fire support http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en Saint Barbara as the Patron Saint of Grunts http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/saint-barbara-patron-saint-grunts <span>Saint Barbara as the Patron Saint of Grunts</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Tue, 02/05/2019 - 3:20am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">51 years ago – this past Sunday - around 0630, I was looking over the berm shown in the picture, wondering how I emerged alive. It was Tet 1968. A very thin 52d ARVN Ranger Battalion was defending the Xuan Loc airfield against constant assaults.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/saint-barbara-patron-saint-grunts" rel="tag" title="Saint Barbara as the Patron Saint of Grunts" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Saint Barbara as the Patron Saint of Grunts</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Tue, 05 Feb 2019 08:20:30 +0000 SWJED 114300 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Adapting Towed Artillery Today to Meet a Near Peer Competitor Tomorrow http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/adapting-towed-artillery-today-to-meet-a-near-peer-competitor-tomorrow <article data-history-node-id="62200" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/jrnl/art/adapting-towed-artillery-today-to-meet-a-near-peer-competitor-tomorrow" rel="bookmark"><span>Adapting Towed Artillery Today to Meet a Near Peer Competitor Tomorrow</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Mon, 02/06/2017 - 2:24pm</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> Unconventional methodologies coupled with an understanding of near peer competitors might be our only saving grace to meet the inevitable threats of tomorrow.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/adapting-towed-artillery-today-to-meet-a-near-peer-competitor-tomorrow" rel="tag" title="Adapting Towed Artillery Today to Meet a Near Peer Competitor Tomorrow" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Adapting Towed Artillery Today to Meet a Near Peer Competitor Tomorrow</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:24:14 +0000 SWJED 62200 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com