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Warfighting
Life as an FA Soldier
Acronyms
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A single display of relevant information within a commander’s area of interest tailored to the user’s requirements and based on common data and information shared by more than one command (ADRP 6-0).
What is a Common Operation Picture
100
Fires delivered during the employment of forces from two or more components in coordinated action to produce desired effects in support of a common objective (JP 3-0).
What are Joint Fires
100
The process of applying a weapon system, capability, action, or function against a target to achieve a desired lethal or nonlethal effect in support of the commander’s objectives.
What is Target Engagement
100
An FA officer from the operational to tactical level responsible for advising the supported commander and assisting the senior fires officer of the organization on fires functions and fire support.
What is The Fire Support Officer
100
D3A
What is Decide, Detect, Deliver, & Assess
200
A point in space and time when the commander or staff anticipates making a key decision concerning a specific course of action. (JP 5-0) See ADRP 5-0, FM 6-0.
What is a decision point
200
The synchronized and simultaneous application of arms to achieve an effect greater than if each arm was used separately or sequentially. (ADRP 3-0)
What is combined arms
200
The extension of operations in space, time, or purpose.
What is Depth
200
A trained and certified Service member who can request, adjust, and control surface-to-surface fires, provide targeting information in support of Type 2 and 3 close air support terminal attack controls, and perform autonomous terminal guidance operations (FM 3-09.32).
What is A joint fires observer (JFO)
200
FFA
What is a Free Fire Area. free-fire area. A specific area into which any weapon system may fire without additional coordination with the establishing headquarters. Also called FFA. (JP 3-09) See ATP 3-09.34, FM 3-09, FM 3-90-1.
300
A clear and concise expression of the purpose of the operation and the desired military end state that supports mission command, provides focus to the staff, and helps subordinate and supporting commanders act to achieve the commander’s desired results without further orders, even when the operation does not unfold as planned. (JP 3-0) See ADRP 3-0, ADP 5-0, ADP 6-0, ADRP 6-0, ADRP 3-28, FM 3-09, ATP 3-57.60, FM 3-07, FM 6-0.
What is Commander's Intent
300
Air action by fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft against hostile targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces and that require detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of those forces.(JP 3-0) See ATP 3-06.1, ATP 3-09.24, ATP 3-55.6, ATP 3-60.2, ATP 3-09.34, FM 3-09, ATP 4-01.45, ATP 3-91.1.
What is close air support
300
The process of applying a system, action, or function to identify or engage any one target when multiple targets are present.
What is Target Discrimination
300
A field artillery team controlled at the brigade level that is capable of day and night target acquisition and has both laser range finding and laser-designating capabilities. (ADRP 3-09)
What is a combat observation and lasing team
300
FSCL
What is a Fire Support Coordination Line. A fire support coordination measure established by the land or amphibious force commander to support common objectives within an area of operation; beyond which all Fires must be coordinated with affected commanders prior to engagement, and short of the line, all fires must be coordinated with the establishing commander prior to engagement. Also called FSCL. (JP 3-09) See FM 3-09, ATP 3-09.34, ATP 3-60.2.
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The systematic process of analyzing the mission variables of enemy, terrain, weather, and civil considerations in an area of interest to determine their effect on operations. The systematic, continuous process of analyzing the threat and environment in a specific geographic area. (ATP 2-01.3)
What is the intelligence preparation of the battlefield
400
The two types of CAS requests
What is immediate & preplanned (FM 6-30)
400
The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time (JP 2-0).
What is Synchronization
400
That element of a command post, consisting of gunnery and communications personnel and equipment, by means of which the commander exercises fire direction and/or fire control. (JP 3-09.3) See FM 3-09.
What is a Fire Direction Center
400
TTLODAC
What is Target, Trigger, Location, Observer, Deliver System(s), Attack Guidance, Communications
500
A target whose loss to the enemy will significantly contribute to the success of the friendly course of action. High-payoff targets are those high-value targets that must be acquired and successfully attacked for the success of the friendly commander’s mission. (JP 3-60) See ATP 3-09.24, ATP 3-60. 1, FM 3-09, FM 3-60.
What is a high-payoff target
500
Not forgetting our radar friends, this is the maximum range of the AN/TPQ-36
What is 24,000m (FM 6-121, pg 3-10)
500
The detection, identification, and location of a target in sufficient detail to permit the effective employment of weapons (JP 1-02).
What is Target Acquisition
500
The Mission of the Field Artillery
What is The Mission of the Field Artillery is to destroy, defeat, or disrupt, the enemy with integrated fires to enable maneuver commanders to dominate in unified land operations. (ADRP 3-09)
500
TRP
What is a Target Reference Point. target reference point – An easily recognizable point on the ground (either natural or man-made) used to initiate, distribute, and control fires. Also called TRP. (ADRP 1-02)