TC-3-09-8 Fire Support and Field Artillery Certification Download
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Introduction 30 March 2020 TC 3-09.8 1-3 Figure 1-1. Field Artillery Home Station Training Strategy 1-4. This TC is designed and delivered to provide the most current individual, collective tasks and certification/qualification criteria. Chapter 1 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 Fire Support and Field Artillery Certification and Qualification Tables are found beyond Chapter 2 and are 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 2 are found at https://www.milsuite.mil/book/groups/tc-3-098-field-artillery-gunnery and contain: Separate chapters for function specific tasks based on the associated system technical manuals for the equipment assigned to the section being trained. Separate chapters for the training, certification, and qualification of the platoon, battery and battalion. Focus on Fire Support and Field Artillery Certification and Qualification procedures, in the construct of an Army wide FA standard certification and qualification program, in a common tabular format which supports the TC 3-20.0, Integrated Weapons Training Strategy (IWTS) and AR 525-29. The tables provide crew/section/team qualification through collective training up to the battalion and Brigade Combat Team levels to support the commander's assessment of training readiness, in accordance with AR 220-1 (Army Unit Status Reporting and Force Registration-Consolidated Policies) and AR 350-1 (Army Training and Leader Development).