CFF
Definition of Call for Fire
A request for fire containing data necessary for obtaining the required fire on a target.
What does TMO stand for?
Target Mensuration Only
Define Offensive Operations
An offensive operation is an operation to defeat or destroy enemy forces and gain control of terrain, resources, and population centers (ADP 3-0).
Are direct fire weapon systems typically low or high CDE?
Low.
Fire support is a rapid and continuous integration of surface-to-surface indirect fires, target acquisition, armed aircraft, and other lethal and nonlethal attack/delivery systems that converge against targets across all domains in support of the supported commander’s concept of operations.
What does the regulation state about a mustache?
Corner of the mouth, off the lip.
What is the most important essential mission task of the United States Navy?
Power Projection
What is the most important part of your "Call for Fire" and why?
The target description! It allows for accurate attack guidance and allows echelons above us to properly track enemy COA/Intelligence collection.
Define Defensive Operations
A defensive operation is an operation to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability operations (ADP 30).
Attack Guidance Matrix
Who is the FSCOORD to the BDE CMDR?
1-41FA CMDR
Who is the primary trainer of a unit?
What are the two planning factors when employing Excalibur?
1. High altitude to allow time for GPS acquisition.
2. Use an offset aimpoint to allow for safe zone if GPS acquisition fails.
What is contained in line 4 of the rotary wing 5-line request?
Target description and Mark
When are High Value Targets (HVTs) identified in the Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB)?
Step 3 (Evaluate the Threat)
Define Stability Operations
A stability operation is an operation conducted outside the United States in coordination with other instruments of national power to establish or maintain a secure environment and provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief (ADP 3-0).
In respect to kill types, what is a MK+40?
A mobility kill where the target will be non-mobile approximately 40 minutes after time of impact.
Who is the FSCOORD to the DIV CMDR?
DIVARTY CMDR
Monthly.
Weapons Free, Weapons Tight, Weapons hold.
When does FDC transmit a "Challenge" authentication during a request for fire on potentially nonsecure lines of communication? When does the observer answer with the "reply" portion of the authentication?
FDC transmits the "Challenge" in the last transmission of the request for fire. The observer transmits the "Reply" immediately after.
What is HAE?
Height Above Ellipsoid. Also known as geodetic height, is a vertical location measurement that represents the height of a point on Earth's surface above or below a theoretical ellipsoid, a mathematical model of the Earth
What are the seven mission variables [METT-TC(I)]?
The seven mission variables are mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available—time available, civil considerations, and informational considerations [METT-TC(I)].
What software does the US Army Fires community use to conduct weaponeering?
JMEM Weaponeering System(JWS)
What are the 3 Fire Support elements?
Command and Control (C2), Target Acquisition (TA), Attack/Delivery System
What is the Soldiers Creed?
Says the creed.
What is OrdX in respect to weapon system trajectory?
BONUS: OrdX is an important planning factor which type of Kill Box?
Altitude of projectile at a specified distance from target, along GTL, back towards the firing point.
BONUS Answer: Purple KB
What is the difference between Time on Target, and Time to Target?
Time on Target: The observer may tell the FDC when the rounds are to impact by requesting TIME ON TARGET, 0859, OVER.
Time to Target: Is the time the observer can expect rounds to hit the target. Express time in minutes and seconds after delivery of the "hack" statement.
What is the target category of CEMA?
Radio electronic combat, also known as offensive EW.
What is the difference between ZONE and SECTOR?
Zone is prescribed to a unit in the OFFENSE.
SECTOR is prescribed to a unit in the DEFENSE.
What does JMEM stand for? And what does it provide us?
Joint Munition Effectiveness Manual. It is a scientific publication outlining the properties needed to understand and plan the employment of every conventional munition in the US military arsenal.
How are priority of fires listed on the FSEM?
By phase, unit, and asset
You have a soldier or a friend in the army that wants to build a budget, what army resource center do you recommend they contact?
Army Community Services (ACS), they offer financial services that educate service members and dependents on the fundamentals of budgeting/investing.
In respect to Aircraft munitions and effects, identify the different target types...
Point target, Area target, Soft target, Hard target
In respect to moving target calculations, how many meters per second is considered "fast"?
8 meters per second
Why are targeting categories used in lieu of specific systems?
Targeting categories - or codes - are used due to their ability to encompass a broad swath of systems, instead of focusing on specific capabilities offered on a system by system basis. IE: Maneuver, Fires, Protection, etc.
Command and control, Movement and maneuver, Intelligence, Fires, Sustainment, Protection
How many volleys of 155mm does it take to DESTROY (CAT KILL) a T90 MBT?
~30 volleys
Field Artillery Intelligence Officer
Yes, they can reach out to a SHARP representative, however, they are not given access to military medical/law enforcement resources. They are given contact information for local law enforcement.
In respect to the Theater Air Ground System (TAGS), what does AAGS stand for?
Army Air Ground System.