Preface
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 or other members of your unit with you wherever
you go. There is, however, 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 to enable
you to survive and return alive should you find yourself
in such a situation.
If you are a trainer, use the information in this manual as
a base on which to build survival training. You know the
areas to which your unit is likely to be deployed, the means
by which it will travel, and the territory through which or
over which it will travel. Read what this manual says about
survival in those particular areas. Find out all you can
about those areas. Read other books on survival. Develop
a survival training program that will enable the people in
your unit to meet any survival situation they may face. It
can make the difference between life and death.
We would like your comments or recommendations for
improving this manual. Please make your comments on a
DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications
and Blank Forms), keying your comments to specific pages
and paragraphs and stating your reasons for the recommended
change. Mail your comments to:
Commander
U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare
Center and School
ATTN: AOJK-DT-DM
Fort Bragg, NC 28307-5000
Unless this publication states otherwise, masculine nouns
and pronouns do not refer exclusively to men.
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