text: Offense
  Army attack reconnaissance helicopters and close air support may be available to interdict enemy
  counterattack forces or to destroy defensive positions.
  6-52. The BCT plans for, integrates, coordinates, and synchronizes joint fires capabilities (sensors and
  weapon systems) into the BCT’s scheme of maneuver to achieve synergy and provide redundancy in coverage
  from a particular asset. By definition,maneuver is the employment of forces in the operational area through
  movement in combination with fires to achieve a position of advantage in respect to the enemy.
  6-53. During the offense, using preparation fires, counterfire, suppression fires, and cyberspace and EW
  assets provides the BCT commander with numerous options for gaining and maintaining fire superiority. The
  commander uses long-range artillery systems (cannon and rocket) and air support (rotary- and fixed-wing)
  to engage the enemy throughout the depth of the enemy’s defensive positions. (SeeFM3-09 and FM 3-12
  for additional information.)
  6-54. Fires can be time- or event-driven. The two types of triggers associated with a target are tactical
  (event-driven) and technical (time-driven). A tactical trigger is the maneuver related event or action that
  causes the initiation of fires. This event can be friendly, or enemy based and is usually determined during
  COAdevelopment. A technical trigger is the mathematically derived solution for fires based on the tactical
  trigger to ensure that fires arrive at the correct time and location to achieve the desired effects. Triggers can
  be marked using techniques similar to those for marking target reference points(TRPs).
  6-55. The tactical air control party(TACP)is collocated with the fire support cell at the BCT main command
  post (CP). Air liaison officers and joint terminal attack controllers (JTACs) make up the TACP. The air
  liaison officer is the BCT commander’s principal air support advisor. The air liaison officer leverages the
  expertise of the TACPwith linkage to the higher (division and corps) echelon to plan,prepare,execute,and
  assess air support for BCT operations to include the integration of all forms of unified action partner fires.
  Joint fires observers may assist JTACswith conducting Type 2 or 3 terminal attack control of close air support
  or with the proper authorization, conduct autonomous terminal guidance operations. (See JP 3-09.3 for
  additional information.)
  6-56. Considerations for supporting the scheme of maneuver during the offense include—
  (cid:122) Weight the main effort.
  (cid:122) Consider positioning fires assets to exploit weapons ranges.
  (cid:122) Prevent untimely displacement when fires are needed the most.
  (cid:122) Provide counterfire.
  (cid:122) Provide early warning and dissemination.
  (cid:122) Provide wide area surveillance.
  (cid:122) Provide fires to protect forces preparing for and assets critical to offensive actions.
  (cid:122) Disrupt enemy counterattacks.
  (cid:122) Plan fires to support breaching operations.
  (cid:122) Plan fires to deny enemy observation or screen friendly movements.
  (cid:122) Allocate responsive fires to support the decisive operation.
  (cid:122) Allocate fires for the neutralization of bypassed enemy combat forces.
  (cid:122) Plan for target acquisition and sensors to provide coverage of named area of interest (NAI),target
  area of interest(TAI),and critical assets.
  6-57. The BCT’s brigade aviation element (BAE) and air defense airspace management (ADAM) element,
  normally located in the fire support cell, are key monitoring and managing assets for the airspace over the
  area of operations. The ADAM and BAE element must process a unit airspace plan on time and maintain
  communications with the airspace element at Division JAGIC. The element must execute airspace
  management procedures per higher headquartersin accordance withAppendix 10 (Airspace Control)to have
  responsive fires from direct support artillery and mortars, and for the employment of other supporting
  airspace users (for example,unmanned aircraft system [UAS],close air support,and aviation). The BAE and
  ADAM element assist the commander to coordinate and employ air and missile defense and aviation assets
  to support the BCT’s scheme of maneuver. (SeeFM 3-04 and ATP3-01.50 for additional information.)