Speech 101
March 25, 2013
How To Fire Artillery A. “I come in peace, I didn’t bring artillery. But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all.” (Marine Major General James “Mad Dog” Matis) B. Has anyone ever seen artillery or heard of it? C. For the past 4 years in the Marine Corps my main job was artillery. I have been trained in every aspect of the job and am very proficient in it. D. If you have never seen or know anything about artillery it’s a big part of the military and used in every war. So today I’m just going to let you know how it is fired and the process working up to it. E. Artillery may seem like a fairly easy thing to fire but truthfully its not so I will show you the three parts you need to fire it.
Body:
A. Forward Observer 1. Eyes of artillery 2. Starts the firing process 3. Consist of a 3-4 man team B. Fire Direction Control 1. Brains of artillery 2. Process all the information 3. Tells who to fire and what C. Gun line 1. Muscle of artillery 2. Loads the gun 3. Fires the gun
Conclusion:
A. To summarize we have learned the process of firing artillery through three steps being forward observers, Fire direction control, and the gun line. B. What you can possibly take away from this is that artillery might look easy but is actually a long process until everyone is proficient in there job C. Now even though you can’t do it alone at least you know about the process of shooting