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The Official U.S. Army Survival Guide: Updated Edition
The Official U.S. Army Survival Guide: Updated Edition
FM 30-05.70 (FM 21-76)
Ebook
Carlile Military Library
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- A treasure trove of life-saving survival information: the most extensive and comprehensive survival ebook available anywhere.
- Important: this is a reflowable ebook, not a low-quality fixed-layout edition. Reflowable books adapt to your device and your settings for a superior reading experience.
- Full-color illustrations of edible, medicinal, and poisonous plants, dangerous animals, and more (available on devices with color screens only).
- Created and trusted by US military forces, expertly adapted for the ebook format.
- Essential preparedness for any survival situation. Store it on your personal device so you'll have it when you need it.
- The indispensable field manual for preppers, hunters, campers, outdoorspeople, hikers and more.
PREFACE
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 members with you wherever you go. However, there is 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 basic techniques that will enable you to survive and return alive should you find yourself in such a situation.
If you are a trainer, use this information as a base on which to build survival training. You know the areas to which your unit is likely to deploy, the means by which it will travel, and the territory through which it will travel. Read what this manual says about survival in those particular areas and find out all you can about those areas. Read other books on survival. Develop a survival-training program that will enable your unit members to meet any survival situation they may face. It can make the difference between life and death.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Introduction.
Chapter 2. Psychology of Survival.
Chapter 3. Survival Planning and Survival Kits.
Chapter 4. Basic Survival Medicine.
Chapter 5. Shelters.
Chapter 6. Water Procurement.
Chapter 7. Firecraft.
Chapter 8. Food Procurement.
Chapter 9. Survival Use of Plants.
Chapter 10. Poisonous Plants.
Chapter 11. Dangerous Animals.
Chapter 12. Field-Expedient Weapons, Tools, and Equipment.
Chapter 13. Desert Survival.
Chapter 14. Tropical Survival.
Chapter 15. Cold Weather Survival.
Chapter 16. Sea Survival.
Chapter 17. Expedient Water Crossings.
Chapter 18. Field-Expedient Direction Finding.
Chapter 19. Signaling Techniques.
Chapter 20. Survival Movement in Hostile Areas.
Chapter 21. Camouflage.
Chapter 22. Contact with People.
Chapter 23. Survival in Man-Made Hazards.
Appendix A. Survival Kits.
Appendix B. Edible and Medicinal Plants.
Appendix C. Poisonous Plants.
Appendix D. Dangerous Insects and Arachnids.
Appendix E. Venomous Snakes and Lizards.
Appendix F. Dangerous Fish and Mollusks.
Appendix G. Ropes and Knots.
Appendix H. Clouds: Foretellers of Weather.
Appendix I. Evasion Plan of Action Format.
Glossary.
Provided for information purposes only. Any action you take is at your own risk.
Published in the U.S.A. by CARLILE MEDIA.
ISBN/SKU: B0B57KHZS3
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Before You Buy
Q: Who is this ebook for?
A: This guide is vital for preppers, hikers, hunters, campers, outdoorspeople, military personnel, pilots, travelers, and anyone who wants a comprehensive survival reference that can be carried on a Kindle, tablet, or phone.
Q: What does the guide cover?
A: It covers survival psychology, planning, survival kits, basic medicine, shelters, water procurement, firecraft, food procurement, plants, animals, weapons and tools, desert survival, tropical survival, cold-weather survival, sea survival, expedient water crossings, field-expedient direction finding, signaling, recovery, and survival in hostile areas.
Q: Is this mainly a wilderness survival book?
A: Wilderness survival is a major part of the guide, but the scope is much broader. It also addresses medical emergencies, signaling, navigation, evasion, hostile environments, water survival, climatic extremes, improvised tools, and the mental discipline required to cope with isolation and danger.
Q: Is it useful for civilian readers?
A: Yes. Although written for soldiers who may become isolated in remote or hostile areas, many of the underlying skills are directly relevant to civilian emergencies. Hikers, hunters, campers, pilots, travelers, and preparedness-minded readers can all benefit from the sections on shelter, water, fire, food, medicine, navigation, signaling, and environmental survival.
Q: Is this the old FM 21-76 survival manual?
A: No. This edition contains FM 3-05.70, the extensively revised successor to FM 21-76. It is a much larger work and incorporates several hundred pages of material beyond the familiar older survival manual.
Q: What makes this different from a typical commercial survival guide?
A: Its great strength is breadth and systematic organization. Rather than concentrating on one author's preferred techniques, the manual was designed to prepare soldiers for survival across many different climates, environments, and emergencies, from finding water and treating injuries to signaling rescuers and surviving at sea.
Q: Is this suitable for beginners?
A: Yes. The book starts with fundamental survival priorities and techniques and explains them in a practical, instructional manner. At the same time, its considerable depth means more experienced outdoorspeople and preparedness enthusiasts can use it as a long-term reference rather than simply an introductory guide.
Q: Does the ebook work well as a reference?
A: Yes. A digital edition is particularly useful for a large manual because it can be searched quickly and carried without the bulk of a substantial print volume. Readers can jump directly to sections on water, shelter, first aid, plants, signaling, navigation, or specific environments whenever a question arises.
Q: Why choose the ebook rather than the print edition?
A: The ebook is the better choice for portability, searchability, and access across multiple devices. Readers building an emergency kit may still prefer a printed copy that does not depend on power, while the ebook is ideal for study, travel, and keeping the complete manual readily available in everyday use.
Publication Details & Specifications
| Format | Kindle ebook |
|---|---|
| Series | Carlile Military Library |
| Edition | Updated, reflowable ebook edition |
| Print equivalent | 674 pages |
| Language | English |
| Publication date | July 14, 2022 |
| ASIN | B0B6FVJSVR |
| Reading format | Reflowable text that adapts to the reader's device and display settings |
| Illustrations | Includes full-color illustrations of edible, medicinal and poisonous plants, dangerous animals, and other survival subjects on compatible color displays |
| Content | Comprehensive U.S. Army survival guidance adapted specifically for digital reading |
| Coverage | Survival psychology and planning, survival kits, medicine, shelters, water, firecraft, food procurement, plants, dangerous animals, field-expedient tools and weapons, desert, tropical, cold-weather and sea survival, navigation, signaling, camouflage, movement in hostile areas, and man-made hazards |
| Reference material | Includes appendices covering survival kits, edible and medicinal plants, poisonous plants, dangerous insects and arachnids, venomous snakes and lizards, dangerous fish and mollusks, ropes and knots, weather, and evasion planning, plus a glossary |
| Format advantage | Portable offline reference designed for use on Kindle devices and apps in survival, preparedness, travel, camping and outdoor situations |
| Designed for | Preppers, hunters, campers, hikers, outdoorspeople, military readers, survival instructors, and emergency-preparedness users |
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