ATP-3-09-02 Field Artillery Survey Download

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16 February 2016 ATP 3-09.02 vii Preface This publication is a guide for commanders, survey personnel, and personnel whose duties include planning, supervising, and performing field artillery (FA) surveys or training in those areas. This manual provides— Techniques for instruction and employment of survey sections. Guidance and reference in survey principles. Techniques used to operate and maintain equipment. The principal audience for this publication is FA commanders, staffs, and personnel at the field artillery brigade (FAB), division artillery (DIVARTY), and brigade combat team (BCT) and separate FA battalions and below. Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure their decisions comply with applicable United States (U.S.), international, and, in some cases, host-nation laws and regulations. Commanders at all levels ensure their Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of war and the rules of engagement (See Field Manual [FM] 27-10). Army Techniques Publication (ATP) 3-09.02 uses joint terms where applicable. Selected, joint and Army terms and definitions appear in both the glossary and the text. Terms for which ATP 3-09.02 is the proponent publication (the authority) are marked with an asterisk (*) in the glossary. Definitions for which ATP 3-09.02 is the proponent publication are boldfaced in the text. For other definitions shown in the text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition. ATP 3-09.02 applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard, Army National Guard of the United States, and United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated. Unless this publication states otherwise, masculine nouns and pronouns do not refer exclusively to men. The proponent of ATP 3-09.02 is the United States Army Fires Center of Excellence. The preparing agency is the Directorate of Training and Doctrine, United States Army Fires Center of Excellence. Send comments and recommendations on a Department of the Army (DA) Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to Directorate of Training and Doctrine, 700 McNair Avenue, Suite 128 ATTN: ATSF-DD, Fort Sill, OK 73503-4436; by e-mail to usarmy.sil.fcoe.mbx.dotd-doctrine-inbox@mail.mil; or submit an electronic DA Form 2028.