Modern combat increases the likelihood of your becoming isolated and having to find water, food, and shelter for many days-even weeks-while making it back to friendly forces. Small units fighting in widely dispersed formations or on special missions forward of friendly lines are more likely to be cut off than ever before. Large units traveling great distances by air and sea make survival in remote and desolate areas a real possibility for you. The ability to evade the enemy and to escape if captured, both basic requirements of the soldier's Code of Conduct, demands every survival skill you can master. The chances of being exposed to such an emergency are always present, especially when traveling, so survival techniques should be a part of your basic soldiering skills.

This manual has been written to help you acquire these skills. It tells you how to travel, find water and food, shelter yourself from the weather, and care for yourself if you become sick or injured. This information is first treated generally, and then applied specifically to such special areas as the arctic, the desert, the jungle, and on the ocean.

Topics covered in this manual include:

• map reading
• using a compass
• scouting and patrolling
• camouflage
• first aid
• sanitation
• personal hygiene
• night vision
• woodcraft
• finding food and water
• fire making
• navigational techniques
• shelter devices

Format: Softcover, 278pp
Publishing Date: October, 1970