A digital call for fires

A digital call for fires

by Chris Thatcher   When Canadian Army Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) walked away from the ramp check tables at Bold Quest 19 in Finland this spring, the eyes of many envious allies were on them.  In 2017, the Army acquired the first Android-based...
CANZEX: Interoperability at its best

CANZEX: Interoperability at its best

by Capt James Neeley, senior instructor JTAC, RCAS   The international Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) community is unique in its interoperability, collaboration, and collective mindset and training: We share tactics, techniques and procedures and we...
Digitizing Joint Fires

Digitizing Joint Fires

by Chris Thatcher   On the night of April 17, 2002, Major Harry Schmidt, an F-16 fighter jet pilot with the United States Air National Guard, believed he was taking ground fire and mistakenly dropped a laser-guided GBU-12 Paveway II bomb on soldiers from the 3rd...