Saturday, December 20, 2014

Is the Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) concept dead?

The below photos are from a JTAC proficiency training exercise, pics by  Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht...

Simple question.  Is the Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) concept dead? Everyone and their mother can call for fires now and its no longer a mystic art held by only a few.  JTACs dot the land side in all the services and in allied forces as well.  Does a Marine Corps that is being reduced to levels that are obscene, while at the same time shedding combat power in favor of its air arm doing itself any favor by maintaining a unit whose time has passed?  Is it wrong to consider shuttering ANGLICO and getting back an Infantry Battalion?