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

Fire Support and the Operations Process 30 April 2020 FM 3-09 3-27 Table 3-7. Fire support element during course of action development MDMP STEP 3: COURSE OF ACTION DEVELOPMENT Staff Actions Key FSE Actions FSE Output  Assess relative combat power.  Generate options.  Array forces.  Develop a broad concept.  Assign HQ.  Develop COA statements and sketches.  Conduct a COA briefing.  Select or modify courses of action for continued analysis.  Assist G-2 and intelligence cell in conjunction with the G-3 in developing the information collection plan and its support for targeting.  Determine where to find and attack adversary or enemy fire support formations.  Identify high-payoff target in those formations.  Refine FS tasks.  Plan assessment for FS tasks, including measures of performance and measures of effectiveness. Quantify the execution for FS tasks.  Analyze relative fires combat power.  Ensure staff considers all fire support aspects of combat power.  Develop scheme of fires for each COA and assess risk, including fratricide.  Nominate high-payoff targets for each COA.  Integrate CEMA and other nonlethal input.  Array FS assets/resources needed to support each COA and propose generic FS organization for combat. Identify planned attack locations and sequence of attacks:  Allocate assets to acquire targets.  Allocate assets to attack targets.  Apportion force protection for FS assets.  For each COA developed include−  Scheme of fires.  Initial FSCMs.  Draft high-payoff target list.  Target list worksheet.(digital or manual)  Draft FS execution matrix.  Target list/overlay.  Draft observer and TA plan.  Draft targeting synchronization matrix or modified (high-payoff target list, target selection.  Target selection standards and attack guidance matrix).  Draft FS input to the unit airspace plan.  Draft risk management plan.  FS-related portions of reconnaissance and surveillance plan.  Initial FS tasks and associated measures of performance and measures of effectiveness.  Refined asset locations.  Refined FSCMs.  Draft Annex D, Fires.  Begin request of assets for reconnaissance and surveillance, CAS, information operations and cyber electromagnetic activities.  Determine radar positioning and sector search for all radars.  Determine radar maintenance and cueing schedule.