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

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Chapter 1 1-4 FM 3-09 30 April 2020 counsel on FS from his fire support coordinator (FSCOORD), but the commander must decide how the command will accomplish its mission. 1-16. The fire support coordinator is the senior field artillery commander for the theater, corps, division, brigade combat team who is the maneuver commander's primary advisor to plan, coordinate, and integrate field artillery and fire support in the execution of assigned tasks. This dual responsibility institutionalizes FS as commander's business, and requires the FA commander to know the functions and objectives of the ground force, the operation of the FS system, and the technical aspects of FA fire as the maneuver commander's most available attack/delivery system. To further understand the FS System, it is necessary to examine each element in greater detail; this will be done in Chapter 2.