The Ultimate Guide to U.S. Army Survival Skills, Tactics, and Techniques Edited by Jay McCullough

by Department of the Army (Author), Jay McCullough (Editor)

With almost 1000 illustrated pages of official US Army instruction, this is the biggest, most thorough book of Army skills available. It's a treasure trove for active soldiers and anyone who wants to know how the US military operates.

Here are the most useful and curious tactics for the would-be soldier, historian, movie-maker, writer, or survivalist, including techniques on:

• First aid
• Survival in the hottest or coldest of climates
• Finding or building life-saving shelters
• Surviving nuclear, biological, and chemical attacks
• Physical and mental fitness
• How to find food and water anywhere, anytime.

With hundreds of photographs and illustrations showing everything from edible plants to rare skin diseases of the jungle, every page reveals how useful Army knowledge can be.

Author Biography

The U.S. Department of the Army is headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and authors The Soldier's Guide, The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants, U.S. Army Hand-to-Hand Combat, U.S. Army First Aid Manual, U.S. Army Weapons Systems, U.S. Army Special Forces Handbook, U.S. Army Guide to Boobytraps, U.S. Army Explosives and Demolitions Handbook, U.S. Army Special Forces Guide to Unconventional Warfare, and Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook.

This isn’t a hobbyist’s manual. This is the full playbook.

Clocking in at nearly 1,000 pages, this brick of a book is a battle-hardened compilation of real U.S. Army field tactics, survival skills, combat training, and mission-critical techniques.

It’s not watered down. It’s not Hollywood. This is what the military teaches when failure isn’t an option. From wilderness survival and improvised shelters to tactical movement, evasion, hand-to-hand combat, land nav, comms, weapons, and more—this manual doesn’t hold your hand. It makes sure you come home.

Whether you're building a serious preparedness library, leveling up your bushcraft, or just want to know what the pros know, this is the reference every survivalist, hunter, or hard-headed misfit should own.

What You’ll Get:

🔹 960 pages of authentic U.S. Army field manual content

🔹 Detailed breakdowns of survival techniques, from jungle to arctic

🔹 Tactical training: weapons, patrols, recon, SERE, urban combat

🔹 Real military diagrams, charts, and visuals throughout

🔹 Edited and organized for civilians—nothing lost in translation

Book Specs:

• Format: Paperback

• Length: 960 pages

• Dimensions: 8.5" x 10.9" x 1.7"

• Editor: Jay McCullough

• Publication Date: September 17, 2007

Iron Pines Verdict:
“This one doesn’t belong on a shelf. It belongs in your ruck.”