ST 3-09.30.31   Company Fire Support (FIST) Handbook

Dated 1 June 2020

176 pages.

This ST (Student Text) ST 3-09.30.31 was prepared and used at the U.S. Army Field Artillery School.  It is chocked full of US Army Fire Support subjects.

FIRE SUPPORT is the rapid & continuous integration of surface to surface indirect fires, target acquisition, armed aircraft, & other lethal & nonlethal attack/delivery systems converged against targets across all domains in support of the maneuver commander’s concept of operations. -- land, sea, air, space & cyberspace.

THE ROLE OF THE FIELD ARTILLERY

The role of the FA is to suppress, neutralize, or destroy the enemy by cannon, rocket, & missile fire & to integrate & synchronize all FS assets into operations.

PURPOSE & SCOPE:

The spirit of the Field Artillery is that dedication to speed & accuracy that drives Field Artillerymen to seek every means to bring immediate effective fire on the enemy when it is requested.  The information that follows presents many precise & detailed actions that the COMPANY FIST must take WHEN TIME PERMITS. There are many situations in which a few rounds "right now" would have decisive effect, while many rounds minutes hence may not. The good leader knows how & when to get effective rounds out in the shortest possible time, & he prepares himself & the firing battery now, for that eventuality. He trains himself & the firing battery to be responsive, flexible, accurate, & decisive in any tactical situation.

IN COLOR

This book is a "BIG" (the size of a regular piece of paper) size - Coil binding is used to allow for easy page flipping with no binding.

This website also has this book in "mini" size (half the size of a regular sheet of paper). A popular size to carry anywhere (briefcase, large pocket, purse) but the print is large enough for easy reading.

The Color covers are laminated for weather protection.