FiST Cert. (Skill Level 1)

Fire Support - answer-___________ is fires that directly support land, maritime, amphibious, and special operations forces to engage enemy forces, combat formations, and facilities in pursuit to tactical and operational objectives. It requires close coordination and integration with maneuver forces. Effective fire support requires an observer that understands the tasks to accomplish and how these tasks support the overall operation. The observer must be able to accurately locate targets, understand which targets to attack, and effectively communicate what he sees to the rest of the fire support community. Target of Opportunity - answer-A target identified too late, or not selected for action in time, to be included in deliberate targeting that, when detected or located, meets criteria specific to achieving objectives and is processed using dynamic targeting. Planned Target - answer-A _________ is a target that is known to exist in the operational environment, upon which actions are planned using deliberate targeting, creating effects which support commander's objectives Scheduled Target - answer-A ________ is a planned target upon which fires or other actions are scheduled for prosecution at a specified time. On-call Target - answer-A ________ target is a planned target upon which fires or other actions are determined using deliberate targeting and triggered, when detected or located, using dynamic targeting. Priority Target - answer-A ________ is a target on which the delivery of fires takes precedence over all the fires for the designated firing unit or element. Final Protective Fire - answer-____________ is an immediately available prearranged barrier of fire designed to impede enemy movement across defensive lines or areas. Group of Targets - answer-A ___________ consist of two or more targets on which fire is desired simultaneously. False - answer-True/False: When occupying an observation post using SLOCTOP; A reconnaissance security sweep should be made 180 degrees forward of the OP. Communication - answer-Occupying an observation post using SLOCTOP; what is the number one priority for the team? True - answer-True / False: Occupying an observation post using SLOCTOP; during O-observation ensure all team members are proficient in friendly/threat forces recognition. Position Improvement - answer-Occupying an observation post using SLOCTOP; what does the P stand for? 10 or 100 - answer-An observer must be able to self-locate to within ______ meters or ________ meters if degraded by lack of position locating systems or other navigational aids. 500 mils - answer-If angle T is ___________ or greater, the FDC should tell the observer. If the observer is told that angle T is _________ or greater, at first he continues to use his OT factor to make his deviation corrections. If he sees that he is getting more of a correction than he asked for, he should consider cutting his corrections to better adjust rounds onto the target. 10 mils and 5 mils - answer-The M22/M24 binocular reticle pattern is divided into increments of __________ with shorter hash marks at __________ increments. Grid - answer-In artillery and mortar calls for fire, the observers will always convert direction to __________ direction in the CFF request. 10 - answer-Using a protractor, the observer can scale direction from a map to an accuracy of _________ mils. 10 - answer-Laser range finders are the preferred means of determining the observer-target distance. When a laser range finder is used, distance may be determined to the nearest __________ meters. 350 - answer-Using flash to bang, the observer counts the number of seconds between the time the round impacts (flash) and the time the sound reaches the observer (bang) and multiply by _________ meters/second. The answer is the approximate number of meters between the observer and the round. Means of orienting relief personnel - answer-The terrain sketch is a panoramic sketch as precise as possible of the terrain by the observer of his area of responsibility. It aids in the target location in a static environment. What should the terrain sketch also provide. Recording Fire Mission Data - answer-What is the purpose of DA form 5429-R? False - answer-True/False: The three transmissions of a fire mission are, * Observer ID and warning order * Target location and target description * Method of engagement and method of fire and control Type of mission Size of element to FFE Method of target location - answer-The warning order clears the net for the fire mission. The warning order consists of: False - answer-True/False: When conducting an immediate suppression or immediate smoke mission the CFF is sent in three transmissions. False - answer-True / False: The methods of target location are grid, polar plot, and shift from known point. Vertical Shift - answer-In a polar plot mission, a _________ tells the FDC how far, in meters, the target is located above or below the observer's location. False - answer-True / False: In a shift from known point mission the range shift is in relation to the observer's location. So the FDC can determine the amount and type of ammunition to use - answer-What is the purpose of the target description in a call for fire? type of adjustment, danger close, mark, trajectory ammunition, distribution - answer-The method engagement consists of True - answer-True / False: The type of adjustment that may be employed is area fire or precision fire. 600 and 750 - answer-Danger close for artillery and mortars is ______ and naval gunfire is_______. Attitude - answer-If target length, or length and width are given, the observer must also give __________.