---
title: "Army to put field manuals in audiobook form for soldiers who don’t read good"
description: "The Army has released two audiobooks of the Army doctrine for soldiers to download on their personal electronic devices."
date: "2019-07-09"
modified: "2019-07-09"
authors:
  - name: "Haley Britzky"
    job_title: "Former Army Reporter"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/haley-britzky/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-audiobooks/"
categories:
  - "Army"
  - "Military Branches"
  - "News"
  - "Tactics"
  - "Tech & Tactics"
  - "Training"
---

# Army to put field manuals in audiobook form for soldiers who don’t read good

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19812628-1.jpg>)

If there's anything I know about soldiers, it's that they've been *waiting* for the chance to listen to Army training manuals while they're exercising, driving, or doing any other activity that keeps them from reading at the same time.

Right?

Well do I have news for you: The Army [announced in June](<https://www.army.mil/article/223259/combined_arms_center_releases_first_doctrine_audiobook>) that it was going to start publishing Army doctrine audiobooks. Soldiers everywhere, rejoice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ-8IuUkJJc

Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good - Zoolander (4/10) Movie CLIP (2001) HD

[youtu.be](<https://youtu.be/NQ-8IuUkJJc?t=61>)

"Doctrine audiobooks give soldiers another way to receive information and learn by letting them increase their professional knowledge while doing other things, like working out or commuting," Col. Rich Creed, director of the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, said in the Army's release. "We are pleased by the flexibility the audio format provides to the majority of people in the Army, who don't usually carry doctrinal manuals around with them every day."

As [the Verge first reported](<https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/5/18714713/us-army-first-audiobook-manual-doctrine-operations-training>), allowing soldiers to listen to materials on-the-go on a personal electronic device is just another way that the force is modernizing.

And while it might not be as gripping as the latest true-crime podcast, Army leaders are hoping it's an effective medium of getting information to soldiers.

[FM 3-0 Operations](<https://rdl.train.army.mil/catalog-ws/view/FM3-0Audiobook/index.html>) and [ADP 7-0, Training](<https://rdl.train.army.mil/catalog-ws/view/ADP7-0-Audiobook/index.html>) are both available in audiobook format. Per the Army, FM 2-0 Intelligence and ADP 3-90 Offense and Defense will be available this summer. They're available on laptops, smartphones, tablets, e-Readers, and more, so whatever half-baked excuse you previously had for not reading the manuals just went out the freakin' window.

## Author
Haley Britzky was the Task & Purpose Army reporter from 2019 to 2022. She previously worked at Axios covering breaking news. She reports on important developments within the service, from new uniforms to new policies; the realities of military life facing soldiers and their families; and broader cultural issues that expand outside of the Army, touching each of the military services.Â

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/haley-britzky-b09022a0/>)  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/halbritz>)