FM 1: The Army

FM 1 is one of the Army's two capstone doctrinal manuals. The other is FM 3-0, Operations. FM 1's audience includes the Executive Branch, Congress, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, combatant commanders, other Services, officers, noncommissioned officers, and enlisted Soldiers of all Army components, and Army civilians. FM 1 is prepared under the direction of the Army Chief of Staff. It states what the Army is, what the Army does, how the Army does it, and where the Army is going. It establishes the Army's operational concept and other fundamental principles for employing landpower in support of the National Security, National Defense, and the National Military Strategies.