text: Landing Plan
  ARTILLERYANDMORTAREMPLOYMENT
  5-62. Theinitialphaseoftheairborneoperationisdecentralizedandflexibleuntiltheassaultobjectivesare
  securedand the airhead is established. Duringparachute assaults, the organic field artillerybattalionof the
  ABN IBCT provides field artillery support within the context of assigned tactical missions. Airborne
  artilleryadherestotacticsandmethodsapplicabletootherartilleryunits. Mortarsproviderapidfiresupport
  at the company and battalion level. If the battalion commander chooses to employ his mortars as a split
  section,healsomustplanhowthemortarfiredirectioncenterwillcontrolfires.
  NAVALGUNFIRE
  5-63. Whenoperatingonislandsornearacoastline,navalgunfiresupportmaybeavailabletotheairborne
  force.Navalgunscanprovidehigh-volume,accuratefiresemployingavarietyofammunition.
  Airand NavalGunfireLiaisonCompany
  5-64. The air-naval gunfire liaison company (ANGLICO) provides ship-to-shore communications and
  long-range, firecontrolteamstoadjustfire.IntheabsenceofANGLICOfirecontrolteams,the firesupport
  teamcancallforandadjustfiresthroughtheANGLICOteam.
  ANGLICOOrganization
  5-65. Deployed ANGLICO forces comprise a command element, operational element (air/naval gun fire
  teams),andsupportelement.Forcesareasfollows:
  (cid:122) The company is organized into groupings. The headquarters or support section and divisional
  air/naval gun fire section give command, control, administration, training, and logistics support
  forthe company.Theyprovidefiresupportplanningand liaisonpersonnelto theairborne force.
  Three ABN IBCT air/naval gun fire platoons provide liaison and control for air and naval gun
  firetotheassaultcompanies,battalion,andtheABNIBCT.
  (cid:122) Each ABN IBCT platoon divides into an ABN IBCT team and two supporting arms liaison
  teams, which support two forward battalions. Each supporting arms liaison team has two
  firepowercontrolteams,whichsupporttheforwardcompaniesofthebattalions.
  (cid:122) The ANGLICO assists the staff in matters concerning air and naval gun fire. It coordinates
  requests for air and naval gun fire support from the battalions and squadron of the ABN IBCT
  andrepresentstheairbornemissioncontrolplatform,ifrequired.
  (cid:122) The liaison officer and firepower control teams operate in the ground spot network. They
  communicate with the ship by HF radio to request and adjust naval gun fire. The firepower
  control team communicates with the liaison officer, using VHF radios. The liaison officer can
  communicatewithaircraftusingUHFradios.
  TacticalMissions
  5-66. Naval gunfire ships are assigned one of two tactical missions—direct support or general support.
  Missionsareasfollows:
  (cid:122) Directsupport.Ashipin directsupportof aspecific unitdelivers bothplannedandon-call fires.
  (On-call fires are to the ship what targets of opportunity are to artillery units.) A fire control
  partywith thesupportedunitconductsandadjustson-call fires;theycanbeadjustedbyan naval
  gunfireairspotter.
  (cid:122) General support. Generalsupport missionsare assigned to ships supportingunitsof ABN IBCT
  size or larger. The fires of the general support ship are adjusted by an aerial observer or the
  liaison officer assign the fires of the ship to a battalion supporting arms liaison team for fire
  missions.Completingthemission,theshiprevertstodirectsupport.
  CoordinationandControlMeasures
  5-67. Coordination and control measures that apply to naval gun fire are the same as for field artillery
  exceptforaddingthetermsfiresupportareaandfiresupportstation.Theyareasfollows: