joint fires

The brigades sometimes depend on joint fires from the Air Force and Navy to accomplish their mission.

It allows the maximum use of joint fires, creating a synergistic effect and maximum potential for neutralizing enemy forces.

"Afghan and coalition forces pressed the attack with joint fires and a ground assault, killing an estimated 45 extremists in the firefight," the statement said.

JFIIT is tasked with improving the integration, interoperability, and effectiveness of joint fires.

Thales said its optronics sensors will be integrated into Rockwell Collins' Firestorm joint fires targeting system for the military.

Field Artillery Battalion (three 6-gun 155 mm Howitzer batteries, target acquisition platoon, and a joint fires cell)

The joint fires observer (JFO) has an additional skill identifier (ASI) of L7.

Its guns and Fire Support Teams (FSTs) provide joint fires support to 16 Air Assault brigade.

The award is part of Australia's Project Land 17 mission system program for joint fires artillery command-and-control systems, indirect fire system delivery platforms and other indirect fire system elements.

The brigade is officially tasked to train and prepares for combat; on orders deploys to any area of operations to plan, synchronize and execute combined, and joint fires and effects.

JFIIT takes a holistic approach to improving Joint fires by providing solutions that produce effective target acquisition, command and control, and interoperable firing systems, thereby reducing fratricide and collateral damage.

USJFCOM established JFIIT in February 2005 to provide assistance to joint force commanders and service headquarters in planning, coordinating, and executing joint fires at the tactical level.

The project initially had A$1.5 billion allocated for the purchase of new guns, through life support and maintenance, replacement infrastructure, retraining of personnel and provision of simulation and training systems and joint fires command and control.

The team notes that "Joint fires is a network of air, sea and/or land-based sensors, weapons and command and control platforms that combine to provide a mix of lethal and non-lethal options for engaging the enemy".

These FEs have controlled the full array of joint fires assets that have deployed to Afghanistan, from the US Airforce AC-130 Spectre gunship to precision Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System munitions.

"For the first time, the Ground Self Defense Forces and the Maritime Self Defense Forces will be practicing what they call "joint fires," says Wheelock, who is also a visiting fellow at the National Institute for Defense Studies in Tokyo.

The Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team is a subordinate, functional command of U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), tasked with improving the integration, interoperability and effectiveness of Joint fires.

For over 6 years, FSTs from 4/73 Battery have deployed as part of every Task Force Helmand joint fires group, and have supported Infantry Companies and Formation Reconnaissance Squadrons from virtually every British Army Regiment that has deployed to the Afghanistan theatre of operations.

Under the new structure each regiment is capable of providing a brigade-level Joint Fires and Effects Coordination Centre (JFEEC) and every observation post batter provieds a battle group JFECC as well as three combat team joint fires teams.