field manuals
Tactical instruction booklets
Field manuals are official instructional guides issued by military organizations, covering everything from weapons operation to leadership principles.
The U.S.
Army's FM series is the most widely referenced.
Beyond military contexts, the term extends to any comprehensive procedural handbook for a specialized domain: The startup treated that book as their field manual for growth.
- riflesLong-barreled shoulder firearms
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
- night operationsMilitary activities after sundown
- drillsRepetitive training routines
- battle drillsStandardized tactical responses
reconnaissance · cover · attrition · combat readiness · ambush · encirclement · troop movements · tactics · strategy · guerrilla warfare · skill development · wilderness navigation · rules of engagement · standard operating procedures · dogear · doctrine · pocket · logistics
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- military sciencestrategy, tactics, warfare, military theory, military operations
- military surplusarmy surplus, navy surplus, surplus store, surplus stores, surplus goods
- military trainingdrill instructor, combat drills, drilling, drill weekend, maneuvers
- military manualsFM, survival guide, combat tactics, battle drills, fitness guide
- military publicationsStars and Stripes, Proceedings, maintenance manuals, training manuals, flight manuals
field manualslecture notes
Written record of teaching
academic journals · academic papers · correspondence courses
field manualsoral tradition
Culture passed by speech
tribal knowledge · word of mouth · unwritten rules · improvisation · folk wisdom
field manualsliberal arts education
Broad, non-vocational scholarly training