text: *FM 3-09
  Field Manual Headquarters
  No. 3-09 Department of the Army
  Washington, DC, 12 August 2024
  Fire Support and Field Artillery Operations
  Contents
  Page
  PREFACE................................................................................................................... vii
  INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... ix
  Chapter 1 FOUNDATIONS OF FIRE SUPPORT AND THE ROLE OF THE FIELD ARTILLERY
  1-1
  Fire Support and the Threat ...................................................................................... 1-1
  Fire Support in Joint and Multidomain Operations .................................................... 1-3
  Operational Approach and Operational Framework .................................................. 1-7
  The Field Artillery’s Role and Core Competencies ................................................. 1-11
  The Fire Support System ......................................................................................... 1-11
  Fire Support Functions ............................................................................................ 1-13
  Characteristics of Fire Support ................................................................................ 1-14
  Principles of Fire Support Planning, Coordination, and Execution.......................... 1-15
  Fire Support and Field Artillery Training Considerations ......................................... 1-16
  Chapter 2 THE FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM ................................................................................ 2-1
  Section I – Fire Support System: Command and Control ................................... 2-1
  Fire Support Personnel .............................................................................................. 2-1
  Command Posts ........................................................................................................ 2-5
  Field Artillery Command Posts .................................................................................. 2-9
  Joint Fire Support Command Posts ........................................................................ 2-11
  Fire Support Networks ............................................................................................. 2-13
  Section II – Fire Support System – Target Acquisition ..................................... 2-15
  Section III – Fire Support System – Attack and Delivery Capabilities ............. 2-16
  Surface To Surface Capabilities .............................................................................. 2-17
  Air To Surface Capabilities ...................................................................................... 2-18
  Cyberspace Operations ........................................................................................... 2-20
  Space Operations .................................................................................................... 2-20
  Information ............................................................................................................... 2-21
  Deception................................................................................................................. 2-21
  Chapter 3 FIRE SUPPORT AND THE OPERATIONS PROCESS ........................................... 3-1
  Section I – Fire Support Functions ........................................................................ 3-1
  Support Forces in Contact ......................................................................................... 3-1
  Support the Concept of Operations ........................................................................... 3-2
  Synchronize and Converge Fire Support (Lethal and Nonlethal) Across All Domains ..
  ............................................................................................................................ 3-2
  DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release: distribution is unlimited.
  *This publication supersedes FM 3-09, dated 30 April 2020.