Chapter 1 Introduction This manual is based entirely on the keyword SURVIVAL. The letters in this word can help guide your actions in any survival situation. Learn what each letter represents and practice applying these guidelines when conducting survival training. Remember the word SURVIVAL. SURVIVAL ACTIONS 1-1. The following paragraphs […]
Chapter 2 Psychology of Survival It takes much more than the knowledge and skills to build shelters, get food, make fires, and travel without the aid of standard navigational devices to live successfully through a survival situation. Some people with little or no survival training have managed to survive life-threatening […]
Chapter 3 Survival Planning and Survival Kits A survival plan is dependent on three separate but intertwined parts to be successful: planning, preparation, and practice. Survival planning is nothing more than realizing something could happen that would put you in a survival situation and, with that in mind, taking steps […]
Chapter 4 Basic Survival Medicine Foremost among the many problems that can compromise your survival ability are medical problems resulting from unplanned events, such as a forced landing or crash, extreme climates, ground combat, evasion, and illnesses contracted in captivity. Many evaders and survivors have reported difficulty in treating injuries […]
Chapter 5 Shelters A shelter can protect you from the sun, insects, wind, rain, snow, hot or cold temperatures, and enemy observation. It can give you a feeling of well-being and help you maintain your will to survive. In some areas, your need for shelter may take precedence over your […]
Chapter 6 Water Procurement Water is one of your most urgent needs in a survival situation. You can’t live long without it, especially in hot areas where you lose water rapidly through perspiration. Even in cold areas, you need a minimum of 2 liters of water each day to maintain […]
Chapter 7 Firecraft In many survival situations, the ability to start a fire can make the difference between living and dying. Fire can fulfill many needs. It can provide warmth and comfort. It not only cooks and preserves food, it also provides warmth in the form of heated food that […]
Chapter 8 Food Procurement One of man’s most urgent requirements is food. In contemplating virtually any hypothetical survival situation, the mind immediately turns to thoughts of food. Unless the situation occurs in an arid environment, even water, which is more important to maintaining body functions, will usually follow food in […]
Chapter 9 Survival Use of Plants After having solved the problems of finding water, shelter, and animal food, you will have to consider the use of plants you can eat. In a survival situation you should always be on the lookout for familiar wild foods and live off the land […]
Chapter 10 Poisonous Plants Successful use of plants in a survival situation depends on positive identification. Knowing poisonous plants is as important to you as knowing edible plants. Knowing the poisonous plants will help you avoid sustaining injuries from them. HOW PLANTS POISON 10-1. Plants generally poison by— Contact. This […]