ATP-3-09-24 The Field Artillery Brigade Download
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30 March 2022 ATP 3-09.24 1-1 Chapter 1 Organizational Framework This chapter discusses the field artillery brigade’s basic roles, capabilities, organization, and command and staff functions and responsibilities. The role of the field artillery brigade, including the support of a tactical division, corps, or joint task force. It also includes the field artillery brigade as the force field artillery headquarters, or the counterfire headquarters. The field artillery brigade organization (subordinate units, command, and staff) with a discussion of key personnel duties and responsibilities. ROLE OF THE FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE 1-1. A field artillery brigade (FAB) conducts corps-level strike operations and augments division level shaping operations. Strike is an attack to damage or destroy an objective or a capability (JP 3-0). Attack is a type of offensive operation that destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes, and secures terrain, or both (ADP 3-90). The FAB provides the corps with the capability to mass effects during shaping operations in the conduct of large-scale ground combat operations. 1-2. The FAB can be task organized with delivery and sensor systems to support mission requirements. A division, corps, joint task force (JTF) or other force may have a FAB or its units attached or placed under operational control (OPCON). Attach is the placement of units or personnel in an organization where such placement is relatively temporary (JP 3-0). 1-3. The FABs battalions (BN) are fully capable of providing direct support (DS) to joint, special operations forces and other joint units. Direct support is a support relationship requiring a force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly to the supported force’s request for assistance (FM 3-0). 1-4. When operating under the control of the joint force commander or another Service, the Army service component command or Army Forces commander exercises administrative control over the FAB. The FAB, when designated by the joint force commander or corps commander, can serve as a counterfire headquarters or be assigned a counterfire mission. See ATP 3-92 for more information on corps’ role as a tactical echelon in large-scale combat operations. Large-scale combat operations is extensive joint combat operations in terms of scope and size of forces committed, conducted as a campaign aimed at achieving operational and strategic objectives (ADP 3-0). 1-5. A FAB can serve as the force field artillery headquarters (FFA HQ) for a Corps or JTF, or the counterfire headquarters (HQ) for a JTF, corps, or division. Army National Guard FABs have a dual role, serving as both the Army National Guard division commander's FFA HQ and as a FAB when required. The division artillery (DIVARTY) is the FFA HQ and the DIVARTY commander is the fire support coordinator (FSCOORD) for the division. The DIVARTY is assigned to each division and focuses primarily on providing fire support (FS) to the division. Fire support is a rapid and continuous integration of surface to surface indirect fires, target acquisition, armed aircraft, and other lethal and nonlethal attack/delivery systems that converge against targets across all domains in support of the maneuver commander’s concept of operations (FM 3-09). 1-6. The FABs assigned to the corps are task organized with multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) and high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) BNs. The Army National Guard FABs may have cannon BNs, as well as MLRS/HIMARS BNs. 1-7. The FAB gives the higher or supported commander a HQ to plan, synchronize, and execute strike, counterfire, and fires in support of decisive and shaping operations throughout the command's area of