text: Chapter 1
  FIRE SUPPORT AND FIELD ARTILLERY TRAINING
  CONSIDERATIONS
  1-41. FA commanders and leaders at echelon are responsible and accountable for the training and
  performance of their units to ensure readiness in accordance with headquarters department of the Army
  standardized mission essential tasks and regionally aligned forces requirements. Commanders must
  incorporate joint mission essential tasks to ensure interoperability within the joint force.
  1-42. FA units that are trained, ready, and can win at the section, team, and platoon level are the foundational
  requirements to ensuring our supported maneuver formations can win in large-scale combat operations. FA
  commanders must balance this necessity for small unit proficiency against the requirement for higher level
  (battalion [BN] and battery) collective training and qualification. For example, a commander may choose to
  assume risk by reducing resources for qualification of higher qualification tables in order ensure readiness at
  section, team, and platoon levels by increasing resources for this lower-level training. However, this does not
  negate the requirement for proficiency at the battery and BN levels (see figure 1-2).
  Figure 1-2. The band of excellence
  1-43. FA and FS training considerations must be in line with the Army's principles for training found in FM
  7-0:
  * Commanders are the primary trainers.
  * Noncommissioned officers train individuals, crews, and small teams; advise commanders on all
  aspects of training.
  * Train using multi-echelon techniques to maximize time and resource efficiency.
  * Train as a combined arms team.
  * Train to standard using appropriate doctrine.
  * Train as you fight.
  * Sustain levels of training proficiency over time.
  * Train to maintain.
  * Fight to train.