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31 July 2019 ADP 3-19 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction to Fires This chapter introduces the definition of the fires warfighting function and describes fires within the context of unified land operations. It describes those fires tasks necessary to create effects to achieve the commander’s desired objectives, and sets the framework for a discussion of the various capabilities that contribute to the fires warfighting function. FIRES WARFIGHTING FUNCTION A warfighting function is a group of tasks and systems united by a common purpose that commanders use to accomplish missions and training objectives (ADP 3-0). Warfighting functions are the physical means that tactical commanders use to execute operations and accomplish missions assigned by higher level commanders. The purpose of warfighting functions is to provide an intellectual organization for common critical capabilities available to commanders and staffs at all echelons and levels of warfare. Commanders integrate and synchronize these capabilities with other warfighting functions to achieve objectives and accomplish the mission. The fires warfighting function is the related tasks and systems that create and converge effects in all domains against the threat to enable actions across the range of military operations (ADP 3-0). These tasks and systems create lethal and nonlethal effects delivered from both Army and Joint forces, as well as other unified action partners. The fires warfighting function does not wholly encompass, nor is it wholly encompassed by, any particular branch or function. Many of the capabilities that contribute to fires also contribute to other warfighting functions, often simultaneously. For example, an aviation unit may simultaneously execute missions that contribute to the movement and maneuver, fires, intelligence, sustainment, protection, and command and control warfighting functions. Additionally, air defense artillery (ADA) units conduct air and missile defense (AMD) operations in support of both fires and protection warfighting functions. Commanders must execute and integrate fires, in combination with the other elements of combat power, to create and converge effects and achieve the desired end state. Fires tasks are those necessary actions that must be conducted to create and converge effects in all domains to meet the commander’s objectives. The tasks of the fires warfighting function are: Integrate Army, multinational, and joint fires through: Targeting. Operations process. Fire support. Airspace planning and management. Electromagnetic spectrum management. Multinational integration. Rehearsals. Air and missile defense planning and integration. Execute fires across all domains and in the information environment, employing: Surface-to-surface fires.