text: Chapter 1
  finance operations — The execution of the joint financial management mission to provide financial advice and
  guidance, support the procurement process, provide pay support, and provide banking and disbursing support.
  (FM 1-06)
  financial management — The sustainment of U.S. Army, joint, interagency, interdepartmental, and multinational
  operations through the execution of two mutually supporting core functions, resource management and
  finance operations. These two functions are comprised of the following core competencies: fund the force,
  banking and disbursing support, pay support, accounting support and cost management, financial
  management planning and operations, and management internal controls. (FM 1-06)
  fire and movement — The concept of applying fires from all sources to suppress, neutralize, or destroy the
  enemy, and the tactical movement of combat forces in relation to the enemy (as components of maneuver,
  applicable at all echelons). At the squad level, it entails a team placing suppressive fire on the enemy as
  another team moves against or around the enemy. (FM 3-96)
  fire direction center — (DOD) That element of a command post, consisting of gunnery and communications
  personnel and equipment, by means of which the commander exercises fire direction and/or fire control. (JP 3-
  09.3) Also called FDC.
  fire plan — A tactical plan for using the weapons of a unit or formation so that their fire will be coordinated. (FM
  3-09)
  fire superiority — The dominating fires of one force over another force that permits that force to maneuver at a
  given time and place without prohibitive interference by the other. (FM 3-90)
  fire support — (DOD) Fires that directly support land, maritime, amphibious, space, cyberspace, and special
  operations forces to engage enemy forces, combat formations, and facilities in pursuit of tactical and
  operational objectives. (JP 3-09) (Army) A rapid and continuous integration of surface to surface indirect fires,
  target acquisition, armed aircraft, and other lethal and nonlethal attack/delivery systems that converge against
  targets across all domains in support of the maneuver commander’s concept of operations. (FM 3-09)
  fire support area — (DOD) An appropriate maneuver area assigned to fire support ships by the naval force
  commander from which they can deliver gunfire support to an amphibious operation. (JP 3-09) Also called
  FSA.
  fire support coordination — (DOD) The planning and executing of fire so targets are adequately covered by a
  suitable weapon or group of weapons. (JP 3-09)
  fire support coordination center — (DOD) A single site in which centralized communications facilities and
  personnel incident to the coordination of all forms of fire support for Marine forces are located. (JP 3-09) Also
  called FSCC.
  fire support coordination line — (DOD) A fire support coordination measure established by the land or
  amphibious force commander to support common objectives within an area of operation, beyond which all
  fires must be coordinated with affected commanders prior to engagement and, short of the line, all fires must
  be coordinated with the establishing commander prior to engagement. (JP 3-09) Also called FSCL.
  fire support coordination measure — (DOD) A measure employed by commanders to facilitate the rapid
  engagement of targets and simultaneously provide safeguards for friendly forces. (JP 3-0) Also called FSCM.
  fire support coordinator — The senior field artillery commander for the theater, corps, division, brigade combat
  team who is the maneuver commander’s primary advisor to plan, coordinate, and integrate field artillery and
  fire support in the execution of assigned tasks. (FM 3-09)
  fire support element — (DOD) That section of the tactical operations center at every echelon above company
  responsible for targeting coordination and for integrating fires under the control or in support of the force. (JP
  3-09) See also fire support, support.
  fire support officer — (Army) The operational to tactical level field artillery officer responsible for advising the
  supported commander or assisting the senior fires officer responsible for coordinating fire functions and fire
  support. (FM 3-09)
  fire support plan — A plan that that addresses each means of fire support available and describes how Army
  indirect fires, joint fires, and target acquisition are integrated with maneuver to facilitate operational success.
  (FM 3-09)
  fire support planning — The continuing process of analyzing, allocating, integrating, synchronizing, and
  scheduling fires to describe how the effects of fires facilitate maneuver force actions. (FM 3-09)
  fire support station — (DOD) An exact location at sea within a fire support area from which a fire support ship
  delivers fire. (JP 3-02) Also called FSS.
  fire support team — (DOD) A field artillery team provided for each maneuver company/troop and selected units
  to plan and coordinate all supporting fires available to the unit, including mortars, field artillery, naval surface
  fire support, and close air support integration. (JP 3-09.3) Also called FIST.