C3 Structure

What is the role of the Artillery?

• The role of Artillery is to provide timely and accurate indirect fire support.

• The role of artillery is to maximise the ADF's fighting power through the provision of OS coordination and targeting, indirect firepower, STA and GBAD.

• The role of artillery is to conduct systematic surveillance and accurate TA and targeting in order to enable FA to provide FS.

• The role of GBAD is to defeat or reduce the effectiveness of enemy offensive airpower.

What are the four principles of employment?

• Sustainment

• Cooperation

• Economy of Effort

• Communication

• Concentration

What influences the degree of concentration? (2 answers)

• Target

• Task

• Type

• Terrain

What is command?

• Command highlights the more procedural and mechanistic aspects of organising and sequencing military activities in time and space to achieve operational outcomes.

• What officers do.

• Command is the authority and responsibility for using available resources effectively and for the planning, the employment, the organising, directing, coordinating and controlling of military forces to accomplish assigned missions.

• Command is the term used to describe the BHQs and how they execute tasks for the CO.

What is the highest level of authority?

• TACON

• OPCON

• TACOMD

• OPCOMD

Which operational authority would describe the following:
2 CAV may be assigned extra JFTs for a very specific task, not just any JFT task.

• TACOMD

• OPCON

• OPCOMD

• TACON

What operational authority describes the following:

An AMD TP is given to 2 CAV. CO 2 CAV cannot give the TP any tasking's or give them any missions, but must provide them protection and liaise for movement.

• OPCOMD

• TACOMD

• TACON

• OPCON

Provides fire to the needs of a particular manoeuvre unit. Most likely has a habitual relationship with that manoeuvre unit.

• GS

• DS

• Rft

• GSR

Supports the force as a whole and remains under the control of the higher JFECC.

• POFS

• DS

• Rft

• GS

How confident are you in your understanding of command relationships and artillery tactical taskings?

• Very Confident

• Will Be Confident With More Practice

• I Have Some Questions, But Mostly Understand

• Not Confident At All