Fires Red Book 2012

Happy New Year to the best Fires force in the world and to the Families of those who support you! We trust all of you had a safe and happy holiday season. For our deployed forces, our thoughts and prayers for a speedy and safe re¬turn home are with you and your Families.

This has truly been an exciting and rewarding year with many successes throughout the Field Artillery and Air Defense Artillery branches. Many of those successes, both individual and team, are documented in the following pages of this 2012 Red Book. Whether we are providing security forces in Afghanistan, sending rounds down-range, or protecting the nation's capital, the Fires force sets the standard of high-quality performance and professionalism in support of the total Army mission.

We are truly fortunate to be a part of the Fires Center of Excellence and the Fires force at this critical point in history. As we turn our calen¬dars to 2013, we turn our focus much further into the future…to the Army of 2020. Many of the decisions we make and the actions we take this year will define the environment for our future force. As we begin the journey to cre¬ate a leaner, more efficient and effective Fires force, our goal remains constant: integrate and synchronize weapon systems and sensors to achieve lethal and nonlethal effects in support of unified land operations and the maneuver commander's requirements and objectives.

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