The Ultimate Guide to US
ARMY SURVIVAL
Skills, Tactics, and Techniques
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Guidebooks, Reference Materials and Specialty
Manuals come in all types covering all genres. In the realm of
Survival, Preparedness and all around Readiness, there are far too many
to list. Very few, however, are even worth their weight in
paper. The Ultimate Guide to
US ARMY Survival Skills, Tactics and Techniques breaks this
trend and cuts through the usual fog to get right to the point of
useful knowledge. It is full of vital need-to-know (and
nice-to-know) information regarding Survival and Readiness.
Even for the experienced Survival-minded
individual, there are plenty of new chunks of knowledge to be learned
and discovered in this book.
Cost:
Excellent
Retailing at $24 US, the wealth of information
it contains is well worth the price. However, if one is to shop
around, this Guide can be found for around $16 online at various of the
larger distributors.
Layout:
Outstanding
Using a fairly seamless method of editing
existing US Army Technical Manuals and Field Manuals, Jay McCullough
also includes the simple yet thorough illustrations US Army Manuals are
known for. His insightful method of keeping the important
information at the forefront of each chapter helps alleviate the often
monotonous task of reading a full US Army Technical or Field Manual.
The chapters and parts are divided in a fairly
intuitive manner, and finding a desired chapter is fairly simple;
thanks to the Table of Contents. The included chapters are
contained in sectionalized parts where the information found therein is
of relational commonality.
Content:
Outstanding
The included chapters cover such things
as Weapons, Tools, Equipment, Survival Psychology, First Aid, Shelter
Design, Traps and Snares, Rescue Procedures, Treating Shock,
Mountaineering, Close Range Combat and more; all in a single
easy-to-follow guidebook. There is also a section
covering the usefulness of certain types of plant-life for food,
medication or other practical applications which I found very
insightful.
Overall:
Outstanding
The Ultimate Guide to US
ARMY Survival Skills, Tactics and Techniques is a comprehensive
bible of information that is a new and critical addition to any serious
Readiness-minded persons' reference library. Do not miss out, get
yours while you still can.
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