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Call For Fire 28 September 2017 ATP 3-09.30 4-9 Figure 4-2 (Call For Fire flowchart) CORRECTION OF ERRORS 4-66. Observers or FDC personnel sometimes make errors in transmitting data or in reading back the data. If the observer realizes that an error has been made in the transmission or that the FDC has made an error in the read back, the observer announces CORRECTION and transmits the correct data. Example Prior to the first correction the observer transmitted DIRECTION 4680. Observer immediately realizes that the direction should have been DIRECTION 5680. The observer announces CORRECTION, DIRECTION 5680. After receiving the correct read back, continue to send the rest of the call for fire. 4-67. When an error has been made in a sub element and the correction of that sub element will affect other transmitted data, CORRECTION is announced. Then transmit the correct sub element and all affected data in the proper sequence. Example The observer transmitted LEFT 200, ADD 400, UP 40, OVER, then realizes that the correction should have been DROP 400. To correct this element, the observer sends CORRECTION LEFT 200, DROP 400, UP 40, OVER. The observer must read back the entire sub element, because the LEFT 200 and UP 40 will be canceled if they are not included in the corrected transmission.