text: Brigade Targeting
  events, higher HQ, and the commander's decision-making cycle. The essential functions for a battle rhythm
  include, but are not limited to, the following:
  * Provide a routine for staff interaction and coordination within the HQ.
  * Provide a routine for the commander and staff interaction.
  * Synchronize staff organizations' activities.
  * Facilitate the staff's shared understanding, planning, and commander's decision making the staff's
  shared understanding, planning, and commander's decision making.
  BATTLE RHYTHM EVENTS
  3-12. Targeting working group and targeting coordination board are the key sessions that must be effectively
  integrated into the brigade battle rhythm and nested within the higher HQ targeting cycle to ensure that
  targeting focuses, rather than disrupts operations. There needs to be an adequate balance and sufficient time
  allocated between the targeting working group and the targeting coordination board. This includes time to
  conduct the meetings, as well as implement guidance, develop or adjust products, and conduct staff
  coordination. Thus, sufficient time is also required for supporting working groups (IO, intelligence, CEMA)
  to produce their inputs to the targeting working group. Task organization changes, modifications to the
  information collection plan, target nominations that exceed organic capabilities, air support requests, unit
  airspace plan, HPTL changes, and information related tasks all must be made with full awareness of time
  available to prepare and execute. This is a continuous process for the working group throughout operations.
  3-13. The timing of targeting working group sessions is critical. While the time-focus for brigade level
  sessions of the targeting working group is normally 24 to 48 hours out, the brigade employment of assets and
  certain targeting decisions, such as target nominations and air support requests, must be planned in advance
  and in conjunction with the division, corps, theater Army, and the joint air tasking cycle. However,
  commanders must choose a targeting cycle based on the pace of operations. These cycles may be 6-12 hours
  apart if required. The brigade fire support officer (FSO) also schedules internal FSE targeting huddles so FS,
  information operations, and EW activities related to target nominations arrive within the BCT and higher
  echelon target nomination windows.
  3-14. The number and frequency of targeting working group meetings varies based on the battle rhythm,
  operating tempo, or the commander's guidance. A preliminary working group facilitated by the FSE ensures
  the effects of fires meet the brigade commander's guidance and intent. The brigade FSO, FSE planners, and
  targeting team assess ongoing targeting efforts, and ensure air support requests with target nominations are
  processed through higher HQ to meet division, corps, theater Army, and JTF targeting timelines. The
  targeting coordination board is generally more formal and is focused on updating the commander, gaining
  new guidance, and obtaining approval of the collection plan and associated targeting actions. Targeting
  working group and coordination board sessions should be the minimum length required to present targeting
  information, situation updates, provide recommendations, and obtain decisions.
  TARGETING WORKING GROUP
  3-15. The targeting working group is a selection of predetermined staff representatives involved with
  targeting who meet to provide analysis, coordination, warfighting function updates, and running estimates to
  synchronize the targeting efforts and generate options presented to the commander at the targeting
  coordination board. The targeting working group has a set structure and agenda but is not a briefing. It is a
  discussion, organized by topic, with all participants involved in that discussion and all providing input.
  3-16. Assembling the targeting working group brings various members of the brigade staff together to
  synchronize the targeting process and obtain approval for any changes to the targeting products. The targeting
  working group focuses and synchronizes the brigade's combat power and resources toward targeting and
  engaging HPTs. The targeting working group usually includes:
  * Brigade FSO (Chairs or is the officer in charge of the working group).
  * Brigade operations officer.
  * Brigade intelligence officer.
  * Targeting officers.