to read and utilize a military map.
Class 12-23 is introduced to map overlays and how to effectively place icons and diagrams on a military map. The students are also learning the various type of adversary vehicles they may engage within their time in the Army as a 13F. Vehicle identification is critical to this MOS so that our Soldiers engage the right target on a complex battlefield.
Class 12-23 conducting simulated Calls for Fire using the final skills of Polar and begin their introduction into the Grid method of Call for Fire. A polar call for fire means your Soldiers know their location, and based on what they see make an estimate on a distance and direction to their target. This is one of the fastest methods for them to call for fire.
Class 12-23 conducting simulated Calls for Fire using the final skills of Polar and begin their introduction into the Grid method of Call for Fire. During testing Soldiers cycle through one at a time and engage targets based on a distance / direction from their known point. Students receive real time feedback on their success rate as a final step before being sent out to live fire.
Class 11/12-23 establishes an Observation Post and Calls for fire utilizing live artillery munitions by using the newly learned method of Grid Call for Fire. Students will regularly receive pointers from instructors on how to terrain associate what they see to their map. It is sometimes difficult for them to translate the skills they learned in the simulator to real terrain as seen here.
Class 11/12-23 conducting simulated Calls for Fire by using the Shift from Known Point method of Call for Fire. Shift From Known Point calls for fire use reference points already established with the fire direction center. Observers then judge distances and directions from those known points to call for fire.
Class 11/12-23 conducts simulated Calls for Fire by using the Shift from Known Point method of Call for Fire. These additional repetitions helps their proficiency prior to heading out to their culminating training event.
Class 11/12-23 establish an Observation Post and begin locating targets with Laser Range Finders to accurately engage targets utilizing live artillery.
13F Class 11/12-23 conduct their out brief with the Battery Commander 1LT Zora in preparation for their graduation later this week. These Soldiers are ready to take their place at their first unit of assignment.
