Fighting Fires With Fire

<p>This study is an Air Force doctrinaire's account of the development of Joint Publication 3-09 Doctrine for Joint Fire Support the most controversial joint military doctrine publication ever produced. Published on 12 May 1998 the approved JP 3-09 was the result of nearly ten years of rigorous debate principally between the Air Force and the Army. The USAF opposed the project from the onset citing objections to terminology and the basic need for fires doctrine. The introduction of the Joint Force Fires Coordinator (JFFC) was seen by the Air Force as an Army attempt to wrest away a large part of the Joint Force Air Component Commander's (JFACC) targeting and planning responsibilities. Terminology and command and control issues dominated the doctrine debate until 1998. After ten drafts JP 3-09 reached a critical stalemate over two issues: area of operations (AO) supported/supporting commander relationships and Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) control. It would require an executive meeting or Tank session comprising the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff and the four Service chiefs to adjudicate the matter. The approved doctrine in JP 3-09 is impacting ongoing joint doctrine development. The final section of the study details the author's strategy to enable the Air Force to overcome the doctrinal challenges posed by JP 3-09.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>