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06-09-2009, 03:07 PM
zuludelta
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So here's a question about fire support elements: Is there a company-level FSO as well as a battalion-level FSO and brigade-level FSO? The Battalion FIST HQ consists of a Fire Support NCO and two specialists run by an FSO, and the FIST itself has three two-man FO parties, usually one assigned to each rifle platoon but I've read that the FSO is typically a 2nd or 1st LT, which doesn't seem correct for a battalion-level FSO.
There's some confusion because of the Army's shift to the Brigade Combat Team structure. Used to be an infantry regiment had a senior FSO (a major or a captain) at the regimental level, and a FIST headquarters at the battalion level. At the company level, there are no intrinsic fire support positions, although a FIST (consisting of enlisted forward observers/fire support specialists) may be allocated to a rifle company from the battalion level fire support headqurters. I think some light infantry units, like the 75th RR still stick with this organization.
With the new Force XXI reorganization, the regiment has been replaced by the brigade as the basic unit of organization, and the regimental fire support element has been replaced with the "SBCT Fires & Effects Coordination Cell." The regimental fire support officer and the SBCT "deputy effects coordination officer" generally fulfill the same roles and have the same rank (major or promotable captain), though, so the changes are mostly nominal in nature.
This has also necessitated the addition of a new intermediate level of fire coordination, which has resulted in the creation of the "Fire Support Element" (led by a captain or 1st lieutenant-promotable) at the SBCT battalion level. which fills that gap between the SBCT Fires & Effects Coordination Cell and the SBCT company's Fire Support Team (which is led by a 1st or 2nd lieutenant)
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