{"id":19918,"date":"2018-09-26T18:39:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T18:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/26\/the-corps-has-trained-enough-joint-forward-observers-for-every-squad-heres-the-new-way-theyll-train\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:39:39","slug":"the-corps-has-trained-enough-joint-forward-observers-for-every-squad-heres-the-new-way-theyll-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/modern-day-marine\/2018\/09\/26\/the-corps-has-trained-enough-joint-forward-observers-for-every-squad-heres-the-new-way-theyll-train\/","title":{"rendered":"The Corps has qualified Joint Fires Observers for every squad. Here\u2019s how they\u2019ll train."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Corps has already embarked on an ambitious plan to hone immense combat power in the rifle squad by training<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/05\/02\/the-corps-wants-every-rifle-squad-qualified-to-direct-air-naval-and-artillery-fire\/\" target=_blank> Joint Fire Observers,<\/a> or JFOs, for every rifle squad across the Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now, small, portable virtual reality trainers may be a means to maintain that skillset to aid Marines in calling artillery and close-air support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, the Corps has managed to train about 1,000 JFOs since 2016, according to Capt. Karoline Foote, a Marine spokeswoman. That number would be enough to provide a JFO for all 648 active-duty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/25\/the-state-of-the-marine-corps-can-the-corps-new-vision-actually-become-reality\/\" target=_blank>rifle squads<\/a> in the Marine Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as the Corps pushes the responsibility to rain down precision air and naval gunfire further down the chain, maintaining and certifying that skillset brings its own hosts of challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enter the Mobile Fire Support Trainer, or MFST, a small wearable augmented reality system that will allow Marines to train on close-air support and fire support missions anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInstead of a Marine going out to the range and putting several thousands of dollars of actual ammunition downrange, we can give them a virtual environment to do that in,\u201d Maj. Jason Hibler, an infantry expert for Marine Corps Systems Command, told Marine Corps Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MFST is programmed with a series of fire support and close-air support missions that includes fixed and rotary wing, M777 howitzers and mortars. The system will eventually include partner nation force aircraft, naval gunfire and rocket artillery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea, according to Hibler, is to let Marines work out the kinks in their call for fire missions without wasting expensive ammunition or aircraft fuel. But eventually, for a Marine to actually be certified as a joint terminal attack controller, forward observer or JFO, they\u2019ll have to use live ammunition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the long-term goal of the MFST is to get the system to be able to knock out some of the training wickets required for air controllers, Hibler explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The greatest benefit of the system is that the Marines can set up a fires range anywhere they are, Hibler said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system is currently a prototype but eventually MFSTs will find their way into various school houses like the artillery school at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Corps has trained about 1,000 Joint Fires Observers since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":42185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":92,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[162,92,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3502],"class_list":["post-19918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-show-daily","category-modern-day-marine","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"ZBIITPT5G5DU7LOWUIWACVG5RM","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/09\/26\/the-corps-has-trained-enough-joint-forward-observers-for-every-squad-heres-the-new-way-theyll-train\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Corps has qualified Joint Fires Observers for every squad. 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