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USAFAS Mission: The US Army Field Artillery School trains, educates and develops agile, adaptive and decisive Soldiers and leaders; engages, collaborates and partners with other branches, sister-Services and other fires warfighting function proponents; and serves as the lead agent for the development of field artillery doctrine, concepts and dissemination of that knowledge to the Field Artillery force in support of commanders operating across the full spectrum of conflict and in the joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multi-national environment (JIIM).

USAFAS performs six key functions in the execution of its mission:

• Trains and educates Field Artillery Soldiers and leaders through hands-on, simulations, and classroom instruction so they are skilled in the science and practice of their profession; educates Army and Marine officers and NCOs so they are confident and competent in the art of command and employment of joint lethal and nonlethal fires capabilities; and uses live, virtual, constructive and gaming applications to provide complexity and experiential learning opportunities as we develop critical and creative thinkers and decision-makers.

• Engages, collaborates and partners with other branches, sister-Services and other fires warfighting function proponents so as to expand the interoperability and expeditionary mindset of the students and develop them into master integrators of fires and effects at all echelons of command. This includes the development of an understanding and awareness of cultures and languages that enables our artillerymen to effectively and efficiently conduct operations in the JIIM environment.

• Supports the operating force and ARFORGEN by providing master gunners and subject matter experts as part of individual and collective mobile training teams (MTTs). Designs and instructs artillery functional training courses based on the needs of the force. Supports the ARNG and the various Regional Training Institutes (RTIs) as part of the One Army School initiative.

• Collects field artillery and fires observations from the field and through collaboration and sharing of knowledge with other Centers of Excellence and branch schools, and outside agencies, such as the Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL), the Combat Training Centers (CTCs) and JFCOM, facilitates the dissemination of these lessons learned to the institutional Army, operating force and joint fires community.

• Promotes outreach to the operating force, joint fires community and multi-national partners and allies by participating in other TRADOC branch and joint fires conferences and steering groups, by hosting subject matter expert exchanges and visits by senior foreign distinguished visitors, and reciprocating by providing training teams and exchanges that support COCOM theater engagement plans.

• Ensures that the history and traditions of the Field Artillery are documented and accessible for all to read and embrace.