OPS203K, Joint Fire Support System

Question 1

Define Joint Fire Support

Answer 1

Joint Fire Support is joint fires that assist air, land, maritime, and special operations forces to move, maneuver, and control territory, populations, airspace, and key waters in support of the joint force commander’s (JFC’s) scheme of maneuver

Question 2

Select the Fires Warfighting Function tasks

Answer 2

• Deliver fires
• Integrate all forms of Army, joint, and multinational fires
• Conduct targeting (acquisition, discrimination,
  engagement)

Question 3

Select the components of the Fire Support System and their responsibilities

Answer 3

Command and control (C2)
Fires Cells (FC) and Fire Support Coordination Centers (FSCC) plan, prepare, execute, and assess fires in support of current and future operations. 

Target acquisition (TA)
Provides the means to succesfully detect, identify, and locate a target in sufficient detail to permit the effective employment of weapons.

Attack / Delivery Resources
Mortars, Artillery (cannon, rocket and missile), Naval surface fire support, FW aircraft, RW aircraft, UAS.

Question 4

Identify key fire support personnel and agencies for command and control at each echelon

Answer 4

Corps
Field Artillery Brigade Commander (FA BDE CDR), is Fire Support Coordinater, FSCOORD

Deputy Fire Support Coordinator, DFSCOORD, is the senior field artillery officer on the corps staff

Fires Cell

Division
Division Artillery Commander (DIVARTY CDR), is the FSCOORD.

Deputy Fire Support Coordinator, DFSCOORD, is the senior field artilleri officer on the division staff.

Fires Cell and Air and Naval Gunfire liaison Company, ANGLICO.

Brigade Combat Team
Field Artillery Battalion Commander (FA BN CDR), is the FSCOORD.

FIre Support Officer, FSO. Senior FA staff officer responsible of all fires planning and execution.

Fires Cell and ANGLICO plt.

Battalion
FSO / Fires cell
Supporting arms liaison teams, SALT.

Company
FSO
Fire Support Team (FIST)
Firepower control teams, two per SALT.

Question 5

Identify the organization for target acquisition and delivery assets at each echelon

Answer 5

Corps
TA: 2x AN/TPQ-53 / 4x AN/TPQ-50
Atk/Delivery Resources: MLRS / HIMARS / M109A6

Division
Same as for Corps,

Brigade Combat Team
TA: AN/TPQ-36/37/50/53 / 4x RQ7- Shadows UAS / RSTA SQDN
Atk/Delivery Resources: M119A2 (105mm) / M777A2 ( 155mm) / M109A6 (155mm)

Battalion
TA: Fire Support Teams / FO / JFO /Scouts / Q-48/49/50 (LCMR)
Atk/Delivery Resources: M224 mortar (60mm) / M252 mortar (81mm) / M120 mortar (120mm)