Fm 31 28 Fouo Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat 1 December 1999 25

Conventional manuals (FM 90-10-1) focused on battalion-and-brigade level combined arms: tanks, artillery, and engineers clearing block by block. That was useless for a 12-man Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA). On the other hand, traditional SF manuals focused on jungle or rural guerrilla operations. was created to fill this void.

The "For Official Use Only" marking is standard for documents that, while unclassified, contain sensitive operational details. In 1999, releasing detailed diagrams of how a U.S. Special Forces team clears a multi-story building or how they set up a covert urban hide site could compromise ongoing operations. Today, while the document is widely circulated in veteran and collector communities, the TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures) within it must be viewed through a historical lens. was created to fill this void

While the full manual is generally restricted to official military channels, you can find unclassified overviews and training videos through several official Special Operations platforms: Special Forces team clears a multi-story building or

Field Manual (FM) 31-28, Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC) , is a specialized Army doctrine published on December 1, 1999 the TTPs (Tactics

: Methods for navigating through urban areas undetected, including moving through buildings, using maps, and maintaining direction.

It serves as the definitive guide for SFAUC, a multi-week course that Green Berets attend after completing the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC).