Military Reference SMARTbooks by The Lightning Press

Military Reference SMARTbooks

SMARTbooks - the Essentials of Warfighting! Recognized as a doctrinal reference standard by military professionals around the world, SMARTbooks are designed with all levels of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Civilians in mind.

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NEW! The Joint Forces Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook (2nd Revised Edition)
Designed for use by ALL SERVICES and JOINT FORCES across the tactical, operational and strategic levels of war.		Guide to Joint, Multinational & Interagency Operations Completely updated with the most recent joint doctrine, the re-titled 2nd Rev. Ed. of The Joint Forces & Operational Warfighting SMARTbook includes the latest editions of JP 3-0 Joint Operations (incorporating Change 1), JP 5-0 Joint Operation Planning, plus more than ten additional publications! Recognizing joint operations may take place with the military forces of allies and coalition partners, US and foreign government agencies, state and local government agencies, and intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, we’ve added three completely new chapters from JP 3-13, JP 3-16, and JP 3-08! Read MORE & EXPLORE this title! or Place your order NOW!

Change 1 (FM 7-0 SMARTupdate) to TLS3
		Change 1 (FM 7-0 SMARTupdate) updates/ replaces material in the first printing of the third edition Leader’s SMARTbook (ISBN 978-0-9742486-5-3) from the 2002-version of “FM 7-0, Training the Force” to new material from the Dec 2008-version of “FM 7-0, Training for Full Spectrum Operations.” SMARTupdates are printed in a format that allow the reader to insert the updated material into the original book by simply opening the comb-binding and replacing old pages with new pages. Read MORE & EXPLORE this SMARTupdate!

The Essentials of Warfighting...

SMARTbooks can be used as quick reference guides during actual tactical combat operations, as study guides at military education and professional development courses, and as lesson plans and checklists in support of training. Serving a generation of warfighters, military reference SMARTbooks have become "mission-essential" around the world:

Military education and professional development courses/schools: officer and noncommissioned officer basic and advanced courses, NCO and Sergeants Major Academy, West Point and ROTC, Command & General Staff College (CGSC), Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) and the War College
National Training Center (NTC), Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and Battle Command Training Program (BCTP)
Active, Reserve and Guard units across the full-spectrum of operations
Global War on Terrorism operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Asia-Pacific
Combatant Command (COCOM) and JTF Headquarters around the world
Allied, coalition and multinational partner support and training to include NATO, Iraq and the Afghanistan National Army

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