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

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30 April 2020 FM 3-09 v Preface This publication is the Army's capstone manual for fire support and field artillery operations. It provides principles and functions for fire support elements (FSEs) and field artillery (FA) units conducting large-scale ground combat operations as a part of unified land operations (ULO) in contested multi-domain environments. It establishes the basis for understanding fire support (FS) and field artillery (FA) as critical components of the Fires Warfighting Function tasks. FM 3-09 establishes for the Artilleryman the core competencies, functions, characteristics, and principles of FS and FA. To comprehend the doctrine contained in FM 3-09, readers must first understand the fundamentals of ULO described in ADP 3-0 and FM 3-0. They must understand the language of tactics and the fundamentals of the offense and defense, and echelons above brigade described in ADP 3-90 and FM 3-94. Users of FM 3-09 should also understand the fundamentals of stability described in ADP 3-07, and understand the functions and principles of intelligence and sustainment found in FM 2-0 and FM 4-0. Army forces are normally employed with other Services as part of a joint force. Consequently, commanders and FS staffs must also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine including JP 3-0, JP 3-09, JP 3-60, and JP 3-09.3. The principal audience for FM 3-09 is all commanders and their staffs. This publication is intended to provide guidance for echelons above brigade for the planning, preparing, execution, and assessment of FS and the employment of FA in large-scale ground combat operations. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this manual. This manual should be studied by those members of the combined arms team or other services who are responsible for the delivery of fires in support of ground combat operations. Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure their decisions and actions comply with applicable United States (U.S.), international, and, in some cases, host-nation laws and regulations. Commanders at all levels ensure their Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of war and established rules of engagement (ROE) (See FM 6-27/MCTP 11-10C). FM 3-09 implements North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) standardization agreements (STANAG) 2484 and 3680. FM 3-09 uses joint terms where applicable. Selected joint and Army terms and definitions appear in both the glossary and the text. Terms for which FM 3-09 is the proponent publication (the authority) are marked with an asterisk (*) in the glossary and are boldfaced in the text. For other definitions shown in the text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition. FM 3-09 applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated. The proponent of FM 3-09 is the Commandant, United States Army Field Artillery School and Chief of the Field Artillery. The preparing agency is the United States Army Fires Center of Excellence, Directorate of Training and Doctrine. Send comments and recommendations on a Department of the Army (DA) Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) to Directorate of Training and Doctrine, 700 McNair Avenue, Suite 128, ATTN: ATSF-DD, Fort Sill, OK 73503; by e-mail to: mailto:usarmy.sill.fcoe.mbx.dotd-doctrine@mail.mil; or submit an electronic DA Form 2028.