United States Army Survival Manual. Field Manual

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. A must for campers, hikers, explorers, pilots, and anyone who wants to know how to survive in primitive conditions.


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.

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.

S—SIZE UP THE SITUATION
U—USE ALL YOUR SENSES, UNDUE HASTE MAKES WASTE
R—REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE
V—VANQUISH FEAR AND PANIC
I—IMPROVISE
V—VALUE LIVING
A—ACT LIKE THE NATIVES
L—LIVE BY YOUR WITS, BUT FOR NOW, LEARN BASIC SKILLS


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
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 - 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 - Poisonous Snakes and Lizards
Appendix F - Dangerous Fish and Mollusks
Appendix G - Clouds: Foretellers of Weather
Appendix H - Contingency Plan of Action

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