13J Fire Control Specialist
Delta Battery, 1st Battalion 78th Field Artillery
13J Class 20-23
Class 20-23 is in their first week of training! The class has successfully in-processed through the Battery and Battalion. The class then learns about tactical communications. To shoot effectively in the Field Artillery, ensuring we have operational communications is key to win the fight against our adversaries. The class will test on communications Wednesday, learn how to erect a 30ft antenna on Thursday, and start their 13J coursework Friday.
Class 20-23 conducts practical exercises in manual gunnery. The class tests their knowledge from the subjects they have learned the week prior learning the Tabular Firing Table (TFT), Graphical Firing Table (GFT), Graphical Site Table (GST), and Record of Fire (ROF). They will complete this week by testing on manual gunnery, then they will pull out their laptops and start Basic AFATDS Operations
Class 20-23 are on their second portion of AFATDS. This week the class works on preparing the AFATDS for Fire Mission Processing by setting preferences in the system to make it easier to process fire missions to the 13B Cannoneers. They also put in meteorological data (weather), update target information, and set commanders guidance's in the system. They will finish out AFATDS with Fire Mission Processing working on building certain missions that could be sent to the 13B’s.
Class 19/20-23 has completed all coursework at the schoolhouse located at Burleson Hall. To test their capabilities of all training learned, the class conducts a culminating training exercise (CTE) to encompass the skills learned. They will also focus on Warrior Task and Battle Drills (WTBD), which were learned at Basic Combat Training and refreshed during Saturday structured training in AIT.
