ARMY AL&T
SPC Todd Thomas, a Fire Support Specialist with Headquarters Co., 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 82nd Airborne Division (Abn Div.), receives a call for fi re from troops in contact with the enemy during 2nd BCT’s Virtual Joint Fire Coordination Exercise held at the BC Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by Mike Pryor, 82nd Abn Div.)
Making Jointness a Priority Senior defense leaders, including those from the FSC2 team, continue to reinforce the idea of joint interdepen- dence to ensure they are meeting the needs of warfighters on the battlefield as quickly as possible. The 2005 Army Strategic Planning Guidance stated that to reduce redundancies and gain efficiencies, the services must become interdependent, where each must rely on the other for certain capabilities so the entire force can function with greater effectiveness. Joint interdepen- dence is the purposeful reliance on other service, coalition, and joint capa- bilities. It maximizes complementary and reinforcing effects and minimizes
vulnerabilities. The Army will continue implementing initiatives that lever- age interdependence, a concept that is central to both the expeditionary mind- set and the campaign quality we seek. This concept of interdependence also extends to interagency and coalition partners, enhancing the ability of Army and joint forces to effectively achieve joint force campaign objectives.
The FSC2 team leverages this guidance as much as possible. As FSC2 develops fire support technologies, it strives to incorporate international and coalition technologies where suitable. Today, it focuses on achieving 100 percent joint collaboration in every aspect of
JADOCS represents a true joint and coalition tool, providing a timely, accurate, and detailed operational environment view for planning, coordination, and execution of time-sensitive and component targets.
fire support. The PM and the FSC2 team strive to make jointness a natural condition for everything they do. Given the nature of the security environment, sustained operational commitments, and challenges inherent in responsively implementing the defense strategy, joint interdependence is a strategic and operational imperative.
Enlisting the Tools of the Trade
FSC2 manages six products, all of which support multiservice applications:
• Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS).
• Joint Automated Deep Operations Coordination System (JADOCS).
• Pocket-Sized Forward Entry Device. • Lightweight Forward Entry Device. • Centaur (Lightweight Tactical Fire Direction System).
• Gun Display Unit-Replacement.
These products represent the first digital entry into the fires chain, as well as the
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