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FIRE SUPPORT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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FIRE SUPPORT QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
BDE FSO roles and responsibilities? *** - ANSWER
BN FSO roles and responsibilities? *** - ANSWER
Keys to successful FSO's? *** - ANSWER - Builds a positive relationship with maneuver commander and
operations office
- Imbeds himself in the maneuver planning process
- Ensures that FS planning is an integral part of the MDMP
- Plans for both lethal and non lethal fire support, truly integrates the targeting process and its functions
of D3A
- Conducts Rehearsals
What are the fundamentals of FS planning? - ANSWER - Always integrated with the Maneuver
- Considered during all steps of planning
- Focused on centralized planning with decentralized execution
- Proactive vs.Reactive...think HIC
- Fire support must always be conducted in the spirit of the offense, so plan that way
- Be Flexible
- Fires is just one WFF; remember to take the others into consideration
What does a successful fire support plan have? - ANSWER - Effective, integrated, and executable
- Simple
- Flexible
- Feasible, clearly stated fire support tasks
- Clearly identifies priorities and allocate adequate resources to detect targets, deliver adequate fires and
assess results
- Clear, efficient procedures based in doctrine
- REHEARSALS!!!
,FS Planning Considerations. - ANSWER - Plan early and continuously.
- Ensure the continuous flow of targeting information.
- Consider the use of all fires and/or scalable capabilities.
- Use the lowest echelon capable of furnishing effective support.
- Furnish the type of support requested.
- Use the most effective fire support means.
- Avoid unnecessary duplication.
- Coordinate airspace.
- Provide adequate support.
- Provide for rapid coordination.
- Protect the force.
- Provide for flexibility.
- Consider the use of FSCMs.
Types of Fires (Types of Fires Tasks) - ANSWER - Air Interdiction
- Artillery Preparation
- Assault Fire
- Barrage
- Barrage Fire
- Blocking Fire
- Close Air Support
- Counterfire
- Counterpreparation Fire
- Destruction
- Direct Supporting Fire
- Final Protective Fire
- Fire Strike
- Harassing Fire
, - Interdiction Fire
- Illumination Fire
- Neutralization Fire
- Obscuration
- Screening
- Registration
- Strike
- Suppression
- SEAD
- Special Munitions (Excalibur, FASCAM, SMOKE, GMRLS)
What are the 7 steps to MDMP? - ANSWER - ROM
- MA
- COA DEV
- COA ANALYSIS/WG
- COA COMPARISON
- COA APPROVAL
- ORDERS PRODUCTION
The FS portion of the MA brief should include _________ - ANSWER - FS running estimate (ammo status,
gun status/Loc, tube status/Loc, radar Status, CAS Status, etc
- Specified and implied tasks from higher HQ
- Asset allocation from higher HQ
- Draft HPTL
- Established/recommended FSCMs
- Fire Support capabilities/ limitations: Capabilities should be described to the commander with
meaningful data vs. raw ammunition counts. An example would be to say "three 20min x 600m smoke
screens" vs "300 M825 smoke rounds"
- Fire Support IPB analysis (Pattern analysis, IDF analysis (POO/POI)
- Recommended FSTs and purpose
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