Army Doctrine Reference Publication Summary

SUBJECT: Army Doctrine Publication (ADP)/Army Doctrine Reference Publication (ADRP) 3-09 Fires, Dated 31 August 2012

1. Purpose. To provide SFWOAC Class 002-16 an overview of ADP/ADRP 3-09
2. Summary. ADP/ADRP 3-09 discusses Fires doctrine and its application in support of unified land operations. The publication presents Fires concepts using Army, joint, and multinational Fires systems, to include Electronic Attack (EA). Fires is integrated into the commander’s concept of the operation via Fires planning based on targets identified through the targeting process. Planners synchronize Fires with the other warfighting functions to produce a synergistic effect on the battlefield. ADRP 3-09 also discusses Fires organizations and personnel at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels.
3. Background and Discussion.
a. ADP 3-09/ADRP 3-09 focuses on the current operational environment and the production of effective fires from Air Defense Artillery (ADA) and Field Artillery (FA). The manual updated past Fires doctrine to include joint Fires. The intended
Chapter 1, Fires in Support of Unified Land Operations, is the heart of the Fires publication and describes Fires as a warfighting function and its role on the battlefield. It includes the 1) core competencies, 2) principals, 3) characteristics, and 4) employment of Fires systems within Fires doctrine. Summarized, Fires is the accurate delivery of munitions against deliberate and dynamic targets producing desired effects at specific times that are coordinated/synchronized with the actions of the other warfighting functions. These Fires can originate from Army, joint, and/or multinational Fires systems with the intent to allow Army forces to maintain the initiative and bring about the commanders intent. For Fires organizations, mission success is the simultaneous application of Fires in support of offensive, defensive, and stability tasks, which result in the realization of the commander’s