Post; The new roll of a US Army Forward Observer

Duty Honor Country · February 18th, 2005

A few of you know that I have recently returned from 3 weeks of training down in Ft. Polk, LA. My Brigade spent 7 days "in the box" doing Iraq specific training. Normally, as an FO (forward observer), my sole purpose in any training exercise is fire support for the infantry. Artillery mortars, close air support, attack helicopters and naval gun fire are all included in fire support. Along with fire support, FOs will now be responsible for reporting on Civil Affair type stuff. We use the acronym SWEAT MS CREG

S sewage
W water
E electric
A academics
T trash
M medical
S security
C communication
R religion
E economy
G government

We are to report the status of everyithng stated above to the FSO (fire support officer) who sends the info higher up. None of us really like this new roll. We have been told this is how it is going to be when we go back to Iraq.

redleg, what do you think?

February 18th, 2005
Duty Honor Country Milforum Moderator	Post; The new roll of a US Army Forward Observer A few of you know that I have recently returned from 3 weeks of training down in Ft. Polk, LA. My Brigade spent 7 days "in the box" doing Iraq specific training. Normally, as an FO (forward observer), my sole purpose in any training exercise is fire support for the infantry. Artillery mortars, close air support, attack helicopters and naval gun fire are all included in fire support. Along with fire support, FOs will now be responsible for reporting on Civil Affair type stuff. We use the acronym SWEAT MS CREG S sewage W water E electric A academics T trash M medical S security C communication R religion E economy G government We are to report the status of everyithng stated above to the FSO (fire support officer) who sends the info higher up. None of us really like this new roll. We have been told this is how it is going to be when we go back to Iraq. redleg, what do you think? __________________ "The best form of taking care of troops is first-class training, for this saves unnecessary casualties." Erwin Rommel