OS2 · E-5 BIBLIOGRAPHY · FEBRUARY 2027 EXAMReserve (SELRES)

OS E-5 Reserve Bibs · February 2027

Operations Specialist · Effective September 2026 · 50 references

Reserve exam

Reserve bibs have one list.
  1. ACP 121(I)
    COMMUNICATION INSTRUCTIONS GENERAL
    Ch 3
  2. ADATP-33(A)
    MULTI-LINK STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR TACTICAL DATA SYSTEMS EMPLOYING LINK 16, LINK 11, LINK 11B, IJMS, LINK 1, LINK 4, AND ATDL-1
    Annex C
  3. APP 1
    ALLIED MARITIME VOICE REPORTING PROCEDURES
    Ch 7Ch 9
  4. APP-7(EDITION F)(VERSION-1)
    JOINT BREVITY WORDS PUBLICATIONS
  5. ATP 10(D)(WITH CHANGE-1)
    SEARCH AND RESCUE
    Ch 5Ch 6
  6. ATP 3(B)(WITH CHANGE-5)
    NAVY ANTISUBMARINE EVASIVE STEERING
    Ch 1
  7. ATP-01 VOLUME I(EDITION H)(VERSION-1)
    ALLIED MARITIME TACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS AND PROCEDURES
    Ch 2Ch 3Ch 4Ch 6Ch 7Ch 10Ch 12Glossary 7Glossary 9
  8. ATP-01 VOLUME II(EDITION I)(VERSION-1)
    ALLIED MARITIME TACTICAL SIGNAL AND MANEUVERING BOOK
    Ch 1
  9. ATP-04(EDITION-F)(VERSION-2)
    ALLIED NAVAL GUNFIRE SUPPORT
    Ch 1Ch 2Glossary 2
  10. ATP-28 EDITION (E) VERSION (1) VOLUME I
    ALLIED ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE MANUAL - TACTICS AND PROCEDURES
    Ch 2Ch 4Ch 5Ch 9
  11. ATP-8, VOLUME I
    DOCTRINE FOR AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS
    Ch 1
  12. CJCSI 3151.01D
    REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL: COMMON OPERATIONAL PICTURE, COMMON TACTICAL PICTURE, AND COMMON INTELLIGENCE PICTURE
    Encl AEncl B
  13. COMNAVSURFOR COMNAVAIRFORINST 1211.2A
    COMBAT AIR CONTROLLER QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
  14. COMNAVSURFPAC/COMNAVAIRPAC/COMNAVAIRLANT/COMNAVSURFLANTINST 3530.4G
    SURFACE SHIP NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION AND REGULATION MANUAL
    App CCh 3Ch 6
  15. EKMS-1E(WITH AMENDMENT-1)
    EKMS POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR NAVY ELECTRONIC KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TIERS 2 & 3
    Annex H
  16. JOINT PUBLICATION 3-13.1
    ELECTRONIC WARFARE
  17. LINK 11
    UNDERSTANDING LINK 11
    App FCh 2
  18. LINK 16
    UNDERSTANDING LINK 16
    Ch 1Ch 3Ch 4
  19. NAVEDTRA 12968D
    LOOKOUT TRAINING HANDBOOK
    Ch 5Ch 11Ch 31
  20. NAVEDTRA 14190A
    NAVY ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS TRAINING SERIES MODULE 18--RADAR PRINCIPLES
    Ch 1
  21. NAVEDTRA 14308B
    OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, VOLUME 1
    Ch 1Ch 3Ch 4Ch 5Ch 8Ch 9Ch 11Ch 14
  22. NAVIGATION RULES AND REGULATIONS HANDBOOK (2024)
    Rule 14Rule 21Rule 26Rule 27Rule 28Rule 30Rule 34
  23. NAVY WIDE OPTASK ASW(5-2022)
    NAVYWIDE OPTASK ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE
  24. NAVY-WIDE OPTASK AIR MISSILE DEFENSE (AMD) (01-02-2020)
  25. NAVY-WIDE OPTASK BMD(HOMELAND DEFENSE)
    COMUSFLTFORCOM MSG DTG 251500Z 2014
  26. NAVY-WIDE OPTASK BMD REGIONAL(11-23-2022)
    NAVY-WIDE OPTASK BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE (BMD) REGIONAL
  27. NAVY-WIDE OPTASK COMMON MARITIME PICTURE (2020)
  28. NAVY-WIDE OPTASK ELECTRONIC WARFARE (01-18-2018)
  29. NIMA PUB 1310
    RADAR NAVIGATION AND MANEUVERING BOARD MANUAL, SEVENTH EDITION 2001
    Ch 1Ch 3Ch 4Ch 6
  30. NIMA PUB NO 9(VOLUME-2)(2024)
    PUB. NO. 9 AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR AN EPITOME OF NAVIGATION VOLUME II 2024 EDITION
  31. NTP 4(E)
    FLEET COMMUNICATIONS
    Ch 9
  32. NTRP 1-03.1(WITH ERRATUM-1)
    OPERATIONAL REPORTS NTRP 1-03.1 (FORMERLY NWP 1-03.1)
    Ch 3
  33. NTRP 3-20.6.02
    AEGIS CG CLASS TACTICAL PUBLICATION
    Ch 13
  34. NTRP 3-20.6.08, VOLUME 1
    DDG 51 (FLIGHT 1) CLASS TACTICAL PUBLICATION
    Ch 5Ch 6Ch 9
  35. NTTP 1-10.1(2018)
    NAVY TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FORCE TACTICAL ACTION OFFICER
    Ch 14
  36. NTTP 3-01.11(2023)
    MARITIME INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE PLANNING
    Ch 4
  37. NTTP 3-01.12(2024)
    MARITIME INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE EMPLOYMENT
    Ch 5Ch 7Ch 10Glossary 2
  38. NTTP 3-13.14(3-2017)
    SURFACE ELECTRONIC WARFARE GUIDE
    Annex HCh 2
  39. NTTP 3-20.71(WITH CHANGE-3)
    NAVY TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES SURFACE SHIP HARPOON EMPLOYMENT MANUAL (U) EDITION DECEMBER 2012
    Figure 2-1
  40. NTTP 3-21.36
    SURFACE SHIP PASSIVE LOCALIZATION AND TARGET MOTION ANALYSIS (U)
    Ch 3
  41. NTTP 3-22.5-SAR-TAC
    NAVY SEARCH AND RESCUE TACTICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT (SAR TACAID)
    Ch 1
  42. NTTP 3-50.1(2019)
    NAVY SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) MANUAL
  43. NTTP 3-51.1
    NAVY ELECTRONIC WARFARE
    Ch 3
  44. NTTP 6-02.1(2023)
    BREVITY MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR MULTI-SERVICE BREVITY CODES
  45. NWP 3-56(WITH ERRATUM 1)
    MARITIME OPERATIONS AT THE TACTICAL LEVEL OF WARFARE
    App BCh 5
  46. OPNAVINST 3100.6K
    SPECIAL INCIDENT REPORTING (OPREP-3 PINNACLE, OPREP-3 NAVY BLUE AND OPREP-3 NAVY UNIT SITREP) PROCEDURES
    Ch 2Ch 4
  47. OPNAVINST 3120.32D(WITH CHANGE-1)
    STANDARD ORGANIZATION AND REGULATIONS OF THE U.S. NAVY
    Ch 4
  48. SECNAVINST 5510.36B
    DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM
    Encl 2
  49. TM SWDG 3-01.1-08
    MARITIME INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE (IAMD) PLANNING (U)
    App E
  50. VMS 9.5 OPERATOR MANUAL(REVISION A)
    VOYAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OPERATORS MANUAL SOFTWARE VERSION 9.5
    Ch 3Ch 4Ch 7

Exam topics

7 topics · 32 subtopics

What this exam covers, from the official topics list published with the bib.

ADMINISTRATION & RECORD KEEPINGGENERATING NAVAL MESSAGES · LOG KEEPING · POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES · PROGRAMS · RECORDS · SECURITY
ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFAREASW FUNDAMENTALS · COORDINATED ASW · PROSECUTION & SYSTEMS
COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONSEXTERNAL · INTERNAL
ELECTRONIC WARFAREELECTRONIC FUNDAMENTALS · THREATS · U.S. NAVAL PLATFORMS
INTEGRATED MISSILE DEFENSEAIR DEFENSE MISSION PLANNING · BMD · OPERATING C4I · RECOGNIZE AIR PICTURE · WEAPONS
NAVIGATIONEQUIPMENT OPERATION · FUNDAMENTALS · MOBOARDS · RULES OF THE ROAD · WATCH MANAGEMENT
SURFACE WARFAREAMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS · COMMAND AND CONTROL · FAC/FIAC DEFENSE · NSFS · OPERATING C4I · RECOGNIZE MARITIME PICTURE · SEARCH AND RESCUE · WEAPONS SYSTEMS
Official notes and source
  1. Reference links previously provided on this site have been permanently removed to comply with DoD security policies.
  2. This BIBLIOGRAPHY is provided by NAC to document the REFERENCES used by a subject matter expert (a Navy Chief in the rating) as the basis for writing the questions on the RESERVE Navy Advancement exam that will be given to SELECTED RESERVE (SELRES) PERSONNEL in February 2027. All exam questions are developed by rating subject matter experts utilizing the latest Occupational Standards provided by NAVMAC.
  3. The questions for your exam are based on the references listed in this bibliography. If a reference has been updated since the exam was created and differs from the reference listed here, the information in the updated reference will be considered when the exam is scored.
  4. The Professional Military Knowledge (PMK) references are no longer listed as part of this document, since PMK questions are no longer part of the Navy-Wide Advancement Exam (NWAE). PMK knowledge will be measured through the separate Professional Military Knowledge Eligibility Exam (PMK-EE) and details on administration of this exam can be found in the current cycle NAVADMIN.
  5. If you have questions, e-mail NETPDC_NAVY_ADVANCEMENT@navy.mil.

Source: the official February 2027 E-5 bibliography on Navy COOL (effective September 2026).