FIRE SUPPORT IN A JOINT FORCE OPERATION FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE
FIRE SUPPORT IN A JOINT FORCE OPERATION FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE

Author(s): Cristian STANCIU, Adrian MIREA
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Economy
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: joint fire support; concept of operations; fire support synchronization.
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents general considerations regarding the fire support system as it is currently portrayed in our standing national field manuals. We wanted to highlight not only the obvious importance of fire support in modern armed conflicts but the fact that the fire support system is, in our opinion, insufficiently detailed in our current field manuals for contributing elements to a national joint force. This can possibly lead to an incoherent exploitation of fire support capabilities that a joint force commander would have available for a national defense operation. Although the fundamentals for timely and efficient joint fire support in operations are depicted in national field manuals they should be periodically revised to, at least, incorporate lessons learned in current conflicts. More importantly, from our perspective, they should be elaborated at the highest level of authority in order to coherently implement and exploit the fire support capabilities available from every contributing component to a national joint force.

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