04-16-2008, 13:47 PM
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Naval Gunfire Support: An Army Role in a New World Order
Authors: Zachary P. Hubbard; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
(Thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE)
This study investigates the Army's role in naval gunfire support, in light of the current force reductions and changing military missions. The discussion focuses upon naval gunfire training and pre-deployment planning and coordination for naval gunfire support of contingency operations. During the initial stages of a contingency operation, the Army relies upon other services for fire support until sufficient Army field artillery and aviation attack assets are available. Fixed-wing air support and naval gunfire provide this initial support. Naval gunfire for the Army was not coordinated during pre- deployment planning for operations Urgent Fury Just Cause, or Desert Shield. This study explains the Army's dependence upon the Marine Corps for the planning and coordination of naval gunfire support. It promotes methods to decrease this dependence by improving the field artillery community's naval gunfire training and awareness. The analysis addresses institutional...
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Pages 25-26 : In a show of rare cooperation between the Army and the Navy, Lehman describes the great success the New Jersey enjoyed destroying eight Syrian artillery batteries while under the direction of an Army target acquisition battery radar.(11)
footnote (11) : John F. Lehman Jr., Command of the Seas, (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988), page 334.
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