The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1993 Page: 6 of 38
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A6 FORT HOOD SENTINEL
By Robyn M. Gregory
1st Cav Div Public Affairs
Mortified survivors of 1st
Battalion 82nd Field Artil-
lery’s 155mm barrage get a
glimmer of the shrapnel-
riddled corpses tossed around
them before seconds later they
too are shattered victims of
Air Force A-10 Maverick mis-
siles BTU-33 25-pound bombs
and 30mm Gatling guns.
SIMULTANEOUSLY any-
thing remaining among the
metal-twisted ruins of are sum-
moned to remain there for
eternity by the 1st Cavalry Di-
vision Aviation Brigade’s array
the weapon of choice depend-
ing on which day and time you
visit the battlefield/graveyard.
They are either lazed and
marked for burial via the 4th
Battalion 227th Aviation Reg-
iment’s OH-58 Deltas drilled
with 2.75 rockets courtesy of
1st Battalion 227th Aviation
Regiment’s Apaches or sen-
tenced to death by 1st Squad-
ron 7th Cavalry’s OH-58
Charlies who send in their big-
brother ‘Snake’ Cobras to fin-
ish the dirty work.
The enemy has never had
the time to ponder the cause of
their own demise let alone
kiss it goodbye. It happened so
fast and with such fury they
never knew what hit them ...
What hit the simulated
enemy recently was a focused
mass of firepower better known
The scenario came to life on
Dalton/Hensen range as air
battle captains from the First
Team controlled a synchro-
nized down-to-the second dis-
play of fervent force. The daily
training for nearly two weeks
afforded every aviation unit in
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JAAT demolishes enemy
the division their chance
conduct JAAT missions.
During the 1st Sqdn 7th
Cav’s first day of JAAT train-
ing the goals were clearly de-
fined.
“The goal today is to put out
the maximum firepower pos-
sible in a minimum amount of
tim e” said Capt. ‘Kado’
Wright an Air Force A-10
pilot attending the Fighter
Weapons School Nellis Air
Force Base Nev. “The idea is
to saturate the enemy’s de-
fenses with unpredictable em-
ploym ent and maximum
power. We will learn from each
other what we can and can’t do
during these missions develop
abetter understanding of each
other and build confidence. As
A-10 drivers we’re here to sup-
port you.”
He went on to brief the criti-
cal timing sequences down to
the second. At 9:05 a.m. artil-
lery begins their bombard-
ment. By 9:05:30 the ‘Snakes’
have joined in the firing. Sec-
onds after the last artillery
round hits six A-lOs spaced 35
seconds apart strafe their area.
Then the 3.5 minute cycle of
pouring rounds begins again.
First Team aviators control
all of the players during the
daily blitzkrieg.
“THE VALUE of JAAT
training is extremely good ex-
tremely high” said Lt. Col.
Steve Hammack 1st Cav Div
as JAAT or Joint Aerial Arms Aviation Brigade training and
Teams. Artillery Army and
Air Force aviation combine for
an effect not easily measured
on the Richter scale yet unde-
niable on the battlefield. In the
scenario used for recent JAAT
training the enemy hasn’t the
time to seek salvation let
alone the remainder of the 1st
Cav Div further poised for pul-
verization of the enemy.
operations officer. “Here you
have a 58 guy controlling the
battle and though its through
one mike it’s really like han-
dling five telephones at the
same time. He’s controlling the
artillery Air Force the Co-
bras looking at his watch to
time it all and flying at the
same time. He has to compute
how far out the Air Force guys
are plan for their arrival and
know when to shut the artil-
lery off. As the A-lOs pull out
he’s turning the artillery back
on. You have to see the process
to get an appreciation for thej
business end of it.”
At the ‘business end’of it alP
a
to area myriad of players all
gaining an appreciation for the
intricate process of JAATs.
“I THINK this is excellent
training’ said 1st Lt. Todd
Kubista scout platoon com-
mander of Company C 1st Bn
227th Avn Regt about the
fourth JAAT he’s trained in.
“If you read the papers there’s
a lot of talk of doing away with
or minimizing the JAAT. I
think using JAATs totally
makes sense it is a big mul-
tiplier especially when you
think of the destruction it can
add. Once the A-lOs have eyes
on target they can bomb the
enemy all day long. All it re-
ally requires is a lot of SOP
(standard operating procedure)
and crew coordination. I think
our unit has that and with
practice it gets better every
time. And I think that scout
leaders can do the job and do it
well.”
While all the pilots get
flight-time and a chance to
work on maneuvering and
masking for the other players
JAAT is a rare opportunity to
actually train in various facets
of their military occupational
specialties. Linking the Army
aviation to its artillery and
close air support area number
of specially trained troopers.
“I’ve learned exactly what’s
involved with this” said Capt.
Jose Oliva Avn Bde fire sup-
port officer “from the impor-
tant sequencing of the A-10s to
how the air battle commander
works. As FDCs (fire direction
control) it’s something we
don’t do a lot. JAATs can get
kinda hectic but it’s exciting
watching the aircraft come in
just as the artillery ends.”
His fire support specialist
Pvt. 2 Patrick Smith had
never seen a JAAT before.
“I’VE LEARNED a lot
about how these are put to-
gether and how all the players
lin the game work” Smith said.
“It Hs all pretty dangerous
‘bringing thein all together like
this and that can be stressful
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Hughes talks the A-lOs
through their final approach to
strafe. I is one of the few
times yearly the Air Force sol-
dier attached to the First
Team’s aviation brigade can
link up with his Air Force
craft.
“This gives the Army a lot
more firepower when they need
it” he explained. “It’s a combat
force multiplier. For me per-
sonally its one of the few times
I get to do my job the rest of
the time is spent doing liaison
work.”
WITH A-lOs available the
aviation brigade’s air liaison
officer Air Force Maj. Marty
Cage explained how the poten-
tial for training was maxi-
mized.
“For the Air Force pilots
this is part of their syllabus
after attending the fighter
school for five-and-a-half
months” Cage said. “For them
its a process of working with
the scouts 58Ds 64s and artil-
lery without anyone running
into each other. It’s a positive
experience and our (1st Cav)
units have done a real good
job. We’ve also gotten Fort
Hood’s Air Force Detachment 1
in on some dry JAATs so
there’s a lot of good training
from our side going on here.”
While the Redlegs from the
1st Bn 82nd FA never got an
opportunity to see what they
were firing at or the swift
aerial maneuvering going on
they too appreciated the train-
ing value of JAAT.
“I WISH they’d do the
JAAT more for the simple fact
that we get to come out and
fire” said Sgt. 1st Class John-
ny Anderson 1st Platoon ser-
geant Battery A 1st Bn 82nd
FA. “It gives us the op-
portunity to shoot and I enjoy
that anytime we can get it.”
Anderson’s artillery and dose
of close air support is a vital
part of the 1st Sqdn 7th Cav
scout’s combat role.
“This JAAT is a very realis-
tic scenario” said 1st Lt.
Michuel Hertzendorf 1st Sqdn
7th Cav air operatibhs officer.
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Rowell, Staff Sgt. Joyce. The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1993, newspaper, June 17, 1993; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth309993/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.