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| Army Fires Command | |
|---|---|
| Unit name | Army Fires Command |
| Caption | Shoulder sleeve insignia |
| Dates | 2021–present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Type | Field artillery command |
| Role | Fires integration, long-range precision fires |
| Garrison | Fort Sill |
| Commander1 label | Commanding General |
| Commander1 | Lieutenant General John V. Meyer III |
Army Fires Command
Army Fires Command is a United States Army echelon that consolidates doctrine, training, materiel, and operational integration for long-range precision fires and fires support. It synchronizes capabilities across the United States Army Field Artillery School, United States Army Air Defense Artillery School, and joint partners including United States Indo-Pacific Command, United States European Command, United States Central Command, and United States Northern Command. The command coordinates with services and agencies such as the United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Air Force, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Missile Defense Agency, and Joint Staff to modernize fires and counter adversary systems like the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force and Russian Aerospace Forces.
Army Fires Command traces origins to a lineage of fires and artillery institutions including the United States Army Field Artillery School established at Fort Sill and doctrinal evolutions from the AirLand Battle era through the Revolution in Military Affairs. Organizational precursors include the Field Artillery Command structures of the Cold War and transformation initiatives from Operation Desert Storm lessons. The establishment of a centralized fires command responded to lessons from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom about joint fires, precision-guided munitions, and integrated air and missile defense. Partnerships with defense industrial firms such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics paralleled capability development. The command’s formation aligned with Army modernization priorities like the Long Range Precision Fires cross-functional team and initiatives tied to the National Defense Strategy.
The command’s mission emphasizes integrated fires, air and missile defense, target acquisition, and campaign-level fires planning to enable combatant commanders across theaters including Indo-Pacific Command and European Command. It provides doctrine and materiel advocacy for systems such as the Precision Strike Missile, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, and integrated networks like the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System. The role spans operational support to formations in U.S. Army Central operations, training support to schools at Fort Sill and Fort Bliss, and interoperability efforts with allies in exercises such as Exercise Defender-Europe, Rimpac, and Talisman Sabre. It liaises with organizations like the United States Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office for sensor-to-shooter integration.
The command integrates doctrine, materiel development, and operational oversight through subordinate directorates and cross-functional teams. Staff elements coordinate with the Army Futures Command, Army Materiel Command, Training and Doctrine Command, and Office of the Secretary of Defense. Functional branches include fires modernization, air and missile defense, fires command and control, and targeting. Headquarters at Fort Sill includes liaison offices to United States Army Europe and Africa, United States Army Pacific, and Joint Force components. The organization aligns with capability clusters from the Long Range Precision Fires initiative and the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System roadmap.
Subordinate components encompass units and centers such as the United States Army Field Artillery School, the Fires Center of Excellence, and partnered brigades fielding systems like the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System and M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. Affiliated formations include artillery brigades in III Armored Corps, I Corps, and XVIII Airborne Corps that deploy fires packages, as well as air defense units equipped with systems interoperable with Patriot missile batteries and emerging interceptors. The command works with test ranges like White Sands Missile Range and the Pacific Missile Range Facility and with joint centers such as the Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team.
Primary capabilities include long-range precision fires, counterfire, suppression of enemy air defenses, and integrated air and missile defense. Fielded and developmental systems under the command’s purview include the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), the M142 HIMARS, the M270 MLRS, Patriot (missile system), and directed-energy demonstrators partnered with Strategic Capabilities Office. Sensor and network integration leverages platforms and programs such as the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, the Coyote (UAS), and space-based assets from GPS (satellite) constellations and the Space Development Agency. Sustainment and lifecycle efforts coordinate with contractors including BAE Systems and Oshkosh Corporation.
Doctrine aligned to the command references publications from Training and Doctrine Command and exercises validated through institutions like the United States Army War College. Training pipelines at Fort Sill and Fort Bliss prepare artillery officers and enlisted personnel on systems such as the HIMARS and MLRS and on targeting processes used in joint environments like Joint Fires Observer and Joint Terminal Attack Controller integration. Wargames and simulations involve the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command modeling tools and collaboration with academic centers such as the RAND Corporation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies to refine concepts tied to the Third Offset Strategy and multi-domain operations.
The command supports theater fires in contingencies and major exercises across regions including the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, European Command postures during NATO exercises, and stability rotations that trace to operations like Operation Atlantic Resolve. Units and capabilities have been employed in deterrence and homeland defense missions alongside assets from United States Northern Command and United States Southern Command. The command coordinates fires in joint operations alongside the United States Air Force Global Strike Command and integrates effects in combined operations with allies such as United Kingdom Armed Forces, Australian Defence Force, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and NATO partners during multinational training and crisis response.
Category:United States Army commands Category:Field artillery