SBC · E-7 BIBLIOGRAPHY · JANUARY 2027 EXAMActive duty & FTS
SB E-7 Bibs · January 2027
Special Warfare Boat Operator · Effective July 2026 · Revised by the Navy (revision 2) · 63 references on the Regular exam
- BOAT INFORMATION BOOK FOR COMBATANT CRAFT ASSAULT(CCA)(2020)BOAT INFORMATION BOOK FOR COMBATANT CRAFT ASSAULT (CCA)Sec 1Sec 6Sec 8Sec 10
- CHART NO. 1(EDITION-13)U.S. CHART NO. 1 SYMBOLS, ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS USED ON PAPER AND ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHARTSApp 1
- COMBATANT CRAFT MEDIUM (CCM) MARK 1(REVISION-9)CCM MK 1 CRAFT INFORMATION BOOK (CIB) | CDRL L007Ch 1Ch 2Ch 3Ch 4Ch 5Ch 7
- COMNAVSPECWARCOMINST 3000.2ANAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE HELICOPTER (AND TILTROTOR) ROPE SUSPENSION TECHNIQUES AND CAST AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS MANUALCh 5
- COMNAVSPECWARCOMINST 3000.3DNAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND PARACHUTING AND CARGO AIRDROP OPERATIONS MANUALCh 2Ch 3
- COMNAVSPECWARCOMINST 3500.2CNAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE (NSW) OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT (ORM)Encl 1Encl 2Encl 4
- COMNAVSPECWARCOMINST 3591.1ENAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE RANGE SAFETY PROCEDURES, RANGE SAFETY OFFICER JOB QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTSEncl 6
- COMNAVSPECWARCOMINST 3710.1AUNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS OPERATING INSTRUCTIONEncl 1
- COMNAVSPECWARCOMINST 5530.1DNAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND ANTITERRORISM AND PHYSICAL SECURITY PLANCh 4
- COMNAVSPECWARGRUFOURINST 3000.1CNAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE (NSW) COMBATANT CRAFT MARITIME EXTERNAL AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEM (MEATS)
- COMNAVSPECWARGRUFOURINST 3000.3ANAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMBATANT-CRAFT EXTERNAL AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEM
- COMNAVSPECWARGRUFOURINST 3120.2BSTANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURES FOR NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMBATANT-CRAFTENCLOSURE 2 CHAP 3, 2 CHAP 7, 5 CHAP 3
- COMNAVSPECWARGRUFOURINST 4700.4IENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE MANUALCh 3Ch 6Ch 7Ch 8Ch 9
- COMNAVSPECWARGRUFOURINST S3430.1EMISSION CONTROL PROCEDURES AND GUIDANCE
- EKMS-1E(WITH AMENDMENT-1)EKMS POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR NAVY ELECTRONIC KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TIERS 2 & 3Ch 2Ch 4Ch 9
- JOINT PUBLICATION 3-05(2020)DOCTRINE FOR JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONSApp ACh 2Ch 3
- JOINT PUBLICATION 3-32JOINT MARITIME OPERATIONSCh 1
- JOINT PUBLICATION 5-0(2025)JOINT PLANNINGCh V
- K-060-0032B(2022)TRAINEE GUIDE FOR CREWMAN QUALIFICATION TRAINING (CQT)Unit 3
- K-431-0100CTRAINEE GUIDE FOR NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE (NSW) RANGE SAFETY OFFICER (RSO) COURSEUnit 1Unit 6Unit 9
- K-431-0141A(WITH CHANGE-2)TRAINEE GUIDE FOR NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMUNICATIONS COURSEUnit 1Unit 2
- LA-5 PEQ OPERATOR MANUAL(REVISION-A)ADVANCED TARGET POINTER ILLUMINATOR AIMING LIGHT (ATPIAL) LA-5/PEQCh 1
- NAVEDTRA 14295BHOSPITAL CORPSMANCh 20
- NAVEDTRA 14343ABOATSWAIN'S MATECh 6Ch 7
- NAVIGATION RULES AND REGULATIONS HANDBOOK(2024)NAVIGATION RULES AND REGULATIONS HANDBOOKAnnex VRule 12Rule 22Rule 23Rule 25Rule 26Rule 28Rule 29Rule 30Rule 32Rule 34Rule 36Rule 37
- NAVSEA OP 5(REVISION-8)AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES SAFETY ASHORECh 12
- NAVSEA S0400-AD-URM-010/TUM(REVISION-8)TAG-OUT USERS MANUALApp DSec 1
- NAVSEA SW010-AD-GTP-010(REVISION-6)SMALL ARMS AND SPECIAL WARFARE AMMUNITIONCh 2
- NAVSEA SW215-CB-MMO-010BINOCULAR NIGHT VISION DEVICE (BNVD) AN/PVS-31BCh 1
- NAVSEA SW300-BC-SAF-010(REVISION-3)CLEARING LIVE AMMUNITION FROM GUNSCh 2
- NAVSEAINST 4790.8DSHIPS 3-M MANUALCh 1
- NAVSUP P-724(REVISION-25)(WITH IC-3)CONVENTIONAL ORDNANCE STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURESApp B
- NIMA PUB NO 9(VOLUME-1)(2024)PUB. NO. 9 AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR AN EPITOME OF NAVIGATION VOLUME I 2024 EDITIONCh 1Ch 7Ch 10Ch 36
- NIMA PUB NO 9(VOLUME-2)(2024)PUB. NO. 9 AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR AN EPITOME OF NAVIGATION VOLUME II 2024 EDITIONCh 4
- NTRP 1-03.1(WITH ERRATUM-1)OPERATIONAL REPORTS NTRP 1-03.1 (FORMERLY NWP 1-03.1)Ch 1
- NTTP 3.05-1(FEB 2018)NSW BATTLE OPERATIONSCh 1
- NTTP 3-05.2(2021)NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE LAND WARFARECh 2GLOSSARY LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
- NTTP 3-05.44(2022)NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMBATANT CRAFT OPERATIONSApp BCh 1Ch 3Ch 7
- NTTP 3-05.46NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE MISSION PLANNINGCh 1Ch 6
- NTTP 3-05.6NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE RIVERINE OPERATIONSCh 1Ch 2Ch 6
- NTTP 3-05.9(2023)NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE TACTICAL GROUND MOBILITY OPERATIONSCh 2Ch 3
- NTTP 3-11.33NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE OPERATIONS IN CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR (CBRN) THREAT ENVIRONMENTSCh 2
- NTTP 3-55.14(2015)UAS MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR THE TACTICAL EMPLOYMENT OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMSCh 1
- NWP 3-05(2023)NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARECh 2
- NWP 3-07.2(REVISION-A)NAVY DOCTRINE FOR ANTITERRORISM/FORCE PROTECTION NWP 3-07.2 (REV. A)Ch 7
- OPNAVINST 3100.6KSPECIAL INCIDENT REPORTING (OPREP-3 PINNACLE, OPREP-3 NAVY BLUE AND OPREP-3 NAVY UNIT SITREP) PROCEDURESCh 1Ch 2
- PUMA AE OPERATOR'S MANUALSMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (SUAS) ALL-ENVIRONMENT CAPABLE VARIANT (AECV) PUMA AE WITH DIGITAL DATA LINK (DDL) OPERATOR'S MANUALCh 3
- RAIDER 40 HP OWNERS MANUAL(2021)RAIDER 40 HORSEPOWER SUBMERSIBLE/MULTI-FUEL OUTBOARD MOTOR NSN 3H 2805-01-652-3067 PART NO. R40ES-002TOPIC FUEL REQUIREMENTS
- SEAL HANDBOOKSEAL HANDBOOKCh 4Ch 12
- SEALION I & II GUIDELINES FOR SEAOPS(REVISION A)SEALION I & II GUIDELINES FOR SAFE ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS (SEAOPS)Ch 1Ch 4Ch 5
- SECNAVINST 5710.22BPROCEDURES FOR HANDLING REQUESTS FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM AND TEMPORARY REFUGE
- SOCR DIGITAL OWNERS MANUAL(DOM)SOCR DIGITAL OWNERS MANUAL
- SOF REF MAN(REVISION-5)SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES REFERENCE MANUALApp ACh 2Ch 4
- SOMPE MANUALSPECIAL OPERATIONS MISSION PLANNING ENVIRONMENT (SOMPE) TRAINING MANUALSECTION 001 - MISSION PLANNING
- SPECIAL OPERATIONS ADVANCED TACTICAL PARAMEDICS(SO-ATPS)U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND'S PROTOCOLS FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS ADVANCED TACTICAL PARAMEDICS (SO-ATPS)Sec 1
- ST 23-31-1SPECIAL OPERATIONS PECULIAR MODIFICATION M4A1 ACCESSORY KIT (SOPMOD KIT)Ch 5
- SW360-AG-OPI-010OPERATOR'S MANUAL FOR 5.56 MM, LIGHTWEIGHT MACHINE GUN, MK 46 MOD 0/1Ch 1
- TC 3-25.26MAP READING AND LAND NAVIGATIONCh 9
- TM 9-1010-230-10OPERATOR`S MANUAL MACHINE GUN, 40MM, MK19, MOD 3Ch 2
- USSOCOM DIRECTIVE 525-16(U) OPERATIONAL PREPARATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTSec 2
- USSOCOM HANDBOOK NO. 04-24USSOCOM COMBAT CONVOY HANDBOOKCh 1
- USSOCOM HANDBOOK NO. 10-44TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE HBK.App BCh 1
- WING CRRC MANUALWING INFLATABLES P-SERIES CRRC P4.2, P4.7, P5.3 AND P5.8 OPERATOR MANUALTOPIC ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY, HOISTING, INFLATION SPECIFICATIONS
Exam topics
7 topics · 23 subtopicsWhat this exam covers, from the official topics list published with the bib.
Admin/Logistics3m · Administrative Procedures · Force Protection · Sof Heritage
CommsComms Administration · Nsw Communications Equipment
MedicalGeneral · Tccc
NavigationLand · Maritime
Nsw CraftCca · Cch · Ccl · Ccm · Soc-R
Swcc OpsAir · Ground Skills · Mission Planning · Mttp/Nttp · Uxs
Weapons, Optics & OrdnanceNight Vision, Electro-Optical Devices · Range Operations · Weapon Systems
Substitute exams are given after the Regular exam to sailors who couldn't take it as scheduled. Study this list only if you're taking the substitute.
- BOAT INFORMATION BOOK FOR COMBATANT CRAFT ASSAULT(CCA)(2020)BOAT INFORMATION BOOK FOR COMBATANT CRAFT ASSAULT (CCA)Sec 1Sec 5Sec 6Sec 10
- CHART NO. 1(EDITION-13)U.S. CHART NO. 1 SYMBOLS, ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS USED ON PAPER AND ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHARTSApp 1SECTION IALA MARITIME BUOYAGE SYSTEM
- CJCSI 3121.01BSTANDING RULES OF ENGAGEMENT/STANDING RULES OF THE USE OF FORCE FOR U. S. FORCESApp AApp BApp C
- COMBATANT CRAFT MEDIUM (CCM) MARK 1(REVISION-9)CCM MK 1 CRAFT INFORMATION BOOK (CIB) | CDRL L007Ch 1Ch 2Ch 5Ch 7Table 1.1-1
- COMNAVSPECWARCOMINST 3000.2ANAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE HELICOPTER (AND TILTROTOR) ROPE SUSPENSION TECHNIQUES AND CAST AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS MANUALCh 6
- COMNAVSPECWARCOMINST 3000.3DNAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND PARACHUTING AND CARGO AIRDROP OPERATIONS MANUALCh 3Ch 6
- COMNAVSPECWARCOMINST 3500.2CNAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE (NSW) OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT (ORM)Encl 1Encl 2Encl 4
- COMNAVSPECWARCOMINST 3591.1ENAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE RANGE SAFETY PROCEDURES, RANGE SAFETY OFFICER JOB QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTSEncl 1Encl 6
- COMNAVSPECWARCOMINST 4700.1DFORCE MAINTENANCE MANUAL
- COMNAVSPECWARCOMINST 8370.1NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE WEAPONS, VISUAL AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS, AND VISUAL AUGMENTATION WEAPONS ACCESSORIES MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUALCh 4
- COMNAVSPECWARGRUFOURINST 3000.3ANAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMBATANT-CRAFT EXTERNAL AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEM
- COMNAVSPECWARGRUFOURINST 3120.2BSTANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURES FOR NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMBATANT-CRAFTEncl 2Encl 6
- COMNAVSPECWARGRUFOURINST 4700.4IENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE MANUALApp 6.BCh 6Ch 7
- EKMS-1E(WITH AMENDMENT-1)EKMS POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR NAVY ELECTRONIC KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TIERS 2 & 3Annex MCh 2Ch 5Ch 9
- JOINT PUBLICATION 3-05(2020)DOCTRINE FOR JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONSApp ACh 1
- JOINT PUBLICATION 3-32JOINT MARITIME OPERATIONSCh 3
- JOINT PUBLICATION 5-0(WITH CHANGE-1)JOINT PLANNINGCh 5Ch 7
- JOINT TRAUMA SYSTEM (TCCC-AC) CLASSES(2017)(TAC EVAC)TACTICAL EVALUATION CARE
- K-060-0032B(2022)TRAINEE GUIDE FOR CREWMAN QUALIFICATION TRAINING (CQT)OUTLINE SHEET 4-4-1-NERVE AGENT SYMPTOMS
- K-431-0100CTRAINEE GUIDE FOR NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE (NSW) RANGE SAFETY OFFICER (RSO) COURSEOUTLINE SHEET 1-1-1, 3-1-1, 6-1-1
- K-431-0141A(WITH CHANGE-2)TRAINEE GUIDE FOR NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMUNICATIONS COURSEINFO SHEET 1-10-2, 1-8-2, 2-2-2TOPIC RADIO WAVE THEORY
- NAVEDTRA 14295BHOSPITAL CORPSMANCh 21Ch 21-AVULSIONS
- NAVEDTRA 14343ABOATSWAIN'S MATECh 6
- NAVIGATION RULES AND REGULATIONS HANDBOOK(2024)NAVIGATION RULES AND REGULATIONS HANDBOOKPart CRule 15Rule 25Rule 27Rule 28Sec I
- NAVSEA OP 5(REVISION-8)AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES SAFETY ASHORECh 1
- NAVSEA SW010-AD-GTP-010(REVISION-6)SMALL ARMS AND SPECIAL WARFARE AMMUNITIONApp CCh 2
- NAVSEA SW215-BJ-MMO-010(REVISION-2)SUBMERSIBLE BINOCULAR NIGHT VISION SYSTEM, AN/PVS-15C
- NAVSEA SW300-BC-SAF-010(REVISION-3)CLEARING LIVE AMMUNITION FROM GUNSCh 2
- NAVSEAINST 4790.8DSHIPS 3-M MANUALCh 2
- NIMA PUB NO 9(VOLUME-1)(2024)PUB. NO. 9 AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR AN EPITOME OF NAVIGATION VOLUME I 2024 EDITIONCh 1Ch 6Ch 7Ch 8Ch 9Ch 10
- NTRP 1-03.1(WITH CHANGE-1)OPERATIONAL REPORTS NTRP 1-03.1 (FORMERLY NWP 1-03.1)Ch 1
- NTTP 3-05.15(WITH CHANGE-1)NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM OPERATIONSFigure 1-8Figure 2-3
- NTTP 3-05.2(2021)NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE LAND WARFARECh 2Ch 3
- NTTP 3-05.44(2022)NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMBATANT CRAFT OPERATIONSCh 1.3
- NTTP 3-05.45(2023)NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONSCh 2
- NTTP 3-05.46NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE MISSION PLANNINGCh 3
- NTTP 3-05.6NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE RIVERINE OPERATIONSApp BCh 1Ch 2Ch 3
- NTTP 3-05.9(2023)NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE TACTICAL GROUND MOBILITY OPERATIONSCh 2
- NTTP 3-20.6.29M(2024)TACTICAL BOAT OPERATIONSCh 1Ch 6
- NWP 3-05(2023)NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARECh 1Ch 2Ch 5
- NWP 3-07.2(REVISION-A)NAVY DOCTRINE FOR ANTITERRORISM/FORCE PROTECTION NWP 3-07.2 (REV. A)Ch 5Ch 7
- OPNAVINST 3100.6KSPECIAL INCIDENT REPORTING (OPREP-3 PINNACLE, OPREP-3 NAVY BLUE AND OPREP-3 NAVY UNIT SITREP) PROCEDURESCh 2
- PUMA AE OPERATOR'S MANUALSMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (SUAS) ALL-ENVIRONMENT CAPABLE VARIANT (AECV) PUMA AE WITH DIGITAL DATA LINK (DDL) OPERATOR'S MANUALCh 6Table 1-7
- RANGER MEDIC HANDBOOKTACTICAL TRAUMA MANAGEMENT TEAMCh 1Ch 2
- SEAL HANDBOOKSEAL HANDBOOKCHAPTER 12-12.11.14 HUMAN AND OTHER ANIMAL BITES, 6.7
- SEALION I & II GUIDELINES FOR SEAOPS(REVISION A)SEALION I & II GUIDELINES FOR SAFE ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS (SEAOPS)Ch 5Table 1-1Table 1-3Table 2-1
- SECNAVINST 5710.22BPROCEDURES FOR HANDLING REQUESTS FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM AND TEMPORARY REFUGE
- SOCR DIGITAL OWNERS MANUAL(DOM)SOCR DIGITAL OWNERS MANUALCh 6Ch 24SECTION CXT, SOCR LOAD PROCEDURES, WEIGHTS, DIMENSIONS, SPECS & FLUIDS
- SOF REF MAN(REVISION-5)SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES REFERENCE MANUALCh 1Ch 2Ch 5
- SW360-AK-OPI-010LIGHTWEIGHT MACHINE GUN, 7.62MM, MK 48 MOD 0/1OPERATOR'S MANUALCHAPTER 1, TABLE 1-1
- TC 3-25.26MAP READING AND LAND NAVIGATIONCh 10
- TM 9-1010-230-10OPERATOR`S MANUAL MACHINE GUN, 40MM, MK19, MOD 3Ch 1
- USSOCOM DIRECTIVE 525-16(U) OPERATIONAL PREPARATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTSECTION 5. POLICY
- USSOCOM HANDBOOK NO. 04-24USSOCOM COMBAT CONVOY HANDBOOKCh 1
- USSOCOM HANDBOOK NO. 10-44TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE HBK.App BCh 1
- WING CRRC MANUALWING INFLATABLES P-SERIES CRRC P4.2, P4.7, P5.3 AND P5.8 OPERATOR MANUALSECTION AUTO-INFLATING THE BOAT, INFLATION SPECIFICATIONS, SEVEN KEY REASONS TO RUN ONE
Exam topics
7 topics · 23 subtopicsWhat this exam covers, from the official topics list published with the bib.
ADMIN/LOGISTICS3M · ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES · FORCE PROTECTION · SOF HERITAGE
COMMSCOMMS ADMINISTRATION · NSW COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
MEDICALGENERAL · TCCC
NAVIGATIONLAND · MARITIME
NSW CRAFTCCA · CCH · CCL · CCM · SOC-R
SWCC OPSAIR · GROUND SKILLS · MISSION PLANNING · MTTP/NTTP · UXS
WEAPONS, OPTICS & ORDNANCENIGHT VISION, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICES · RANGE OPERATIONS · WEAPON SYSTEMS
Official notes and source
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- 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 REGULAR Navy Advancement exam that will be given to ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL in January 2027. All exam questions are developed by rating subject matter experts utilizing the latest Occupational Standards provided by NAVMAC.
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Source: the official January 2027 E-7 bibliography on Navy COOL (effective July 2026).