On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:15:00 -0500, KC wrote:
On 1/21/2014 9:56 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:34:47 -0500, KC wrote:
On 1/21/2014 5:30 PM, wrote:
Your last sentence made the point I was making.
The guy on the ground with the laser designator does tho so it is not
just an Arc Light mission.
They call themselves "fisters" FO's... We have a good friend in MX who
is just finishing up a lot of training to be a Fister.. We are very
proud of him.
A 'fister' is a member of an artillery fire support team. 'FO' stands for 'forward observer', also
part of the team.
Yeah, our bud just went off to FO school, just made it in...
Is he an officer or enlisted? The actual FO is usually an officer, 2LT, but he has an enlisted
sidekick/driver/RTO who also needs to be able to direct artillery fire.