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Some New Army Field Manuals

05.13.09 | 1 min read | Text by Steven Aftergood

Noteworthy new additions to the literature of U.S. Army Field Manuals include the following (all pdf).

“Security Force Assistance,” FM 3-07.1, May 2009 (on support to foreign security forces).

“Legal Support to the Operational Army,” FM 1-04, April 2009 (including detainee and stability operations, but excluding the law of armed conflict).

“Visual Information Operations,” FM 6-02.40, March 2009 (referring to military photography, video recording, and the production and use of other visual media).

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