Search and Rescue: Survival Training; Survive, Return, Honor. Volume 1

Abstract

Partial Contents: This regulation describes the various environmental conditions affecting human survival, and describes individual activities necessary to enable that survival. This regulation is for instructor and student use in formal and USAF survival and survival continuation training. This regulation also applies to US Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units and members. Sources used to compile this regulation are listed in the bibliography, attachment I. The Elements of Surviving - Conditions Affecting Survival - The Survivor's Needs - Psychological Aspects of Survival - Emotional Reactions - The Will to Survive - Basic Survival Medicine - PW Medicine - Facts and Conditions Affecting a Survivor - Geographic Principles - Environmental Characteristics - Local People - Personal Protection - Proper Body Temperature - Clothing - Shelter - Firecraft - Equipment - Sustenance - Food - Water - Travel - Land Navigation - Land Travel - Rough Land Travel and Evacuation Techniques - Water Travel - Signaling and Recovery - Evasion - Legal and Moral Obligations - Factors of Successful Evasion - Camouflage - Induced Conditions - Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) - Biological Conditions - Chemical Conditions

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 1985
Accession Number
ADA325861

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Cells
  • Eutrophication
  • Fish
  • Fungi
  • Geography
  • Habitats
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Wildlife

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Oncology
  • Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.