TC-3-09-8 Fire Support and Field Artillery Certification Download
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Chapter 2 2-2 TC 3-09.8 30 March 2020 Rocket System (referred as MLRS)/High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (referred as HIMARS) fire missions, ammunition resupply and displacement of the M270A1 and M142 launcher systems. 2-6. Chapter 5: Fire Direction Center (referred as FDC) - This chapter provides a methodology for training and evaluating individuals and crews/sections on the task required to initialize and prepare the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System for operations, acquire and process meteorological data, validate technical and tactical fire mission data, process precision and area fire mission requirements and ensure continuity of operations in all conditions at the FDC, Battery Operations Center Platoon Operations Centers and the Fire Control Element for all FA organizations. 2-7. Chapter 6: Fire Support - This chapter provides a standard methodology for training and evaluating fire support officers, fire support noncommissioned officer, forward observers, fire support teams and fire support element. Certification focuses on accurate target location and description during the conduct of precision and area fire missions in support of the maneuver commander and the operational force. The certifying individual tasks support the joint targeting standards and enforce the Joint Fires Observer (referred as JFO) sustainment program at the unit level to train and certify JFO, as identified by the FA Commandant and endorsed by the Joint Fires Observer Executive Steering Committee. The JFO phased approach has been superseded. 2-8. Chapter 7: Counterfire - This chapter provides a standard methodology for training and evaluating individual tasks for the counterfire cell. The counterfire cell is trained and qualified to plan and conduct counterfire operations to destroy or neutralize enemy indirect weapon systems. 2-9. Chapter 8: Weapons Locating Radar System - This chapter provides a standard methodology for training and evaluating individuals and crews/sections on the task required to safely emplace, prepare for operations, conduct radar operations and the displacement of the AN-TPQ-50 and AN-TPQ-53 Weapons Locating Radar Systems. The AN-TPQ-36 certification and qualifications are addressed in Appendix I. 2-10. Chapter 9: Field Artillery Survey - This chapter provides a standard methodology for training and evaluating individuals and crews/sections on the tasks required to prepare their equipment for operations, establish declination stations, and establish and identify survey control points in support of the FA weapons systems. 2-11. Chapter 10: Platoon Collective Field Artillery Tables (AT VII-XII) - This chapter provides a standard methodology for training and evaluating FA platoons on the collective tasks necessary to deliver timely and accurate fires. Crews/Sections work together in platoon size elements to conduct reconnaissance, movement, occupation and fire mission processing in support of the mission and large-scale combat operations. Collective task are trained and conducted during live-fire exercise, field training exercise or field training exercise EXEVALs. Training and evaluation of accurate indirect firing capabilities at the platoon level are necessary to ensure continued fire support of the maneuver commander and the operational force. 2-12. Chapter 11: Battery Collective Field Artillery Tables (AT XIII-XV) - This chapter provides a standard methodology for training and evaluating the FA battery on the collective tasks necessary to destroy, neutralize or suppress the enemy by cannon/rocket fires during the support of the operational forces. Collective tasks are trained and conducted during live-fire exercise, field training exercise or field training exercise EXEVALs. Artillery tables XIII, Artillery tables XIV and Artillery tables XV demonstrate battery level proficiency in establishing operations and processing cannon/launcher fire missions. Training and evaluation of precision and non-precision capabilities at the battery level are necessary to ensure a role of destroying, defeating or disrupting the enemy with integrated fires to enable maneuver commanders to dominate in unified land operations. 2-13. Chapter 12: Battalion Collective Field Artillery Tables (XVI-XVIII) - This chapter provide a standard methodology for training and evaluating the FA battalion on the collective tasks necessary to destroy, neutralize or suppress the enemy by cannon/rocket fires in support of the operational requirements and large- scale combat operations. Collective tasks are trained and conducted during live-fire exercise and field- training exercise EXEVALs. Artillery tables XVI, Artillery tables VII and Artillery tables XVIII establish battalion proficiency in executing battalion level fire missions, fire plans and counterfire operations. Training and evaluation of precision and non-precision capabilities at the battalion level are necessary to ensure a role of destroying, defeating or disrupting the enemy with integrated fires to enable maneuver commanders to dominate in unified land operations.