text: Live-Fire Training
  Notional Live-Fire
  During preparation for a combat training center (CTC) brigade combat team (BCT)-
  level live-fire exercise, the BCT communicated interest in conducting a live-fire
  exercise on its BCT’s prioritized mission-essential task, Conduct an Attack, while
  incorporating as much of its BCT into the training as possible. The BCT’s division
  leadership assisted by establishing multiple live-fire tasks throughout the BCT’s
  battlefield framework.
  During execution of the BCT live-fire exercise, the cavalry squadron conducted a zone
  reconnaissance with a combined arms battalion establishing a support by fire. The
  combined arms battalion suppressed an enemy mechanized infantry battalion to
  facilitate a combined arms breach for a follow-on battalion. During the deliberate
  breach, the BCT integrated a military police platoon with the breach force at the point
  of the breach. The BCT and military police platoon leveraged signals intelligence
  elements to enable suppression of enemy air defense.
  While the BCT engaged a dug-in mechanized infantry battalion, the brigade support
  battalion secured routes and conducted sustainment patrols that incorporated convoy
  live-fire exercises. The sustainment patrols also provided tactical resupply, evacuated
  casualties under live-fire conditions, defended the brigade support area against level
  II threats, and integrated attack aviation and mortars.
  Upon conclusion of the training, the BCT commander noted the BCT had maximized
  its live-fire opportunities at the CTC. It trained on the BCT’s highest priority mission-
  essential task under live-fire conditions, focused on fire control and distribution, and
  simultaneously integrated its sustainment and protection warfighting function
  elements. The BCT also trained on the de-confliction of airspace and increased the
  realism of technical, tactical, and sustainment triggers. This integration resulted in the
  removal the ‘range-ism’ in the live-fire training and facilitated the full immersion of the
  BCT into the training.
  WEAPONS QUALIFICATION
  I-9. Weapons qualification consists of individuals and units qualifying on assigned weapons to demonstrate
  proficiency in their assigned weapons. Proponent standards for qualification are found in weapon system
  publications, typically training circulars. AR 350-1 lists the frequency for weapons qualification. See
  TC 3-20.0 to properly plan and account for required tables prior to live-fire training. Table I-1 on page I-4
  illustrates an integrated weapon training strategy (known as IWTS).