Field artillery (United States)

This article is about the organization and employment of field artillery in the United States military. For the service branch, see Field Artillery Branch (United States). For the brigade-level formation, see Field Artillery Brigade.

In the United States military, land-based field artillery typically consists of three distinct components: the forward observer (FO), the fire direction center (FDC), and the firing unit, sometimes referred to as the gun line. The field artillery fires process involves the coordination of all of these elements; for instance, there may be multiple FOs calling in fire on multiple targets to multiple FDCs and any component may be in communication with some of the other elements depending on the situational requirements.

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