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Annex D
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ANNEX D (FIRES) TO OPERATION PLAN/ORDER [number] [(code name)]—[issuing headquarters]
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(1) (U) Terrain. Describe the aspects of terrain that impact fires. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) as
required.
(2) (U) Weather. Describe the aspects of weather that impact fires. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) as
required.
c. (U) Enemy Forces. List known and templated locations and activities of enemy fires units for one echelon
up and two echelons down. List enemy maneuver, indirect fire/counterfire, air, and electronic warfare threats
and other capabilities that will impact friendly fires operations. State expected enemy courses of action and
employment of enemy fires assets. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence) as required.
d. (U) Friendly Forces. Outline the higher headquarters’ fires plan. List designation, location, and outline
the plan of higher, adjacent, and other fires organizations and assets that support or impact the issuing
headquarters or require coordination and additional support.
e. (U) Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Nongovernmental Organizations. Identify and describe other
organizations in the area of operations that may impact the conduct of fires or implementation of fires-specific
equipment and tactics. Refer to Annex V (Interagency Coordination) as required.
f. (U) Civil Considerations. Describe the aspects of the civil situation that impact fires. Refer to Annex B
(Intelligence) and Annex K (Civil Affairs Operations) as required.
g. (U) Attachments and Detachments. List fires resources attached or under operational control to the unit
by higher headquarters and any units detached or under operational control to other headquarters. Refer to
Annex A (Task Organization) as required.
h. (U) Assumptions. List any fires-specific assumptions that support the annex development.
2. (U) Mission. State the mission of fires in support of the base plan or order.
3. (U) Execution.
a. (U) Scheme of Fires. Describe how fires support the commander’s intent and concept of operations.
Establish the priorities of fires to units for each phase of the operation. The scheme of fires must be concise but
specific enough to clearly state what fires are to accomplish in the operation. The scheme of fires must answer
the “who, what, when, where, and why” of the fires to be provided, but provide enough flexibility to allow
subordinate commanders to determine the “how” to the maximum extent possible by ensuring necessary
procedural and positive control. The scheme of fires may include a general narrative for the entire operation
that should address the fire support task and purpose, allocation of assets, positioning guidance for fire support
assets and observers, and attack guidance to include the entire scalable range of effects (lethal to nonlethal
effects). Add subparagraphs addressing fire support tasks for each phase of the operation use the following
format: task, purpose, execution, and assessment in matrix form. Refer to the base plan or order and Annex C
(Operations) as required.
(1) Task, Purpose, Execution, and Assessment: Below is an example of the task, purpose, execution,
and assessment matrix (to be used at the discretion of the commander):
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