CannonArtillery.com is the authority for news and information about cannon artillery. CannonArtillery.com raises awareness of cannon artillery's critical role in current U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps operations. ArmyTimes: On The Ground In Iraq
Jan. 23, 2007 The Iraqi policemen loaded up into two pickup trucks, each painted blue and white and equipped with lights and sirens. As they rolled out of their compound in Ramadi’s Albu Faraj neighborhood, three Humvees filled with American soldiers followed. It was Sunday morning, and the policemen were on their way to patrol the neighborhood while the Americans, their trainers and advisers, tagged along to watch and evaluate.

]]> The Murfreesboro Post: Artillery Saved The Day For The Union At Stone’s River
Jan. 22, 2007 Truth is artillery saved the day for Union forces at the Battle of Stones River. One of the most significant things about the battle is how the Union Army of the Cumberland used cannon fire to hold back the Confederate onslaught. The classic way to describe the troop movements on the first day of fighting is to compare the Union army to an unfolded pocketknife. A quick, hard attack on the Union right wing (the blade) pushed that part of the army back like a knife blade folding back into the handle.

]]> News Blaze: Soldiers Clear Village, Find Weapons
Jan. 22, 2007 Baghdad Soldiers have been working hard to get the Iraqi Soldiers trained to enable them to take over Iraq's security themselves.  So the recent success of the joint operation Jan. 15, which put the entire 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division together with Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment Military Transition Team and the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd BCT, was a victory not only against terror, but for the troops themselves. The operation went smoothly with 600 troops participating.

]]> Stars & Stripes: Casey Learns Latest on Baghdad Security Plan in Visit to FOB Loyalty
Jan. 19, 2006 U.S. Army Gen. George Casey, commander of Multi National Force – Iraq, visited Forward Operating Base Loyalty on Wednesday to hear firsthand from soldiers how American and Iraqi troops are progressing to make the new Baghdad security plan a reality. The security plan divides Baghdad into nine “security framework districts,” five of which are in east Baghdad, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division’s area of responsibility.

]]> USMC.mil: Sierra Battery Ensures Safety, Rains Steel
Jan. 18, 2007 (Story date: Dec. 24, 2006) The Camp Pendleton, Calif. based Sierra Battery, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) are operating in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Sierra Battery fired eight 155 milimeter, high explosive rounds aimed at a location outside Camp Korean Village, Dec. 22. But the threat of artillery fire is not the only mission Sierra Battery has in Al Anbar Province, according to 1st Lt. Quinn P. Nichols, executive officer, Sierra Battery, BLT 2/4, 15th MEU (SOC).

]]> The Cannoneer: Johnson Speaks At MLK Day
Jan. 18, 2007 In 1968, Col. Albert Johnson Jr. roamed the halls as a student of Central Junior High School near downtown Lawton. Almost 40 years later, Johnson returned to Central to talk with sixth, seventh and eighth graders as the guest speaker for the school’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. “I have some fond memories of my time here at Central,” the deputy commanding officer of the Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill and the assistant commandant of the Field Artillery School told the audience.

]]> The Cannoneer: 17th FA Changes Command
Jan. 18, 2007 Fort Sill’s Thunderbolt Brigade has a new commander. In a ceremony Dec. 14, Col. Carlton B. Reid Jr. handed the 17th Field Artillery Brigade guidon back to Brig. Gen. David Halverson, 4th Infantry Division assistant division commander, who then gave it to the new commander, Col. David J. McCauley.

]]> DVIDS: Oil Protection Forces Guard Vital Pipelines
Jan. 17, 2007 Artillery Soldiers visited two oil gas separation plants in Janbar Thursday to check on the progress of the Oil Protection Forces guarding the pipelines south of Kirkuk. The OPF, funded by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, guard the infrastructure that keeps the oil flowing in the area.

]]> News Blaze: Artillery Soldiers Bring More Than Firepower to Fight in New Deployment
Jan. 17, 2007 If any one knows what it means to adjust fire, it is the Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Instead of sending rounds down range, these Fort Hood Soldiers served as infantrymen, and even called for fire support during their previous deployment to Iraq. Those missions included security escorts, presence patrols, and conducting raids aimed at capturing suspected insurgents and confiscating prohibited weapons and bomb making material used against coalition forces.

]]> DVIDS: After Walking a Year in Their Boots, FA Soldiers Bring More Than Fire Power to the Fight
Jan. 16, 2007 If any one knows what it means to adjust fire, it is the Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Instead of sending rounds down range, these Fort Hood Soldiers served as infantrymen, and even called for fire support during their previous deployment to Iraq.

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