List of Selected Field Manuals
- FM 1 – "establishes the fundamental principles for employing landpower." Together, it and FM 3-0 are considered by the U.S. Army to be the "two capstone doctrinal manuals."
- FM 3-0 Operations – The operations guide "lays out the fundamentals of war fighting for future and current generations of recruits."
- FM 3-0.5.130 Army Special Operations Forces Unconventional Warfare. Establishes keystone doctrine for Army special operations forces (ARSOF) operations in unconventional warfare.
- FM 5–31 Boobytraps – Describes how regular demolition charges and materials can be used for victim-initiated explosive devices. This manual is no longer active, but is still frequently referenced.
- FM 3–21.8 The Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad
- FM 3–24 Counterinsurgency – Published December 2006.
- FM 21–76 US Army Survival Manual – Used to train survival techniques.
- FM 34-52 Intelligence Interrogation – Used to train interrogators in conducting effective interrogations while conforming with US and international law. Updated in December 2005 to include a 10-page classified section as a result of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal. Replaced in September 2006 by FM 2-22.3 Human Intelligence Collector Operations.
- FM 3-21.20 – covers the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT)
- FM 27-10 (2005) – Cornerstone of rules of war for the US Military.
- FM 3–25.150 (Combatives)
- FM 3–21.5 (Drill and Ceremony)
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