TC-3-09-8 Fire Support and Field Artillery Certification Download
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Introduction 22 July 2020 TC 3-09.8 C1 1-7 situational understanding. Fires support element at the battalion level must maintain two qualified digital crews while brigade and higher echelons are required to have at least four qualified digital crews. Qualification of digital crews must be coordinated through the unit's Digital Master Gunner (referred as DMG). 1-12. Qualifications are evaluated live fire events conducted at various echelons in ATs VI, XII, XV and XVIII. The ATs for Qualification are conducted as identified in table 1-2, but can be increased in frequency as necessary in order to meet unit Training Readiness requirements. See Section V of this chapter for the relationship between the Artillery Tables for qualification and a unit's reportable levels of training readiness. Figure 1-3 identifies specific criteria for qualification. (+)Table 1-2. Certification and Qualification Timeline Certification and Qualification Timeline Component Artillery Skills Proficiency Test (ASPT) Artillery Table (AT) VI Artillery Table (AT) XII Artillery Table (AT) XV Artillery Table (AT) XVIII Regular Army Semi-Annually Semi-Annually Annually Annually Annually Army National Guard Annually Annually Twice 1 Twice 1 Once 2 (+) Note: 1. AT XII and AT XV is conducted 2 times during either the 4 year or 5 year training model. 2. AT XVIII is conducted 1 time during either the 4 year or 5 year training model. 1-13. Participation in higher-echelon live fire tables will reset the expiration window of each subordinate element’s qualification. For example, if a firing section completes Table VI one month, then participates in Table XII, Table XV, and Table XVIII during subsequent months, and meets no other disqualification criteria, then that section is not disqualified until six months from the completion of the last collective live fire table. Certifying commanders may determine exceptions to qualification timelines and determine adequate measures to recertify echelons based on their assessment and unit-specific requirements. Figure 1- 3 identifies the Qualification Program for FA Delivery Formations. Figure 1-3. Qualification Program of FA Delivery Formations Note. Fire Support Tables differ, refer to Chapter 6 for diagram and outline of the Fire Support Tables. 1-14. Table 1-3 on page 1-8, lists the minimum required personnel to operate as a team/crew/section to achieve certification and qualification. Decertification and disqualification occurs when the commander who