DIVARTY

DIVARTY
Unit name	DIVARTY
Type	Artillery

DIVARTY

DIVARTY is the U.S. Army term for a division-level artillery headquarters responsible for coordinating and executing indirect fires for a division. It functions as the principal artillery staff element supporting maneuver divisions such as 1st Infantry Division, 82nd Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Division, and 1st Cavalry Division, integrating assets from corps-level echelons like III Corps and XVIII Airborne Corps. DIVARTY interfaces with formations and institutions including Field Artillery School, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and joint partners such as United States Air Force and United States Navy for combined arms fires.

Overview

DIVARTY provides centralized planning, coordination, and delivery of fires for divisions such as 2nd Infantry Division, 3rd Infantry Division, 4th Infantry Division, 10th Mountain Division, 25th Infantry Division, and 7th Infantry Division. It liaises with maneuver brigades like 1st Brigade Combat Team (1st Infantry Division), 2nd Brigade Combat Team (3rd Infantry Division), and support elements including III Armored Corps Support Command, 1st Sustainment Command (Theater), and Army National Guard units. DIVARTY works within doctrinal frameworks promulgated by Department of the Army publications and coordinates with multinational partners including North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, French Army, and German Bundeswehr.

History

Artillery at the division level evolved from World War I corps and divisional artillery organizations such as those at Battle of the Somme and Meuse-Argonne Offensive through interwar reforms influenced by figures like John J. Pershing and George S. Patton Jr.. In World War II, divisional artillery supported operations in theaters including Normandy landings, Battle of the Bulge, Guadalcanal Campaign, and Operation Torch. Cold War reorganizations reflected experiences from Korean War and Vietnam War, shifting under organizational doctrines associated with AirLand Battle and later Force XXI. Post-Cold War deployments to operations such as Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom further shaped DIVARTY roles through integration with joint and coalition fires.

Organization and Structure

Typically led by a brigadier general or colonel, a DIVARTY headquarters aligns staff sections with headquarters components like United States Army Forces Command taskings and coordinates subordinate battalions such as Field Artillery Battalion (155mm) and Multiple Launch Rocket System Battalion. It includes sections mirroring G-3 Operations, G-2 Intelligence, G-4 Logistics, and Signal Corps communications nodes, and integrates targeting elements working with organizations such as National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency. DIVARTY collaborates with maneuver brigade fire support elements from units like Brigade Combat Team (BCT) headquarters and supports liaison with fire control elements of allied corps such as I Corps (United States), V Corps (United States), and multinational divisions under NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.

Roles and Missions

Primary missions include planning and executing counterfire, suppression of enemy air defenses, interdiction, and close support for maneuver formations similar to tasks performed for 7th Infantry Division (Light), 82nd Airborne Division airborne operations, and combined arms breaches used by 1st Armored Division. DIVARTY is responsible for targeting cycles integrated with joint fires from United States Marine Corps aviation, AFSOC assets, and U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II or F-35 Lightning II strikes. It manages fire support coordination measures established in operations like Operation Anaconda and supports stability tasks under multinational missions such as ISAF.

Equipment and Capabilities

DIVARTY coordinates delivery from platforms including M109 Paladin, M777 howitzer, M142 HIMARS, and M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System, alongside targeting sensors such as AN/TPQ-53 Radar and unmanned systems like MQ-1C Gray Eagle and RQ-7 Shadow. It interfaces with precision munitions including M982 Excalibur, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, and artillery rockets compatible with allied stocks like those of United Kingdom Armed Forces and French Army Artillery. Command-and-control uses systems such as Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System, Position, Navigation and Timing links, and joint fires networks connecting to Global Command and Control System nodes.

Notable Operations and Deployments

DIVARTY elements have been central to operations in campaigns including Normandy landings, Operation Overlord, Operation Market Garden, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom. Division artillery headquarters have supported multinational efforts under United Nations mandates and NATO operations such as Operation Allied Force and KFOR. They have also participated in training and advisory missions alongside units like Special Forces and partnered with host-nation militaries in theaters associated with Operation Resolute Support and security assistance initiatives by U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command.

Training and Doctrine

Training pathways for DIVARTY personnel draw from institutions such as Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, United States Army War College, and Combined Arms Center curricula. Doctrine is codified in publications from Department of the Army and refined through exercises like Operation Red Flag, Saber Strike, Exercise Defender Europe, and multinational drills with partners such as Australian Defence Force, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and Republic of Korea Army. Professional development includes certification through artillery tables, live-fire exercises, and integration with joint targeting processes managed by organizations including Joint Fires Observer programs and Joint Terminal Attack Controller courses.

Category:United States Army artillery units