text: Development of Essential Fire Support and Essential Field Artillery Tasks
  Table A-2. Essential fire support task example
  Essential Fire Support Task 1
  Task: Degrade enemy indirect fire system’s ability to place effective fires on the wet gap crossing.
  Purpose: Allow unimpeded crossing.
  Method:
  Priority of fires: BN mortars to AN/TPQ-Q-50 radar; FA to A Company on-order B Company; CAS to C Company.
  Allocations: A Company 1x FA platoon priority target.
  Positioning guidance: BN mortars occupy mortar firing position 1 not later than H-6.
  Restrictions/ FSCMs: ROZ 22 in effect 0600-0900; critical friendly zone 1 in effect; ROZ FALCON in effect 1145-
  1430Z.
  Effect: Enemy indirect fire systems are not able to interfere with wet gap crossing.
  BN – battalion, CAS – close air support, FA – field artillery, FSCM – fire support coordination measure, H – hour, ROZ
  –restricted operations zone
  DEVELOPING THE FIRES PARAGRAPH
  A-5. To prescribe the procedures for formulating and formatting the fires paragraph of a OPORD or
  OPLAN. As a subparagraph to the concept of operations, the fires paragraph describes the scheme of fires
  that, along with the scheme of maneuver communicates how the force as a whole will achieve the
  commander's intent. The primary audience for the fires paragraph is the subordinate commanders and their
  staffs and must clearly describe the logical sequence of EFSTs and how they contribute to the concept of
  operations.
  A-6. The overall paragraph organization should mirror that of the scheme of maneuver paragraph. If the
  maneuver paragraph is phased or otherwise organized, the fires paragraph will take on the same organization.
  A-7. The internal format for the fires paragraph uses four subcategories: task, purpose, method, effects.
  Within each phase of an operation, each EFST will be described in the sequence of planned execution using
  task, purpose, method, effects. The fires paragraph must be concise but specific enough to clearly state what
  fires are to accomplish in the operation.
  ESSENTIAL FIRE SUPPORT TASK DEVELOPMENT
  A-8. Based on the FS planning guidance, the EFSTs are refined from the commander's intent and scheme
  of fires. The following paragraphs describe the process of developing an EFST using task, purpose, method,
  effects.
  TASK
  A-9. Task describes the targeting objective fires must create against a specific enemy formation's function
  or capability. These formations are HPTs or contain one or more HPT. The task is developed by considering
  the objective, formation, and function.
  A-10. The objective outlines several terms to describe the targeting objective. The most common terms used
  are degrade, disrupt, delay, destroy, neutralize, and suppress. Examples and definitions of the common terms
  are found in chapter 3.
  A-11. A formation can be a specific element or sub-element of the enemy. It can be specified by a specific
  vehicle type or target category as long as the element or sub-element is clear.
  A-12. The enemy’s function is a capability of the formation that is needed for it to achieve its primary task
  and purpose. For example, what is the formation doing that is unacceptable? What do we want the formation
  to do or not to do? The following is an example of a developed task sentence: Disrupt the ability of (objective)
  the enemy maneuver force at the point of penetration (formation) to place effective direct fire against friendly
  breach force (function).