"Acquisition!" 3d ID counterfire in OIF.

From: FA Journal | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Borer, Brian L.; Nicolle, Noel T. | Copyright information

"Acquisition! Acquisition Acquisition!" crackled over the 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized) (3d ID) counterfire net as we bumped along the desert at a high rate of speed near An Nasiriyah. In less than 15 minutes after the division artillery (Div Arty) tactical command post (TAC) came to a halt, Marne Thunder was fighting its first counterfire fight of the war.

The word "Acquisition!" electrified the 3d Div Arty tactical operations center (TOC) every time the alert came ...

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