Advance Fires Brigade Group (UNSC Refined)

The Advance Fires Brigade Group is an experimental unit specialising in combining deep fires, close fires and reconnaissance in support of a Corps unit. The Brigade falls under the UNSC Army's CCL Corps based in Fort Leclerc, France. The Brigade was formed by the end of the Human-Covenant War to provide a specialist reconnaissance and deep fires capability in support of a Corps. The unit is equipped with a combination of Hyrax Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles, M12 Warthogs, M400 Kodiak Artillery Systems and M808M Organ MLRS. The Brigade Group is equipped heavily with precision munitions such as laser guided shells and missiles as well as the UGPS guided Precision Guided Strategic Munition (PrGSM). 
==History ==
At the beginning of the Human-Covenant War, theorists had been toying with the idea of an integrated reconnaissance and artillery brigade group capable of supporting a large Corps sized unit for strategic needs rather than the traditional usage of artillery as a close support weapon in support of divisions and brigades. However, these theories were put on hold with the advent of the war starting with the Covenant laying waste to human territory and the lack of time and manpower to create a unit that would be able to put the Army's ideas into action. 
These ideas remained prevalent and the usage of precision munitions became heavy during the war with the power of Covenant shielding usually requiring bursts of precision fire to overcome some larger positions under shields. This, along with a desire to move away from close combat where the Covenant were superior, meant that some units began focusing on deep fires using observation posts deep in enemy lines by deploying ODST units, reconnaissance and cavalry units. II Corps, deployed on Tyrol successfully used this strategy to much success with the Covenant advance being held up heavily thanks to precision fires on various logistics bases, forward bases and landing zones. 3rd Battalion, 6th Cavalry Regiment became well known for their small unit fire support teams with their commander having every cavalry scout in the Battalion being trained as forward observers for artillery units. 
Plans for a joint artillery and reconnaissance brigade group was drawn up for 2554 and the units were planned to be sourced from units of CCL and XLVI Corps. A list of potential commanders were drawn up which included the future Colonial Cross winner Lieutenant Colonel Ainsley Lockhart. However, with the victory of the UNSC in 2552, the manpower and time to experiment with the concept was now there with the emblem of the Advance Fires Brigade Group being made and the first artillery regiment for the unit arriving at Joint Training Field Suffield to start training in cooperation with assigned reconnaissance units.
The Advance Fires Brigade Group was deemed operationally ready by 2554 and was deployed to their first campaign, the Polus Campaign, with CCL Corps and performed well. Deep reconnaissance teams demolished strategic structures with Corps based artillery with close unit familiarity allowing for rapid shelling in support of the Corps. The success of the Advance Fires Brigade Group lead to the formation of "Joint Integrated Fires Plan" with a number of outlined plans for future of artillery in the Post-Covenant War period. Included with these plans was the expansion of the Advance Fires Brigade Group for 2560 with the addition of Advance Fires Brigade Groups for all Corps in 3rd Corps Group and then expansion by 2568 for all Corps in UNSC Army Sol and Inner Colonies.
==Structure==
Advance Fires Brigade Group
*Brigade Headquarters Battery
*Reserve (Italy) Artillery Command Headquarters
*26th Artillery Regiment (M808M Organ)
*572nd Artillery Regiment (M808M Organ)
*222nd Artillery Regiment (M400 Kodiak)
*645th Artillery Regiment (M400 Kodiak)
*4th Artillery Regiment (Surveillance and Target Acquisition)
*907th Artillery Regiment (M400 Kodiak)
*6th (Standby Reserve) Artillery Regiment (M808M Organ, provides individual reinforcements for 26th and 572nd Artillery Regiments)
*374th (Standby Reserve) Artillery Regiment (M400 Kodiak, individual provides reinforcements for 222nd and 645th Artillery Regiments)
*96th (Active Reserve) Artillery Regiment (M400 Kodiak, provides a pair of formed battery reinforcements for 222nd Artillery Regiment))
*4th Battalion, 72nd Cavalry Regiment (M478 Hyrax)
*1st Battalion, 601st Cavalry Regiment (M12 Warthog)
*6th Battalion, 273rd Cavalry Regiment (M478 Hyrax)
*9th (Active Reserve) Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment (M12 Warthog, provides a formed company reinforcement for 1/601 Cavalry Regiment)
*92nd Armored Support Battalion, Army Corps of Engineers
*7th Medical Battalion, Army Medical Command