text: Chapter 3
  ⚫ Interdisciplinary. Targeting is a command function that requires the participation of many
  disciplines, including all unit staff elements, other organizations, and multinational partners, to
  plan, prepare, execute, and assess targeting tasks.
  ⚫ Systematic. A targeting methodology is a rational and iterative process that systematically
  analyzes, prioritizes, and assigns assets against targets to create those effects that will contribute
  to achieving the commander’s objectives. During the operation, if the desired effects are not
  created, targets may be considered again in the process or operations may have to be modified.
  TARGETING MEMBERS
  3-48. Targeting team members are competent experts in doctrine and the processes and procedures
  associated with operations and targeting. The team understands existing authorities and critical staff
  capabilities that enable the creation and assessment of effects to support the commander’s intent.
  Furthermore, the team understands its targeting duties and requirements enough to coordinate both vertically
  and horizontally. Team members have the flexibility to recognize changes in the OE and make timely
  coordination to affect targeting. Key targeting personnel may not exist at all echelons. The key targeting
  personnel within the intelligence staff include but are not limited to the—
  ⚫ G-2/S-2.
  ⚫ United States Air Force (USAF) staff weather officer (SWO).
  ⚫ Intelligence targeting team officer.
  ⚫ Collection manager.
  ⚫ Analysis and control element (ACE) or brigade intelligence support element (BISE) chief.
  ⚫ Field artillery intelligence officer (FAIO).
  THE TARGETING PROCESS THROUGH THE ARMY TARGETING METHODOLOGY
  3-49. Across the Army strategic contexts, the number of possible targets far exceeds the number of resources
  available to acquire and create desired effects. It is critical for the higher echelon to provide adequate
  guidance and anticipate the likely requirements for subordinate echelons. Targeting is a top-down driven
  process with a substantial need for bottom-up refinement. This applies to any circumstance requiring lead
  time or insertion into supporting planning or execution cycles. The importance of what targets to attack and
  with what available capabilities must be planned and prioritized. The decide, detect, deliver, and assess (D3A)
  Army targeting methodology is how the Army performs the targeting process. D3A is a flexible, repeatable
  four-function process, not designed to be time-constrained or rigidly sequential. (See figure 3-5.)
  Figure 3-5. Decide, detect, deliver, and assess Army targeting methodology