21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: Fires - Army Doctrine Reference Publication No. 3-09, Warfighting, Defensive and Offensive Tasks, Brigades (Professional Format Series)

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, Army Doctrine Reference Publication (ADRP) 3-09, Fires, is one of the ADRPs released under Doctrine 2015. ADRP 3-09 expands on the foundations and principles found in ADP 3-09. This Army doctrine for fires builds on the collective knowledge and experience gained through recent operations and numerous exercises. It is rooted in time-tested principles and fundamentals, while accommodating new technologies. Fires are the use of weapons systems to create a specific lethal or nonlethal effect on a target.

The principal audience for Army doctrine reference publication (ADRP) 3-09 is commanders, leaders, and staff of the fires warfighting function. Commanders and staff who must employ fires within their operations should also use this doctrinal manual. This ADRP is not only based on the Army's capstone doctrine, Army doctrine publication (ADP) 3-0 and ADRP 3-0, but is also grounded in joint doctrine such as found in Joint Publication (JP) 3-0, JP 3-01, JP 3-09, and JP 3-60. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this manual. The scope of this publication is broad in its focus in order to deal with fires as a complete entity. It gives equal treatment to the diverse assets that are designated as fires resources. The successful employment of fires depends on the integration and synchronization of all forms of fires within all the warfighting functions. This manual forms the foundation for training and Army education curricula on fires. This publication describes the fires warfighting function in terms of its major components, functions, and required products, and describes how fires are employed in terms of the operations process.

Chapter 1 * FIRES IN SUPPORT OF UNIFIED LAND OPERATIONS * Fires Definitions * Fires Warfighting Function * Roles * Core Competencies * Fires in Support of Unified Land Operations * Fires in Support of Decisive Action * Fires in Support of Offensive Tasks * Fires in Support of Defensive Tasks * Fires in Support of Stability Tasks * Principles * Characteristics * Fires and Joint Principles * Fires in Relation to Other Warfighting Functions * Fires and the Operational Framework * Employment of Fires * Chapter 2 * FIRES ORGANIZATIONS AND KEY PERSONNEL * Fires Organizations and Personnel at the Strategic Level * Fires Organizations and Personnel at the Operational Level * Fires Organizations and Personnel at the Tactical Level * ADA Brigade * Fires Brigade * Chapter 3 * FIRES IN THE OPERATIONS PROCESS * The Operational Process * Fires and Targeting * Fires Planning * Air Defense Planning * FA Fire Support Planning * GLOSSARY * REFERENCES

As a bonus, this reproduction includes the complete 2012 Army Leadership manual (FM 6-22), which describes the Army's view of leadership, outlines the levels of leadership (direct, organizational, and strategic), and describes the attributes and core leader competencies across all levels.