SMARTupdates, Changes, and Revisions

SMARTupdates, Changes, and Revisions

The Lightning Press is committed to providing the best and most relevant doctrinal material to our readers. Because our reference books are based on groups of military publications, our goal has always been to keep our books as up-to-date as possible by planning revisions in keeping with the “core set” of manuals upon which a particular SMARTbook is based. We generally publish a new edition/revision for a title approximately every 3-4 years. It’s our way of ensuring the titles remain as relevant and timely as possible for our readers.

In addition to revisions and changes, we publish incremental “SMARTupdates” when feasible to update changes in doctrine or new publications to portions of our SMARTbooks (that don’t necessarily warrant a complete new edition/revision of the entire book). SMARTupdates are printed in a format that allow the reader to insert the updated material into the original GBC-bound book by simply opening the plastic-comb binding, removing the old pages, and inserting the new pages. The decision to publish a SMARTupdate will depend on the number of pages affected, the extent of the change from current doctrine, the publishing cycle of other manuals in the series, etc. Updates will be announced via our SMARTnews Email List (below)!

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Keep your SMARTbook up-to-date with the latest doctrine! In addition to revisions and changes, we publish incremental "SMARTupdates" when feasible to update changes in doctrine or new publications in our SMARTbook series. These SMARTupdates are printed/produced in a format that allow the reader to insert the change pages into the original GBC-bound book by simply opening the comb-binding and replacing affected pages.

Change 1 (July 2019 ADPs) SMARTupdate to AODS6

Change 1 (July 2019 APDs) SMARTupdate to AODS6 updates/replaces key material in the first printing of the AODS6: The Army Operations & Doctrine SMARTbook (ISBN 978-1-935886...

Change 1 (Aug ‘21) SMARTupdate to CYBER1

SMARTupdate 1 to CYBER1 (Aug ‘21) updates the first printing of CYBER1: The Cyberspace Operations & Electronic Warfare SMARTbook (Oct ‘19) by incorporating new materi...