text: Introduction
  Chapter 3 Covers fire support and the operations process. It describes the basic fire support functions it also
  covers fire support planning, fire support planning principles, and fire support and the military decision-
  making process.
  Chapter 4 Covers the role of the field artillery, command and support relationships, field artillery inherent
  responsibilities, the key considerations for field artillery employment, and fire direction.
  Chapter 5 Covers fire support operations during competition and crisis.
  Chapter 6 Covers fire support in large-scale combat operations. Describes general fire support
  considerations, provides tactics for fire support for the defense, addresses tactics for fire support for the
  offense, and covers enabling, stability and reconstitution operations.
  Appendix A Covers the development of essential fire support tasks, and essential field artillery tasks.
  Appendix B Covers fire support coordination measures to include permissive, and restrictive, coordination
  measures.
  Appendix C Covers denied, degraded, and disrupted operations to include types of conditions, and the five
  requirements for accurate predicted fire during these operations.
  Appendix D Covers environmental and terrain considerations for fire support and field artillery.
  Appendix E Targeting and Army air support requests.
  NEW, RESCINDED, AND MODIFIED TERMS
  FM 3-09 becomes the proponent of Army terms, introduces new army terms and modifies the following
  Army terms. See introductory table 1.
  Introductory Table 1. New, modified, and rescinded terms
  Term Remarks
  critical friendly zone Modified
  danger close Modified and FM 3-09 becomes proponent
  defensive fires Removed, ADP 3-19 will become proponent
  when updated.
  diversion FM 3-09 becomes proponent
  fire support Modified
  fire support coordinator Modified
  fire support officer Modified
  fire support plan Modified
  fire support planning Modified
  force field artillery headquarters Modified
  harassing fire Modified
  indirect fire FM 3-09 becomes proponent
  offensive fires Removed, ADP 3-19 will become proponent
  when updated.