Fires Organizations at the Tactical Level
{"Image DocumentName": "Fires Organizations at the Tactical Level", "Image ImageDescription": "Air Defense Artillery. Field Artillery. Air Defense Artillery Brigade. -Air Defense Fire Control Officer (ADAFCO) -Air Defense Artillery Battalion. -Patriot Battalion. -Air and Missile Defense Battalion. -Indirect Fires Protection Capability (IFPC) Battalion. -Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Battery. Division Fires Cell. -Division Chief of Fires. -Fire Support Coordinator (FSCOORD) -Air Liaison Officer. -JAGIC. Brigade Combat Team Fires Cell. Fires Brigade. -Fire Support Officer. -Field Artillery Battalions.  Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS)  High-Mobility Artillery Rockt System (HIMARS)  M109-series Paladin.  M777-series.  M119-series. ADA brigades mainly support theater-level operations through the use of terminal high altitude area defense (THAAD), and Patriot assets, but also can provide forces which include IFPC and SHORAD capabilities. AMD operations and ADA task forces provide support from theater to division levels to enable. the scheme of maneuver. ADA forces at the brigade level include both non-divisional and maneuver base systems. These systems are employed to protect operational forces and assets from air and missile attack and provide global missile defense. The ADA brigade commander advises the AAMDC commander on overall counterair and AMD integration, synchronization, and employment. The ADAFCO is responsible to the commander for coordinating air defense of designated facilities and areas, as well as coordinating and monitoring the command, air picture, and fire unit exchange between the control reporting center/airborne warning and control system/Aegis/tactical air operations center and the Patriot information coordination central or the ADA battalion fire control/direction center. The FC plans, coordinates, integrates, and synchronizes the employment and assessment of fires in support of current and future operations for the commander under the direction of the G-3/S-3. The FC recommends targeting guidance to the commander and develops HPTs and selects targets for attack. The cell plans, synchronizes, coordinates, and integrates adaptable fires matched to a wide range of targets/target systems. The FC coordinates target acquisition, target dissemination and target engagement functions for the commander. At the division level, the AMD Cell, the ASOC, and the emerging capability of the joint air ground integration cell (JAGIC) are integrated within the fires cell to ensure coordination, synchronization of fires, airspace integration functions and sense and warn systems. Similarly within the BCT, the ADAM/BAE, JAGIC and ALO are also integrated within the fires cell. Functions of the fires cell include: \uf06c Plan, integrate, coordinate, and synchronize through targeting, Army and joint fires, and when directed by the maneuver commander other nonlethal effects. \uf06c Integrate and synchronize airspace coordination functions with Army and joint air capabilities and provides input to the ATO, airspace control plan (ACP), and ACO which includes FSCMs and ACMs. The JAGIC capability provides these functions by integrating fixed wing, rotary wing, and fire control management cells within the Division COIC. \uf06c Produce and execute the fire support plan. \uf06c Manage target nominations and track the lifecycle of the nomination. \uf06c Interface with all boards/cells. \uf06c Provide input to the collection plan. \uf06c Request and coordinate CAS and air interdiction. The chief of fires is the senior fires officer at division and higher headquarters who is responsible for advising the commander on the best use of available fire support resources, providing input to necessary orders, and developing and implementing the fire support plan. The force field artillery headquarters, if designated by the supported maneuver commander, is normally the senior FA headquarters organic, assigned, attached, or placed under the operational control of that command. The supported maneuver commander specifies the commensurate responsibilities of the force FA headquarters and the duration of those responsibilities. A Fires Brigade\u2019s (FIB) primary task is conducting strike operations. The FIB has an organic multiple launch rocket system (MLRS)/ high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) battalion, and target acquisition battery, however, the FIB can be task organized with additional fires delivery, sensor systems, and IFPC to support the maneuver commander\u2019s mission requirements. The FIB is the only Army FA organization above the BCT and can be directed to execute tasks for any joint, Service, or functional headquarters. The FIB is neither organic to any Army organization or echelon, nor is it focused on any specific region or geographic combatant commander\u2019s area of responsibility. A division, corps, joint force land component command, JTF or other force may have a FIB assigned, attached or placed under OPCON; however, the FIB is normally attached to a division HQ. The fire support coordinator is the BCTs organic FA battalion commander; if a FIB is designated as the division force FA headquarters, the FIB commander is the division\u2019s fire support coordinator and is assisted by the chief of fires who then serves as the deputy fire support coordinator during the period the force FA headquarters is in effect. The fire support officer is a 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.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}