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Chapter 1 1-2 ATP 3-09.02 16 February 2016 FAB, DIVARTY or BCT S-3 and Chief Surveyor further coordinate the survey plan down to FA battalion level with the battalion S-3 and Chief Surveyor. RESPONSIBILITIES 1-4. FA survey must provide indirect fire platforms as well as target locating assets with a common position and direction (common grid). With the proliferation of global positioning system (GPS) technology in conjunction with onboard navigation systems, desired location accuracy is easily attained. However, while the proliferation of these systems facilitates self-location, it places on the FA commander the additional responsibility to ensure that enough survey control points (SCP) exist throughout the area of operations (AO) to maintain common grid. Additionally, the current operational environment and emerging threats requires the fires community to conduct GPS denied and or systems degraded operations. ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES 1-5. Survey teams are found in the target acquisition platoon of the FAB, DIVARTY, and FA battalion. Figure 1-1 shows the breakdown of a target acquisition platoon. Target acquisition platoons at all levels are the same except the DIVARTY has two AN/TPQ-50 radars and not four. Figure 1-1. Target acquisition platoon 1-6. The force field artillery (FFA) headquarters (HQ) is responsible for survey planning and coordination within the AO. Survey planning and coordination begins with an interface between topographic survey engineers located within an engineer brigade or engineer battalion, and the FFA HQ. Communication is critical to the success of the up, down, and lateral flow of information. The FFA HQ coordinates dissemination of the survey plan down to FA battalion level and to all other consumers via the battalion S- 3. 1-7. In the absence of a designated FFA HQ, the BCT FA battalion will be responsible for survey planning and coordination within the AO. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES 1-8. The FFA HQ commander at all levels is responsible to the maneuver commander for the total integration of fire support to include survey planning and the establishment of the common grid. However, subordinate fires unit’s survey leaders must keep the FFA HQ informed. Aggressive survey planning that answers who, where, when, why, and what is absolutely essential to ensure mission success. 1-9. The FFA commander and subordinate fire unit commanders at all echelons through their S-3 and fire support officer are responsible for ensuring survey control, consisting of GPS, and inertial (both horizontal and vertical position location and an orienting line of known direction) is furnished to subordinate units by the time required and to the required accuracy. The maneuver S-3 and FFA HQ must issue instruction to supporting FA units of the detailed operational plans and commanders’ guidance. Guidance must include: priorities, threat analysis, accuracies; suspense to include time of