Military Review English Edition July-August 2016 | Page 74
(Photo by CW2 Brian Boase, 101st DIVARTY PAO)
101st Division Artillery soldiers process a counterfire mission during the November 2015 Warfighter Exercise 16-02 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Reinventing the Wheel
Operational Lessons Learned
by the 101st Division Artillery
during Two Warfighter Exercises
Maj. Travis Robison, U.S. Army
Capt. Alex Moen, U.S. Army
T
he U.S. Army reactivated active component division artillery (DIVARTY) units in 2014 after
a ten-year hiatus. Although the DIVARTY is
not a new organizational structure, its latest incarnation comes at a period when critical operational-level
fires skills have atrophied. DIVARTY members now
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find themselves relearning skills that were once common artillery competencies. Additionally, incorporating tactics, techniques, and procedures that operationalize technological innovations and lessons learned
in combat during the past fourteen years is a learning
challenge.
July-August 2016 MILITARY REVIEW