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BCT FSCOORD in OIF: targeting by LOOs.(brigade combat team, fire support coordinator, Operation Iraqi Freedom, line-of-operation )(Brief article)
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FA Journal
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March 1, 2007
- Author:
- Wendland, Christopher W.
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The targeting meeting at the brigade combat team (BCT) level is the most important meeting of the week--at least that is the mantra with the 2nd Infantry BCT (IBCT), 2nd Infantry Division, currently forward deployed in east Baghdad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).
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The 2nd IBCT is focused on multiple operations simultaneously to return Baghdad--deemed the "center of gravity" for Iraq--to provincial Iraqi control by late summer 2007. Provincial Iraqi control would mean that the Baghdad province is self-governing and provides its own security, an incredible undertaking within a limited time span.
How does the 2nd IBCT "get at ...