Dispatches: The Artillery Corps in Afghanistan

This edition of Dispatches is the first specifically covering the Artillery experience in Afghanistan. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery (RCA) has been in theatre since 2005 with an increasing array of capabilities beyond the guns themselves. Those readers that have been deployed to Afghanistan may have come to know the many ways in which the Gunners are contributing to the fight. As an institution, the Army has relearned the value of indirect fire and the many capabilities relating to target acquisition and coordination vital to the modern battlefield in a joint and combined environment. It would be fair to say the Army, as seen through the eyes of the many soldiers who have worked with or called upon the guns, now look at the Gunners in a new light, appreciating the ways in which Gunners have helped to keep them protected and to get them out of trouble when needed.