Fleet  Exercises Battle Readiness Exercises Fleet  exercises  are  held  in  accordance  with  fleet exercise  publications  (FXPs),  which  combine  the training prescribed for crews of all ship types. There are three FXPs. FXP 1,  Antisubmarine   Warfare   (ASW)   Exer- cises,  contains  submarine  and  antisubmarine  exer- cises.  It  also  contains  exercises  to  familiarize  ASW personnel  with  basic  doctrine,  tactics,  and  weapons; exercises to train air and surface units in coordinated operation against submarines; and exercises to train air,  surface,  and  submarine  forces  to  operate  under the  direction  of  shore-based  headquarters. FXP  2,  Antiair  Warfare  (AAW)  Exercises, contains air and antiair warfare exercises. It also con- tains exercises to train and evaluate gunnery person- nel in detecting, tracking, and destroying air targets; exercises  to  train  and  evaluate  missile  weapon  sub- systems   personnel   in   detecting,   tracking,   and   de- stroying   air   targets   and   antiship   missiles;   and exercises to evaluate CIC personnel in intercept con- trol  and  AAW  operations. FXP  3,  Strike   Warfare   (STW),   AntiSurface Ship   Warfare   (ASQ),   Intelligence   (INT),   Electronic Warfare  (ELW),  and  Command,  Control,  and  Com- munications  (CCC)  Exercises,  contains   ship   exer- cises.  It  also  contains  exercises  for  training  gunnery personnel  in  naval  gunfire  support,  surface  firing, and spotting; exercises for antimine defense and sur- face-to-surface   missile   training;   exercises   for   CIC and  EW  personnel  training;  and  exercises  to  detect and combat antiship missile threats. In addition, each publication contains safety pre- cautions   and   exercise   evaluation   procedures.   The force  commander,  the  unit  commanders,  and  the commanding   officers   are   encouraged   to   use   these publications  to  develop  training  programs  to  main- tain  maximum  proficiency  in  the  applicable  mission of each ship. Battle  Efficiency  Competition,  CINCLANTFLT- INST 3590.11, outlines the requirements for training exercises  and  inspections  that  units  must  establish and  maintain  to  ensure  high  battle  readiness.  This directive also contains the prerequisites and require- ments  that  individual  ships  must  satisfy  to  earn  battle efficiency  awards  within  the  force.  The  evaluation  of battle  readiness  is  administered  to  accomplish  the readiness  objective  in  as  flexible  a  manner  as  pos- sible. This evaluation is based on the following actions: Minimizing  formal  reporting  on  the  conduct of  exercises. Providing  for  self-observing  exercises  at  the discretion of the unit commander. Providing  for  operational  equivalents  in  lieu of  conduct  of  required  exercises. Providing  for  maximum  application  of  unit commander  judgment  in  supervising  the  program  to achieve the readiness objective. The  exercise  and  inspection  requirements  pre- scribed  are  drawn  from  appropriate  volumes  of  the FXP series and fleet instructions and are modified or extended with the appropriate performance standards and  instructions  for  data  collecting,  evaluation,  and reporting.  The  exercises  specified  are  minimum  re- quirements. TRAINING   PROGRAMS   AND SIMULATORS/STIMULATORS The  proficiency  exhibited  by  combat  systems/ weapons  personnel  during  high-level  operational training  exercises  is  often  a  reflection  of  the  degree of   competent   training   obtained   at   the   subsystem 5-3