FM 3-0 Operations (audiobook)

2019: Release of audiobooks

At the beginning of July, 2019 the U.S. Army within the experiment for the first time produced couple of manuals in the form of audiobooks. Military wish to check whether really audiomaterials can become an effective remedy for dissemination of information among the military personnel.

Publishers found in the 2010th on behalf of audiobooks this pot of gold. Earlier in 2019 the Association of publishers of audiomaterials published the data showing that more and more people listen to audiobooks. Retailers, such as Audible, develop own original content to use this trend. Audiobooks are at the peak of popularity, and the army hopes that they will be able to become the excellent instrument of training of the military personnel of new generation.

The U.S. Army began to publish audiobooks for soldiers

The management on the basic principles of use of general formations (CADD) plays an important role in army: he is responsible for development and distribution of the army training books combining the military theory, history and recommendations. The project with audiobenefits began in 2018 with brainstorming about search of new methods of providing information among which the interactive text and use of websites were also called.

The first educational audiobenefit is called FM 3-0 Operations, followed it to ADP 7-0 Training. It is possible to listen to both books on the website of CADD. In FM 3-0 it is told how military in field conditions act, and in ADP 7-0 army training is described. Books are not intended for general public, but both benefits are important internal documents which the military personnel should know. As note in CADD, these audioversions should not replace, and add normal books. The main objective of the army management – to involve as much as possible young servicemen to study the army doctrine.^[1]

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