If you or your family were suddenly faced with an unthinkable situation where you needed to be able to evade and survive a hostile invasion or found yourself in a foreign country where this were to happen, could you survive it? You may think you will never need to know emergency survival, but with today’s unstable world, can we ever be too sure or too cautious? It doesn’t take an invading army to put ourselves in this situation, schools are facing irate gunmen and people who live in remote areas may find themselves caught between criminals and the law. No matter what the situation, you will want to know emergency survival to know what you can do to survive this kind of emergency situation and evade the enemy until it is safe.

This extensively written and well illustrated emergency survival military handbook was written for all branches of the US military service to assist in a survival situation. This UNCLASSIFIED multiservice document trains in tactics, techniques, and procedures regardless of geographic location. It covers a wide range of options and situations and gives very clear instructions on everything from face camouflage patters to how to skin a small animal. If you have no other survival manual, this is the one that will cover all the bases for you.

Topics Covered

  • EVASION
    • Planning
    • Camouflage
    • Shelters
    • Movement
  • NAVIGATION
    • Stay or Move Considerations
    • Navigation and Position Determination
    • Travel Considerations
    • River Travel
    • Ice and Snow Travel
    • Mountain Hazards
    • Summer Hazards
    • Dry Climates
    • Tropical Climates
    • Open Seas
  • RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNALING
    • Radio Communications (Voice and Data)
  • RECOVERY
    • Responsibilities
    • Site Selection
    • Site Preparation
    • Recovery Procedures
  • MEDICAL
    • Immediate First Aid Actions
    • Common Injuries and Illnesses
    • Plant Medicine
    • Health and Hygiene
    • Rules for Avoiding Illness
  • PERSONAL PROTECTION
    • Priorities
    • Care and Use of Clothing
    • Other Protective Equipment
    • Shelters
    • Fires
  • WATER
    • Water Requirements
    • Water Procurement
    • Water Preparation and Storage
  • FOOD
  • INDUCED CONDITIONS
    • Nuclear Conditions
    • Biological Conditions
    • Chemical Conditions