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  • Ensure the optimal fire support asset(s) are assigned any given mission.
  • Ensure the commander’s priorities for fire support are adhered to.
  • Act, if necessary, as the organization’s alternate command structure.
  • Integrate the effects of fires from units placed in support of the
  organization.
  2-49. The number and type of fire support and RISTA units allocated to an
  IFC is mission-dependent. The IFC is not organized according to a table of
  organization and equipment, but is task organized to accomplish the mis-
  sions assigned.
  IFC Headquarters
  2-50. The OSC IFC headquarters, like the overall OSC headquarters, exists
  in peacetime in order to be ready to accommodate and exercise C2 over all
  forces made subordinate to it in wartime. The IFC headquarters is composed
  of the IFC commander and his command group, a RISTA and IW section, an
  operations section, and a resources section. (See Figure 2-9.)
  IFC
  COMMANDER
  IFC
  COMMAND GROUP
  DEPUTY
  COMMANDER
  CHIEF
  OF
  STAFF
  RISTA/IW OPERATIONS RESOURCES
  SECTION SECTION SECTION
  FIRE SUPPORT
  COORDINATION
  CENTER
  Figure 2-9. IFC Headquarters
  2-51. The deputy commander (DC) of the OSC serves as IFC commander.
  The RISTA and IW section provides the complete spectrum of intelligence
  and IW support for the IFC. The operations section provides the control, co-
  ordination, and communications for the headquarters. Located within the op-
  erations section is the fire support coordination center (FSCC). To ensure the