Survival Skills U.S. Army / Special Operations Tactics, Techniques, and Skills Guide

As a soldier you can be sent to any area of the world. It may be in a temperate, tropical, arctic, or subarctic region. You expect to have all your personal equipment and your unit or other members of your unit with you wherever you go. There is, however, no guarantee it will be so. You could find yourself alone in a remote area-possibly enemy territory- with little or no personal gear. This manual provides information and describes techniques to enable you to survive and return alive should you find yourself in such a situation. If you are a trainer, use the information in this manual as a base on which to build survival training. Develop a survival training program that will enable the people in your unit to meet any survival situation they may face. It can make the difference between life and death. Commander U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Fort Bragg, NC 28307-5000. Army Survival Skills Manual is the finest single source for self-reliance for all extreme circumstances. Survive in primitive conditions. The book is very straightforward with many pictures and user-friendly illustrations, written in easy to understand language. This is just some of the survival information that this book provides: All-climates: arctic, tropics, temperate forest, savannah or desert. All-terrain survival tactics. The Will to Survive. Identify poisonous snakes, as well as edible and non-edible plants. Survival Medicine. Wilderness Medicine. Techniques on First Aid. Survival in the hottest or coldest of climates. Planning. How to find & make polluted water potable. Ways to trap and collection techniques of water. Covers navigation and compass use. Find direction using the sun and stars. Weapons and Tools. Building life-saving shelters. Traps and snares. How to prepare wild game to be cooked also preserving food. All types of fire making. Water Crossings. Find direction using the sun and stars. Physical and mental fitness. Disaster preparedness.