text: Chapter 1
  OPERATIONS OFFICER
  1-55. The G-3 ensures warfighting functions are integrated and synchronized across the planning horizons
  in current operations, future operations, and planning cells. The operations officer authenticates all plans and
  orders per commander’s guidance. The G-3 supervises tasks in support of targeting by publishing the
  commander's daily guidance, which includes objectives and targeting guidance.
  1-56. The G-3 ensures adherence to ROE during operations in coordination with the SJA and other staff
  sections/agencies as required. The G-3 disseminates targeting objectives, effects, TAI, and targeting tasks to
  subordinate commands, and chairs the target coordination board when necessary.
  PLANS OFFICER
  1-57. The assistant chief of staff plans in conjunction with the G-3 prepares Annex A (Task Organization),
  Annex C (Operations), and Annex M (Assessment) to the operation order (OPORD) or operation plan
  (OPLAN). The plans officer supervises the execution of targeting tasks by developing operational endstates
  in support of the commander’s intent to include objectives in the long-range planning horizon.
  1-58. The plans officer provides projected changes in task organization, joint apportioned resources, and
  command and support relationships to include providing updates on branches or sequels to the current plan
  and changes to the commander's intent or endstate. The plans officer ensures incorporation of targeting effects
  into the operations assessment plan (enabled by the operations research and system analysis (referred to as
  ORSA).
  1-59. The plans officer provides operations assessments and commander's guidance to targeting battle
  rhythm events and recommends targeting tasks and effects to support the commander's decision points. They
  participate in targeting battle rhythm events as required.
  FUTURE OPERATIONS OFFICER
  1-60. The future operations officer is responsible for planning operations in the midrange planning horizon.
  The future operations officer supervises performance of targeting tasks by providing adjustments including
  positioning or maneuvering of forces in depth that facilitate continuation of the current operation.
  1-61. The future operations officer provides friendly schemes of maneuver for mid-range planning horizons,
  and provides updates or changes to task organization, commander’s guidance, current objectives, task and
  purpose, or graphic control measures. The future operations officer provides the commander’s decision
  point(s) (referred to as DPs) and participates in targeting battle rhythm events.
  CURRENT OPERATIONS OFFICER
  1-62. The current operations officer integrates the approved TSM into the unit's current operations
  synchronization matrix. The current operations officer performs targeting tasks or activities by executing and
  assessing the approved targeting tasks per the commander's execution guidance. They conduct tasking/re-
  tasking of assets to support engagement of dynamic targets and TSTs and participate in targeting battle
  rhythm events when able.
  CHIEF OF FIRES
  1-63. The chief of fires is the senior fires staff officer at echelons above corps who advises the commander
  on the best use of available fires resources and provides input to the necessary orders (ADP 3-19). The chief
  of fires is located in the Theater Army fires cell or joint task force (JTF), joint fires element that does not
  have a theater fires command to execute joint fires.
  1-64. The chief of fires facilitates the fires warfighting function and works closely with the G-3 to ensure
  mutual understanding of all aspects of planning, preparation, execution, and assessment of fires in support of
  operations. The chief of fires targeting responsibilities are similar to those of the FSCOORD.