Required publications are sources that users must read in order to understand or to comply with this field manual.
| FM 17-98 | Scout Platoon. October 1987. |
| FM 34-1 | Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Operations. July 1987. |
| FM 34-2 | Collection Management. 22 October 1990. |
| FM 34-3 | Intelligence Analysis. 15 March 1990. |
| FM 34-10-1 | Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for the Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor Systems (REMBASS). November 1990. |
| FM 34-80 | Brigade and Battalion Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Operations. April 1986. |
| FM 34-130 | Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield. May 1989. |
| FM 101-5 | Staff Organization and Operations. May 1984. |
| FM 101-5-1 | Operational Terms and Symbols. October 1985. |
| 61 JTCG/ME-87-10 | Handbook for Operational Testing of Electro-Optical Systems in Battlefield Obscurants. October 1987. |
| DA Pam 381-3 | How Latin America Insurgents Fight. June 1986. |
| DD Form 1975 | Joint Tactical Air Reconnaissance and Surveillance Request Form. |
Rand Study. Applying the National Training Center Experience: Tactical Reconnaissance. October 1987.
Related publications are sources of additional information. They are not required in order to understand this publication.
| FM 6-20-10 | TTP for the Targeting Process, Mar 90 |
| FM 24-33 | Communications Techniques: Electronic Counter-Countermeasures. 22 Mar 85 |
| FM 34-10 | Division IEW Operations. November 1986. |
| (U) FM 34-1OA | Division Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Operations, Secret. December 1986. |
| FM 100-5 | Operations. May 1986. |
| FM 101-5 | Staff Organization and Preparation. May 1984. |
(U) DIA Study. Reconnaissance and Surveillance and Target Acquisition in the USSR, Secret/NOFORN. June 1988.