This paper will address the deployment of the 3-13th Field Artillery Battalion during Operation Iraqi Freedom III. The unit had many non-artillery missions including Force Protection and Combat Patrols. The use of crater analysis became a great asset for projectiles that the radar could not identify. The 3-13th Field Artillery Battalion is a MLRS unit that tested GMLRS rockets in combat on live targets. The unit was a test pilot for doctrinal change. MLRS units deploy as a battery with command and control over platoons. The battalion deployed platoons as separate units, but needed maintenance and supply equipment, tools, and personnel. This paper assesses these types of deployments, and addresses the need for MTOE changes for additional personnel, tools, and equipment to ensure success on today's battlefield.
Red Dragons Go to Iraq
2006
12 pages
Report
No indication
English
Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Rockets , Armored vehicles , Artillery , Artillery units , Combat patrols , Command and control , Deployment , Force protection , Iraqi-war , Launchers , Lessons learned , Maintenance , Maintenance personnel , Multiple launch rocket system , Supervisors , Training , Vehicles , Warfare
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