@FreeBang99k The Fires Center of Excellence trains both Marine and Army Officers. The Gunnery Instructors are also a mix of Marine Corps and Army instructors as well.
This is an excellent video, and I recognize it because I saw it embedded on the Ft.Sill BOLC B homepage. Great job. I'm looking forward to attending BOLC in January 2012!!
I graduated 10-10.. much colder then it looks like you all had... Wind chill on the hill during Red Leg War was around 20+ below:) Great video, they showed it to us during graduation practice.
I enlisted 13F into the National Guard, and plan to do ROTC when I get back from Basic and AIT at Fort Sill. I'm going to have FA in my top 3 on my wishlist, so I'm just wondering how you like being a FA Officer? Awesome Video btw.
@ugadawg92 As a Co FSO battalion some times treats you like a staff officer. The maneuver just don't know what to do with you. So for myself along with the taskings I get from battalion I try to do FIST training for the company. When you do FSO stuff you need to be proactive in getting things done. If you want to do artillery training then you must push for it. If you don't then don't expect to do FA training. As for FDO or PL in the battery I don't know yet. I transfer to the guns in 8 months.
@colinbeatty Ok thanks. I guess I'll get a feel of whether I like Artillery or not after going to FT Sill. As long as I branch either Infantry, Armor, or Field Artillery I think I'll be happy. Just wondering though, what kind of opportunities are there for FA Officers in the 75th? Are there many openings?
@ugadawg92 I am tracking that there are openings for FSO's within the Ranger Bat, but after a year you might switch out to the gun line. So I imagine Company FSO, Regimental FSO and maybe Fire and Effects Coordinator and that may be it. I am not sure though. Granted you will not be leading rangers, your little band of ranger qualified 13F may be the most dangerous mofos in the entire regiment.
@colinbeatty Yeah I've heard there are some great options for 13F Soldiers in the Rangers, and that they are in need of more 13F's pretty bad. As a civilian looking in, I think it would be pretty cool to work as a FSO in the 75th with a small group of 13F's. But I don't have any experience yet so I don't really know. My main goal is to get into the 82nd or 173rd. But I guess for right now I just need to focus on getting one of my top choices through ROTC, preferably Infantry or FA.
You have to know math.. though frankly its not the math that kills you, rather the attention to detail. One little digit off could cause a 100 pound round traveling 25KM through various levels of density, temp, rotation of the earth, etc, to be off. So considering troops in contact can be less then 100 meters away from the enemy they are asking you to drop rounds on you can see there is NO room for error.
this is really a great video with the editing and music. and by great i mean you are taking something and making it better w/ the music and slow mo and colorization.
@cRaZyMike920 Places like Afghanistan you get to do a lot more fire missions then they were doing in Iraq awhile ago. In the cities of Iraq if it wasn't Excalibur (gps) or Copperhead (laser designated) then they didn't fire, and of course they learned quickly not to fight out in the open.
Be advised: as an ROTC guy that when to FA BOLC... it is no joke. Second only to aviation in the level of difficulty in learning. If you are good at math and can wrap you mind around complex ideas then your ok
--- Expect to spend many nights studying for tests... There are lots of tests and you will always be learning something. When you go there your Gunnery instructor will seem like a D-bag... that is because they have to be. Gunnery is what will make or break your standing at the school. You will do lots of homework and should study with others.
Before you go I suggest having at least $2000 in your checking account to live on until your pay starts to kick in.
Brings back lots of memories. Field Artillery Officers Basic Course in 1972. Great video and great memories of a great training program with superior instructors.
@superclayton1000 as an Artillery Officer I don't actually operate the gun. This was training so that we know how everything operates if we were going to be platoon leaders in a battery. However, I am going to be a Company/Troop Fire Support Officer in the 4th Squadron 7th Cavalry. Meaning I am creating indirect fire plans to support the maneuver commander before and during the entire extent of his operations.
@superclayton1000 yes i plan when and where, but the maneuver commander has final say. We could have planned to fire on a bunker, but maybe at the last minute the commander decides he wants his guys to take it by force and utilize it. I could adjust it to suppress the bunker with time and smoke, or just not fire the target.
@FreeBang99k yes, some of the instructors are Marine Corps personnel also.
srithikdatta 2 months ago
oh and btw this video is embedded on the Ft.Sill 428th FA brigade webpage on the front page for FABOLC. Good job.
mikhail1357 2 months ago
Excellent video. I ship to FABOLC in one month. Looking forward to freezing my balls off.
mikhail1357 2 months ago
@mikhail1357 By chance is your reporting date Jan 9? That one is mine.
Taktical11 2 months ago
@Taktical11 Hell yeah it is. Going to Sill during the coldest month of the year there. You Army AD, NG, or Marines?
mikhail1357 2 months ago
@mikhail1357 NG, hopefully I get my hands on the Bradley's (BFIST) sometime.
Taktical11 2 months ago
@FreeBang99k The Fires Center of Excellence trains both Marine and Army Officers. The Gunnery Instructors are also a mix of Marine Corps and Army instructors as well.
mikhail1357 2 months ago
I love the smell of gunpowder in the morning!
AWESOME!
FirstGunnerySergeant 6 months ago
one word..AWESOME!!!!!!
seanorr7 8 months ago
The background music matches the scenes really well. Nicely done!
Runaholism 8 months ago
This is an excellent video, and I recognize it because I saw it embedded on the Ft.Sill BOLC B homepage. Great job. I'm looking forward to attending BOLC in January 2012!!
mikhail1357 8 months ago
excellent video.. the music is perfect.. nice work
jrado911 9 months ago
marines is no game life is taught once you join
unstappible2097 10 months ago
I graduated 10-10.. much colder then it looks like you all had... Wind chill on the hill during Red Leg War was around 20+ below:) Great video, they showed it to us during graduation practice.
Somebuttstolemyname 11 months ago
I enlisted 13F into the National Guard, and plan to do ROTC when I get back from Basic and AIT at Fort Sill. I'm going to have FA in my top 3 on my wishlist, so I'm just wondering how you like being a FA Officer? Awesome Video btw.
ugadawg92 1 year ago
@ugadawg92 As a Co FSO battalion some times treats you like a staff officer. The maneuver just don't know what to do with you. So for myself along with the taskings I get from battalion I try to do FIST training for the company. When you do FSO stuff you need to be proactive in getting things done. If you want to do artillery training then you must push for it. If you don't then don't expect to do FA training. As for FDO or PL in the battery I don't know yet. I transfer to the guns in 8 months.
colinbeatty 1 year ago
@colinbeatty Ok thanks. I guess I'll get a feel of whether I like Artillery or not after going to FT Sill. As long as I branch either Infantry, Armor, or Field Artillery I think I'll be happy. Just wondering though, what kind of opportunities are there for FA Officers in the 75th? Are there many openings?
ugadawg92 1 year ago
@ugadawg92 I am tracking that there are openings for FSO's within the Ranger Bat, but after a year you might switch out to the gun line. So I imagine Company FSO, Regimental FSO and maybe Fire and Effects Coordinator and that may be it. I am not sure though. Granted you will not be leading rangers, your little band of ranger qualified 13F may be the most dangerous mofos in the entire regiment.
colinbeatty 1 year ago
@colinbeatty Yeah I've heard there are some great options for 13F Soldiers in the Rangers, and that they are in need of more 13F's pretty bad. As a civilian looking in, I think it would be pretty cool to work as a FSO in the 75th with a small group of 13F's. But I don't have any experience yet so I don't really know. My main goal is to get into the 82nd or 173rd. But I guess for right now I just need to focus on getting one of my top choices through ROTC, preferably Infantry or FA.
ugadawg92 1 year ago
How good at math do these guys have to know?
walloon9 1 year ago
@walloon9
You have to know math.. though frankly its not the math that kills you, rather the attention to detail. One little digit off could cause a 100 pound round traveling 25KM through various levels of density, temp, rotation of the earth, etc, to be off. So considering troops in contact can be less then 100 meters away from the enemy they are asking you to drop rounds on you can see there is NO room for error.
Somebuttstolemyname 11 months ago
Awesome vid...I concure, the production values are beyond professional...
20thcenturyfilmdocs 1 year ago
I cant stop watching this... vid looks better than what you see the professionals create on history, discovery and military channels.
I am serious and literal about the compliment.
300YardNoScope 1 year ago
@300YardNoScope thank you.
colinbeatty 1 year ago
this is really a great video with the editing and music. and by great i mean you are taking something and making it better w/ the music and slow mo and colorization.
300YardNoScope 1 year ago
do you guys think that artillery is a relatively "safe" combat MOS, for the middle east?
any stories? what's it like there? i'm in ROTC and i am thinking of becoming a Field Artillery Officer
cRaZyMike920 1 year ago
@cRaZyMike920 Places like Afghanistan you get to do a lot more fire missions then they were doing in Iraq awhile ago. In the cities of Iraq if it wasn't Excalibur (gps) or Copperhead (laser designated) then they didn't fire, and of course they learned quickly not to fight out in the open.
Be advised: as an ROTC guy that when to FA BOLC... it is no joke. Second only to aviation in the level of difficulty in learning. If you are good at math and can wrap you mind around complex ideas then your ok
colinbeatty 1 year ago
@cRaZyMike920
--- Expect to spend many nights studying for tests... There are lots of tests and you will always be learning something. When you go there your Gunnery instructor will seem like a D-bag... that is because they have to be. Gunnery is what will make or break your standing at the school. You will do lots of homework and should study with others.
Before you go I suggest having at least $2000 in your checking account to live on until your pay starts to kick in.
colinbeatty 1 year ago
@colinbeatty $2000 in my checking? Look's like somebody at FABOLC will be eating Top Ramen for a while.
WEShinego 1 year ago
Brings back lots of memories. Field Artillery Officers Basic Course in 1972. Great video and great memories of a great training program with superior instructors.
johnvernon2001 1 year ago
awesome, what is your job on the gun
superclayton1000 1 year ago
@superclayton1000 as an Artillery Officer I don't actually operate the gun. This was training so that we know how everything operates if we were going to be platoon leaders in a battery. However, I am going to be a Company/Troop Fire Support Officer in the 4th Squadron 7th Cavalry. Meaning I am creating indirect fire plans to support the maneuver commander before and during the entire extent of his operations.
colinbeatty 1 year ago
@colinbeatty so you pick when and where to fire for troop support
superclayton1000 1 year ago
@superclayton1000 yes i plan when and where, but the maneuver commander has final say. We could have planned to fire on a bunker, but maybe at the last minute the commander decides he wants his guys to take it by force and utilize it. I could adjust it to suppress the bunker with time and smoke, or just not fire the target.
colinbeatty 1 year ago
@colinbeatty oh I got it now, thanks
superclayton1000 1 year ago