Ron,
That was because you retired long before I did. Fire commands changed over the years. That lesson hit home hard when after six years of serving on I Corps staff when I got back to a line unit they had changed again. By the early '90s you just called the FDC and gave them the grid, type of target and the type of rounds that you were requesting and adjusted from there. Didn't even bother to announce "Fire Mission" because they knew why you were calling them. Then there was "immediate suppression" where you just threw the FDC a grid and got half a battery fire for effect RFN. If need be you then adjusted from that. Time goes on and procedures change. Merry Christmas Ron.
Take care,
George
Go tell the Spartans,Travelers passing by,That here,Obedient to their laws we lie.
I'm older now but I'm still runnin' against the wind
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