FM 3-34.22 - Army Electronic Publications & Forms - U.S. Army

Chapter 5
5-4. IO are defined as the integrated employment of the core capabilities of electronic warfare (EW),
computer network operations, psychological operations (PSYOP), military deception, and operations
security (OPSEC) (in concert with specified supporting and related capabilities) to influence, disrupt,
corrupt, or usurp adversarial human and automated decisionmaking while protecting U.S Soldiers (see FM
3-0). IO influence perceptions and engage enemies, adversaries, neutral groups and individuals, and
supporters to affect actions and generate a range of effects that contribute to mission accomplishment.
5-5. Lethal fires attempt to destroy their targets through blast, penetration, and fragmentation. Nonlethal
fires are any fires that do not directly seek the physical destruction of the intended target and are designed
to impair, disrupt, or delay the performance of enemy forces, functions, and facilities. PSYOP, EW, and
other C2 countermeasures are all nonlethal fire options.
5-6. Commanders consider the entire depth of their AOs, the enemy, the information environment, and
civil considerations and act in the times and places necessary to achieve their objectives. Army forces
increase the depth of their operations through combined arms, advanced information systems, and joint
capabilities. Because Army forces conduct operations across large areas, enemies face many potential
friendly actions. Depth is equally important in stability operations to preclude threats from operating
outside the reach of friendly forces, where they can affect the operation. In civil support operations, depth
gives the Army its ability to reach all citizens in an affected area, bringing relief and hope.
BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM FIRES CELL
5-7. The BCT FC is organic to the BCT headquarters and acts as the BCT CP functional cell for the fires
warfighting function. The FC is the centerpiece of BCT-targeting architecture, focused on lethal and
nonlethal target sets. It coordinates activities and systems that provide collective and coordinated use of
Army indirect fires and joint fires. This includes tasks associated with targeting and the targeting process.
The FC integrates lethal and nonlethal fires through the targeting process.
5-8. The FC is headed by the fire support coordinator (FSCOORD), and as shown in figure 5-1, includes
an operations element, a plans and targeting element, and a U.S. Air Force (USAF) tactical air control party
(TACP). The operations element tracks and maintains SU of all FS assets in the BCT. Its main function is
to execute current operations focused on the decisive fight. The principal functions of the plans and
targeting element are planning for future operations and targeting and shaping the BCT. The primary
mission of the TACP is to advise the shaping BCT commander on the capabilities and limitations of air
power and to assist in planning, requesting, and coordinating for CAS.
TARGETING PROCESS
Figure 5-1. FC in the BCT
5-9. The targeting process synchronizes the effects of fires and IO with the effects of other warfighting
functions. The targeting process determines what targets to attack to achieve the BCT commander’s desired
effects and how, where, and when to attack them.
5-10. The targeting process is based on the four functions of decide, detect, deliver, and assess (D3A).
Like other integrating processes, the targeting process is cyclical and occurs continuously throughout an
operation. Its steps mirror those of the operations process (plan, prepare, execute, and assess). Targeting
5-2 FM 3-34.22 11 February 2009