FM-3-09 Fire Support and Field Artillery Operations Download

Chapter 3 3-14 FM 3-09 30 April 2020 Table 3-1. Crosswalk of operations, joint targeting cycle, D3A, MDMP, and fire support task (continued) Operations Process Joint Targeting Cycle D3A MDMP Fire Support Task Continuous Assessment Assess Execute Prepare Combat Assessment D3A – decide, detect, deliver and assess MDMP–military decision-making process Detect Deliver Assess Orders Production Execute Information Collection Plan. Update information requirements as they are answered. Update the high-payoff target list, attack guidance matrix, and targeting synchronization matrix. Update fire support tasks. Update associated measures of performance and measures of effectiveness. Execute fire support tasks in accordance with the attack guidance matrix and the targeting synchronization matrix. Execute Information Collection Plan. Assess task accomplishment (as determined by measures of performance). Assess effects (as determined by measures of effectiveness). FIRE SUPPORT PLANNING AND COORDINATION PRINCIPLES 3-34. The commander's ability to orchestrate and employ all available FS resources as a system and to integrate and synchronize fire support with the concept of operations results from an established process known as fire support planning and coordination. Fire support planning is the continuous process of analyzing, allocating, integrating, synchronizing, and scheduling fires to describe how the effects of fires facilitate maneuver force actions. Successful FS planning is the result of the FSCOORD's aggressive contribution to the maneuver commander's planning and decision-making process. Fire support coordination is the planning and executing of fire so targets are adequately covered by a suitable weapon or group of weapons (JP 3-09). Formal coordination binds FS resources together to create a unity of effort so that the multiple effects of each fire support asset across all domains are rapidly and continuously integrated and synchronized with the scheme of maneuver. 3-35. Fighting in LSCGO requires more careful FS planning because of the limited resources available to acquire and attack targets at extended ranges, and requires detailed coordination and employment of TA, attack, and assessment needs across all domains. 3-36. The FSCOORD utilizes the principles of fire support planning and coordination when advising the commander on the execution of fire support. These principles are extensions of our functions of fire support. The fire support planning and coordination principles are:  Plan early and continuously. To effectively integrate fire support with the commander's concept of the operation, planning must begin when the commander states the mission and provides commander's guidance. The commander's guidance must be clear, concise and understood. Whenever commander's guidance is not understood during the planning of an operation, fire support planners should solicit that guidance from the commander. Planning is continuous and must keep pace with the dynamics of the operation.  Ensure the continuous flow of targeting information. The FSCOORD ensures that TA requirements are identified and proactively focused on detecting HPTs within the desired formation. Ensure that target information from all sources are evaluated and routed to the appropriate attack means to include information from all echelons and from adjacent and supporting elements.