Military SMARTbooks -
The Essentials of Warfighting

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NEW! The Air Force Operations & Planning SMARTbook

NEW! The Air Force Operations & Planning SMARTbook

Publish Date: Nov 2011 to Present
(First Edition), ISBN: 978-1-935886-12-9

Leader's Guide to Planning & Conducting Airpower Operations

The role of the Air Force is to defend the US and protect its interests through airpower, guided by the principles of joint operations and the tenets of airpower. Airpower is the ability to project military power or influence through the control and exploitation of air, space, and cyberspace to achieve strategic, operational, or tactical objectives. Airpower exploits the third dimension of the operational environment, the electromagnetic spectrum, and time to leverage speed, range, flexibility, precision tempo, and lethality to create effects from and within the air, space, and cyberspace domains.

The Stability, Peace & Counterinsurgency SMARTbook

The Stability, Peace & Counterinsurgency SMARTbook

Publish Date: Jan '10 to Present
(1st Edition), ISBN: 978-0-9824859-3-4

Nontraditional Approaches in a Dynamic Security Environment!

A multi-service, single-source reference for stability, peace and counterinsurgency operations designed for all levels of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines & Civilians! Includes material from FM 3-07 Stability Operations, JP & FM 3-07.3 Peace Operations, JP & FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency Operations, JP 3-57 Civil-Military Operations, JP 3-29 Foreign Humanitarian Operations, FM 3-07.1 Security Force Assistance, JP 3-16 Multinational Operations, JP 3-08 Interagency, IGO and NGO Coordination, and many more!

Current Titles

The Joint Forces Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook

The Joint Forces Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook

Publish Date: Mar '09 to Present
(2nd Revised Edition), ISBN: 978-0-9742486-9-1

Guide to Joint, Multinational & Interagency Operations

The Joint Forces Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook is designed for use by ALL SERVICES and JOINT FORCES across the tactical, operational and strategic levels of war! Completely updated with the most recent joint doctrine, it includes the latest editions of JP 3-0 Joint Operations (incorporating Change 1) and 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!

The Army Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook

The Army Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook

Publish Date: Aug '08 to Present
(4th Revised Edition), ISBN: 978-0-9742486-7-7

Guide to FM 3-0 Operations (2008) & the Six Warfighting Functions

The Army Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook is the re-titled fourth revised edition of The Operations SMARTbook. It's UPDATED & EXPANDED to incorporate the new 2008 version of FM 3-0 Operations PLUS chapters on each of the six warfighting functions: movement and maneuver, intelligence, fires, sustainment, command and control, and protection.

The Naval Operations & Planning SMARTbook

The Naval Operations & Planning SMARTbook

Publish Date: Dec 10 to Present
(1st Edition), ISBN: 978-0-9824859-5-8

Guide to Designing, Planning & Conducting Maritime Operations

The Naval Operations & Planning SMARTbook covers essential Navy keystone warfighting doctrine and maritime operations at the JFMCC/CFMCC, Fleet and JTF levels! Providing an outline of Navy operational-level fundamentals and concepts, command, control, and organization, it bridges between the theory of operational art and the practical specific guidance that Navy commanders and staffs require to accomplish their mission.

The Battle Staff SMARTbook, 3rd Rev. Ed.

The Battle Staff SMARTbook, 3rd Rev. Ed.

Publish Date: May '10 to Present
(3rd Revised Edition), ISBN: 978-0-9824859-4-1

Guide to Designing, Planning & Conducting Military Operations

NEW third revised edition of The Battle Staff SMARTbook, incorporating the 2010 edition of FM 5-0, The Operations Process. In addition to the introduction of design, the 2010 revision of FM 5-0 builds on and expands the body of doctrine associated with full spectrum operations described in the 2008 edition of FM 3-0, Operations. Moving beyond planning and orders production, FM 5-0 holistically addresses planning, preparation, execution, and assessment in the continuous cycle of the operations process. Covers the operations process; design; battle command; the military decisionmaking process; integrating processes; plans and orders; mission command and command posts; rehearsals & after action reviews; and operational terms, acronyms and graphics!

The Leader's SMARTbook, 3rd Rev. Ed. WITH CHANGE ONE

The Leader's SMARTbook, 3rd Rev. Ed. WITH CHANGE ONE

Publish Date: Jun '09 to Present
(Third Revised Edition WITH CHANGE ONE), ISBN: 978-0-9824859-0-3

Doctrinal Guide to Military Leadership & Training for Full Spectrum Operations

Leadership is the central element of combat power. Confident, competent, and informed leadership focuses the other elements of combat power by formulating sound operational ideas and assuring discipline and motivation in the force. It serves as the catalyst that creates conditions for success. Includes Army leaders for the 21st century (AL21); the basis of leadership; the Army leader; leading, developing, achieving; counseling, coaching, mentoring; training for full spectrum operations and METL development; training plans, meetings and schedules; training execution and training exercises; and training assessments and AARs!

The Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook

The Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook

Publish Date: Jun '08 to Present
(First Edition), ISBN: 978-0-9742486-6-0

Leader's Reference Guide to Conducting Tactical Operations

Tactics is the employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other. Through tactics, commanders use combat power to accomplish missions. The tactical-level commander uses combat power in battles, engagements, and small-unit actions. The Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook translates and bridges operational-level doctrine into tactical application -- in the form of tactics, techniques and procedures -- and provides the “how to” at the small-unit level, providing a ready reference at the battalion, company, platoon, squad and fire team level.

The Sustainment & Multifunctional Logistician's SMARTbook

The Sustainment & Multifunctional Logistician's SMARTbook

Publish Date: Oct '09 to Present
(2nd Revised Edition), ISBN: 978-0-9824859-2-7

Warfighter's Guide to Logistics, Personnel Services, & Health Services Support

Updated with the latest doctrinal references (FM 4-0 Sustainment, FMI 4-93.2 Sustainment Brigade, JP 4-0 Joint Logistics, FM 3-35 Deployment & Redeployment, and more than 20 others), it's the retitled second revised edition of our Combat Service Support & Deployment SMARTbook. Covers the sustainment warfighting function to include logistics, personnel services, and health service support to the warfighter; sustainment brigade operations; brigade combat team (BCT) sustainment; sustainment planning; joint logistics; plus deployment, RSOI, & redeployment operations!