Survival Guide

What should I put in a VIetnam training manual/survival guide? What do the soilders need to knoe?
Psh. Don't be dumb. It's for school.

go to www.rangerjoes.com and get a ranger handbook it has everything that you could learn w/o experience

2006-11-12 09:32:38 by Oops.

so i'm writing a survival guide for traveling in the freezing yukon territory in canada. what could I include? I thought of warm clothes and matches, but what else would help up there? Thankks.. :)

Cold is a far greater threat to survival than it appears. It decreases your ability to think and weakens your will to do anything except to get warm. Cold is an insidious enemy; as it numbs the mind and body, it subdues the will to survive. Cold makes it very easy to forget your ultimate goal to survive.You must not only have enough clothing to protect you from the cold, you must also know how to maximize the warmth you get from it. For example, always keep your head covered. You can lose 40 percent to 45 percent of body heat from an unprotected head and even more from the unprotected neck, wrists and ankles. These areas of the body are good radiators of heat and have very little insulating fat. The brain is very susceptible to cold and can stand the least amount of cooling. Because there is much blood circulation in the head, most of which is on the surface, you can lose heat quickly if you do not cover your head.

There are four basic principles to follow to keep warm. An easy way to remember these basic principles is to use the word "COLD" —

C - Keep clothing clean.
O - Avoid overheating.
L - Wear clothes loose and in layers.
D - Keep clothing dry.

C - Keep clothing clean. This principle is always important for sanitation and comfort. In winter, it is also important from the standpoint of warmth. Clothes matted with dirt and grease lose much of their insulation value. Heat can escape more easily from the body through the clothing's crushed or filled up air pockets.

O - Avoid overheating. When you get too hot, you sweat and your clothing absorbs the moisture. This affects your warmth in two ways: dampness decreases the insulation quality of clothing and as sweat evaporates, your body cools. Adjust your clothing so that you do not sweat. Do this by partially opening your parka or jacket, by removing an inner layer of clothing, by removing heavy outer mittens or by throwing back your parka hood or changing to lighter headgear. The head and hands act as efficient heat dissipaters when overheated.

L - Wear your clothing loose and in layers. Wearing tight clothing and footgear restricts blood circulation and invites cold injury. It also decreases the volume of air trapped between the layers, reducing its insulating value. Several layers of lightweight clothing are better than one equally thick layer of clothing, because the layers have dead-air space between them. The dead-air space provides extra insulation. Also, layers of clothing allow you to take off or add clothing layers to prevent excessive sweating or to increase warmth.

D - Keep clothing dry. In cold temperatures, your inner layers of clothing can become wet from sweat and your outer layer, if not water repellent, can become wet from snow and frost melted by body heat. Wear water-repellent outer clothing, if available. It will shed most of the water collected from melting snow and frost. Before entering a heated shelter, brush off the snow and frost. Despite the precautions you take, there will be times when you cannot keep from getting wet. At such times, drying your clothing may become a major problem. You can place damp socks or mittens, unfolded, near your body so that your body heat can dry them. In a campsite, hang damp clothing inside the shelter near the top, using drying lines or improvised racks. You may even be able to dry each item by holding it before an open fire. Dry leather items slowly. If no other means are available for drying your boots, put them between your sleeping bag shell and liner. Your body heat will help to dry the leather.

A heavy, down-lined sleeping bag is a valuable piece of survival gear in cold weather. Ensure the down remains dry. If wet, it loses a lot of its insulation value. If you do not have a sleeping bag, you can make one out of parachute cloth or similar material and natural dry material, such as leaves, pine needles or moss. Place the dry material between two layers of the parachute material.

Other important survival items are a knife; waterproof matches in a waterproof container, preferably one with a flint attached; a durable compass; map; watch; waterproof ground cloth and cover; flashlight; binoculars; dark glasses; fatty emergency foods; food gathering gear; and signaling items.

Remember, a cold weather environment can be very harsh. Give a good deal of thought to selecting the right equipment for survival in the cold. If unsure of an item you have never used, test it in an "overnight backyard" environment before venturing further. Once you have selected items that are essential for your survival, do not lose them after you enter a cold weather environment.

2008-02-28 20:51:15 by JuJu

Price: $13.95

My friend and i are seniors in high school and we love to prank freshman. We decided to create a "freshman survival guide: but we've run out of rule ideas.
Some of our rules are:
NEVER look a senior in the eyes.
dont speak unless spoken to.
Just when your feeling safe is when your in the most danger.
and other stupid stuff like that. We plan to print it our and tape it around the school so no over the top stuff just funny little pranks plz.

Awesome! I'm not gonna lie, pranking the frosh is possibly my favorite part of senior year. (Class of '10 FTW!!)
Um... how about....
Your name is now 'frosh'. Do not answer to anything else.
Whenever you talk to a senior, you must address him/her as 'almighty senior'.
If you step on a crack, you'll get a detention.
You need to notify a senior every time you use the elevator or use the stairs. You also must pay a fine.
If you're late to class, you must lie down and beg forgiveness from your teacher.
Okay, those aren't that great, I'll come back if I think of anymore!

2009-09-09 18:58:27 by StephenR

Price: $7.99

I just bought World War Z, and just read on the internet that it's a follow up for another book, The Zombie Survival Guide. Do I have to read that before I read WWZ?

No the ZSG is rlyu just a fictitious guide you dont have to read it to read WWZ but its still really entertaining and In wwz they use a book called the zombie survival guide but its only mentioned twice in the entire book and is just an Alternate Universe Reference. Read WWZ its really amazing i read it 6 times lol

hope this helps xD

2009-06-19 20:45:42 by Chris

Apparently Devon Werkheiser (who plays Ned Bigby) announced that there was going to be a Ned's Declassified High School Survival Guide and apparently Lindsey Shaw (who plays jennifer Mosely but mostly known as Moze) wont be in this new series but Daniel Curtis Lee (who plays Simon-Nelson-Cook but mostly known as cookie) will be in this new series.

Is that true?

i think they are still testing it, and making a first episode to see if nick will decide to air the show

2008-11-02 05:58:36 by carlymason50