141 S13 Ep 18 – Getting the Integrated Fires Support Plan Right w/JRTC Experts

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This episode discusses the fundamentals and execution of an effective integrated fires support plan with JRTC experts.

The Joint Readiness Training Center is pleased to present the one-hundredth-and-forty-first episode to air on ‘The Crucible - The JRTC Experience.’ Hosted by MAJ Marc Howle, the Brigade Senior Engineer / Protection Observer-Coach-Trainer for Brigade Command & Control (BDE HQ) and MAJ Jeff Horn, the Executive Officer OCT for Fires Support Task Force (FA BN / DIVARTY), on behalf of the Commander of Ops Group (COG). Today’s guests are experts within JRTC’s BC2: MSG Jared Cawthon as the BDE Fires Support NCOIC, MSG Austin Moss as the Senior Targeting NCOIC OCT, CW3 Michael Horrace is the BCT Targeting Officer OCT, and MSG Randell Conway as the BDE S-2 Intelligence NCOIC OCT. This episode focuses on the fundamentals and execution of an effective integrated fires support plan, emphasizing that true integration begins early in the MDMP process and is anchored by a well-constructed and disciplined timeline. The discussion highlights the importance of the higher headquarters’ operational timeline (HOP), nested planning timelines, and synchronization across echelons to ensure fires are aligned with maneuver. A key theme is the tight coupling between intelligence and fires during…

People in this episode

Hosts: MAJ Marc Howle, MAJ Jeff Horn

Guests: MSG Jared Cawthon, MSG Austin Moss, CW3 Michael Horrace, MSG Randell Conway

Topics covered

• integrated fires support plan
• military operations
• mission analysis
• intelligence and fires integration
• MDMP process
• synchronization across echelons

Keywords

• integrated fires
• military decision-making
• targeting
• intelligence
• operational timeline
• planning
• synchronization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Joint Readiness Training Center, Brigade Command & Control, Fires Support Task Force, Ops Group, BDE HQ, FA BN, DIVARTY

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