Books in Development

The Lightning Press is excited to be seeing the Army’s new ADP/ADRP publications! We’re actively reviewing and working through them and looking at ways to begin incorporating them into our SMARTbook series of military references.

What we’re seeing with the initial Doctrine 2015 releases is most of the available ADP/ADRP material is at the “macro” level, and the reality is the overwhelming majority of the original core doctrinal material – the enduring principles, fundamentals, concepts, procedures and TTPs as presented in the SMARTbook series — remain UNCHANGED! It’s just most of the material is being REORGANIZED and RESTRUCTURED into the new publication system, which will occur over time as the Army is able to work through it.

So at this point, the impact in many cases equates essentially to a simple change in the reference citations. In fact, so far the released material equates to less than 5% to 10% change in the direct content of the current SMARTbook series. It will not be until the more complete and encompassing series of substantive ATTPs is reworked by the Army over the next 18-24 months before will be able to incorporate the material fully into the SMARTbook series (the Army targets all remaining doctrinal knowledge transitioned to Army techniques publications by Dec 2015).

Over the coming months — and as the Army’s Doctrine 2015 reengineering and restructuring process continues over the next 18 to 24 months — we’ll be offering comprehensive Doctrine 2015 ADP/ADRP SMARTupdates (and pen-and-ink reference citation and terminology change updates) for download through our website as Adobe PDF files (as we’re able to work through them and produce them)!

Read more about our Doctrine 2015 Revisions and Updates! https://www.thelightningpress.com/doctrine-2015/

Estimated Release: Through 2012 and 2013!

The military will continue to play a vital role in securing the homeland through the execution of homeland defense (HD) and civil support (CS) missions. CS capabilities are derived from Department of Defense (DOD) warfighting capabilities that could be applied to foreign/ domestic assistance or law enforcement support missions. CS focuses in a domestic context, but extends beyond the standard domestic definition. DOD contributes to homeland security (HS) by conducting HD operations overseas and in the approaches to the US, and by providing CS for disasters and declared emergencies, to designated law enforcement agencies, and to other activities. DOD emergency preparedness contributes to HD and CS missions since it includes all measures to be taken by DOD in advance of an emergency to reduce the loss of life and property and to protect our nation’s institutions.

Estimated Release: TBD.