U.S. Army Survival Handbook, Revised - Softcover

Department Of The Army; Matt Larsen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1599214512 ISBN 13: 9781599214511

Publisher: Lyons Press, 2008

Synopsis

An essential resource not just for soldiers but for all outdoorspeople—including campers, hunters, hikers, and anglers—the U.S. Army Survival Handbook is a comprehensive volume replete with user-friendly illustrations.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A new edition, thoroughly revised and updated by military survival expert SFC Matt Larsen.
As a soldier, you can be sent anywhere in the world at a moment’s notice. Whether in a temperate, tropical, arctic, or subarctic region, you might find yourself alone in a remote area with little or no personal gear. This new edition of the classic U.S. Army Survival Handbook provides the information you need to survive. Widely recognized as the finest single source on the subject, it is standard issue for U.S. Special Operations Forces and pilots, and has been used by foreign militaries the world over. An essential resource not just for soldiers but also for all outdoorspeople campers, hunters, hikers, and anglers this comprehensive volume contains a wealth of detailed illustrations. It covers a breadth of topics, including: The will to survive
Survival planning
Survival medicineMaking weapons and tools
Finding water
Wild plants for food
Wildlife for food
Making sheltersBuilding fires
Water crossings
Direction finding
Signaling
Desert, tropical, arctic, and  subarctic survival
Sea survival
Poisonous snakes and insects

About the Author:

Sergeant First Class Matt Larsen is a longtime trainer in survival and fighting techniques for the Army Rangers. A graduate of the multi-service SERE (Survival, Evasion, Rescue, and Escape) training program and of Jungle Survival Training in the Philippines and Okinawa, he served in the 75th Ranger
Regiment for over twelve years, parachuting into Panama during the 1989 U.S. invasion and participating in the Gulf War.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1599214512
• ISBN 13: 9781599214511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392