TC-3-09-8 Fire Support and Field Artillery Certification Download
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30 March 2020 TC 3-09.8 2-1 Chapter 2 Fire Support and Field Artillery Certification and Qualification Content The Fire Support and Field Artillery Certification and Qualification manual is delivered through milBook web site, providing social media capabilities, enhancing collaboration and agile artillery content delivery, within the Army Knowledge Online (referred as AKO) and the Fires Knowledge Network (referred as FKN) communities. Access to milBook requires appropriate online credentials or a registered common access card (referred as CAC). The paragraphs in this chapter summarize the content of chapters 1 through 12 and appendices A through I of the Fire Support and Field Artillery Certification and Qualification manual, TC 3-09.8. DESCRIPTION OF CONTENT 2-1. This TC is designed and delivered to provide the most current individual, collective tasks and certification/qualification criteria. Chapter 1 and 2 provides the general information necessary for a unit commander to plan, prepare, execute and assess a certification and qualification program and is available through the Army Publishing Directorate. The technical content of the FA tables are found beyond chapter 1 and 2 in a repository online and maintained by the Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill. This delivery method allows agility for updates to individual or collective tasks. The details of the conditions, steps, and measures for all individual and collective tasks listed in the chapters are found in the Central Army Registry or the Digital Training Management System in which you can review and/or print the task specifications. The contents of this TC beyond chapter 1 and 2 can be found at https://www.milsuite.mil/book/groups/tc-3-098- field-artillery-gunnery. ONLINE CONTENT 2-2. MilBook portal users must comply with information security policies and procedures, before logging in. Users must read the U.S. Government Disclaimer and the Department of Defense Privacy Act Statement. They must not enter classified tactics, techniques, and procedures currently in use for military operations. It is the responsibility of the command to ensure proper portal use, consistent with AR 380-5. In addition, it is the command's responsibility to ensure compliance with AR 380-10 for foreign disclosure. 2-3. Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, United States Army Combined Arms Center, and the Fire Center of Excellence host the milBook and FCoE portals. Users may click on the following hyperlink or paste it into a Web browser: https://www.milsuite.mil/book/groups/tc-3-098-field-artillery-gunnery, this takes users directly to the portal, by way of a milBook login page. DESCRIPTION OF ONLINE CONTENT 2-4. Chapter 3: Cannon Howitzer - This chapter provides a methodology for training and evaluating individuals and crews/sections on the tasks required to safely emplace, prepare for firing, execution of howitzer fire missions, and displacement of the M109A6/7, M119A2/3 and the M777A2 howitzer systems. 2-5. Chapter 4: Multiple Launch Rocket System (referred as MLRS)/High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (referred as HIMARS) - This chapter provides a methodology for training and evaluating individuals and crews/sections on the tasks required to safely emplace, prepare for firing, execution of Multiple Launch