U.S. Military Pocket Survival Guide: Plus Evasion & Recovery - Softcover

U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, And Air Force; Larsen, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1599214873 ISBN 13: 9781599214870

Verlag: Lyons Press, 2009

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Stranded behind enemy lines? Or in America’s wilderness? Reach for the U.S. Military Pocket Survival Guide. A decade after its original publication in 1999, this classic manual—included in the survival kits of all branches of the U.S. military—has now been revised and updated for 2009 by military survival expert Matt Larsen.

Every combatant’s essential guide to outdoor survival, concealment, movement, improvised communications, and recovery in hostile territory, the U.S. Military Pocket Survival Guide represents an invaluable distillation of the information contained in the survival “bible,” the U.S. Air Force’s enormous Search and Rescue Survival Training.

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This manual was written with the joint participation of the approving Service commands.



Matt Larsen: An expert graduate of the military's SERE training (Survival, Escape, Rescue), long-time trainer in survival and fighting techniques for the Army Rangers, and graduate of Jungle Survival Training in the Phillippines and Okinawa.



The President of the United States Combative Arts Association, Matt Larsen started as a young Marine infantryman and then switched over to the Army serving in the 75th Ranger Regiment for over twelve years including parachuting in to Torrihos/Tacumen airfield during the invasion of Panama and Ranger operations during the Gulf War. He served as the president of the 1st and later 2nd Ranger Battalion practical shooting clubs, noncommissioned officer in charge (NCOIC) of Combatives training for the second Ranger Battalion and as the program grew the entire 75th Ranger Regiment, the Ranger Training Brigade where he authored FM 3-25.150 (Combatives), and finally for the entire Army. Since retiring from the Army in 2005, Mr. Larsen has helped rewrite the Combatives curriculum for the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center. Currently he is the Director of the Modern Army Combatives Program (MACP) and the Commandant of the U. S. Army Combatives School (USACS) at Ft. Benning Georgia.

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This classic military manual--included in the survival kits of all branches of the U.S. military--has now been revised and updated by military survival expert SFC Matt Larsen. Presented in an easily navigable format, with illustrations throughout, The U.S. Military Pocket Survival Guide represents an invaluable distillation of the information contained in the survival "bible," the U.S. Air Force's enormous Search and Rescue Survival Training. It is every combatant's essential guide to outdoor survival, concealment, movement, improvised communications, evasion, and recovery in hostile territory. EvasionNavigationRadio Communications SignalingRecoveryPersonal ProtectionWaterFoodFirst Aid Plant MedicinesNuclear, Biological, Chemical Conditions

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Lyons Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1599214873
• ISBN 13: 9781599214870
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Niederlande