[2019] Fire and Forget Friday - Kill Confirmation

*pictured - USS Wisconsin (BB-64) providing fire support for the 1st Marine Division off the Korean Peninsula on December 3, 1951*

After firing your main battery guns, do you keep your sights on the target or do you set up for the next volley?

Some captains find keeping the sights set on the target helps with accurate and live time adjustments to fire for effect.

Other skippers prefer to zoom out after rounds go down range to get a global view of the battlefield and to watch for other threats on the horizon.

When your guns go ablaze, do you stay on target or do you fire and forget?

"One hundred rounds do not constitute fire power. One hit constitutes fire power." - Merritt Edson, U.S. Marine Corps

#fireandforgetfriday

#anchorsaweigh

I concur, it only takes 1 enemy destroyer or torpedo bomber squadron to send your crew running for the lifeboats.

#anchorsaweigh