AFDP 3-50 ·Air Force ·2025 Personnel Recovery
Air Force Doctrine Publication (AFDP) 3-50, Personnel Recovery, provides operational level guidance for the preparation, planning, execution, and adaptation of United States Air Force (USAF) personnel recovery (PR) operations across the…
AFH 10-644 ·Air Force ·2017 Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Operations
1 Air Force Handbook 10-644 Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Operations THE ELEMENTS OF SURVIVING Chapter 1 MISSION 1. Mission An isolating event ends one mission-for the individual, but starts another-to successfully return from…
ATP 3-21.18 ·Army ·2025 Foot Marches
ATP 3-21.18 encompasses techniques for foot marches and replaces ATP 3-21.18 published in April 2022. This publication provides doctrinal guidance; organizational roles and functions; capabilities; limitations; and responsibilities for…
ATP 3-21.50 ·Army ·2025 Infantry Small-Unit Mountain and Cold Weather Operations
When conducting military operations in mountains or cold weather environments, leaders and Soldiers must plan to fight two enemies: the environment and the opposing force. ATP 3-21.50 provides perspective on how Infantry small-unit…
ATP 3-50.21 ·Army ·2018 Survival
Survival, sets forth the doctrine pertaining to survival in an isolated situation. The ATP discusses the tenets of survival and the methods Soldiers, DA civilians, and DA contractors can use when surviving individually or in a group. It…
ATP 3-90.96 C2 ·Army ·2025 Arctic and Extreme Cold Weather Operations
Techniques for operating in arctic and extreme cold weather environments: movement, sustainment, and combat tasks in cold regions. Co-published with the Marine Corps; supersedes MCRP 12-10A.4, Cold Regions Operations.
ATP 3-90.97 ·Army ·2016 Mountain Warfare and Cold Weather Operations
When conducting military operations in mountains or cold weather environments, leaders and Soldiers must plan to fight two enemies: the environment and the opposing force. Despite the difficulties that mountain and cold weather pose, there…
ATP 3-90.99 C1 ·Army ·2021 Desert Operations {mctp 12-10D}
Acknowledgements Photographs and vignettes come from the following sources listed in the order they appear. Photographs from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. Vignette paraphrased from Air Assault in the Gulf: An…
ATTP 3-97-11 ·Army ·2011 Cold Region Operations
When conducting military operations in cold regions, leaders, Soldiers, and Marines must plan to fight two enemies: the cold and the opposing force. Despite the difficulties that cold regions pose, there are armies that have prepared for…
CALL ·Army ·1993 Desert Storm Challenges: An Overview of Desert Storm Survey Responses
The Fort Leavenworth Field Unit of the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) supports the Combined Arms Command by conducting research on human performance issues in command and control. In January 1991,…
CALL ·Army ·1990 Winning in the Desert
There are many problems associated with living and fighting in the desert environment. Throughout history, the Greek, French, British, and American forces have learned and relearned the problems associated with desert operations. More…
CALL ·Army ·1993 How Well Did the Combat Training Centers Prepare Units for Combat? - Questionnaire Results from Desert Storm Participants
The Fort Leavenworth Field Unit of the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences supports the Combined Arms Center with research and development on combined arms operations and command group development. An issue…
FM 20-15 ·Army ·1945 Tents and Tent Pitching
This manual contains information and instruction in the care and handling of all tents being issued to the Army. It is an aid for training personnel in the use of tents as well as a handy reference and guide in the field. Thorough…
FM 20-32 ·Army ·2005 Mine-Countermine Operations
Mine and countermine operations: minefield emplacement and recording, breaching, and route and area clearance (2005 reprint incorporating changes 1-5).
FM 20-60 ·Army ·1970 Battlefield Illumination
FM 20-60 CHAPTER 2 PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF BATTLEFIELD ILLUMINATION 2-1. Purpose of Battlefield Illumination The general purpose of battlefield illumination is to provide additional light for friendly forces to conduct operations during…
FM 21-100 ·Army ·1941 Soldier s Handbook
You are now a member of the Army of the United States. That Army is made up of free citizens chosen from among a free people. The American people of their own will, and through the men they have elected to represent them in Con gress, have…
FM 21-15 ·Army ·1945 Individual Clothing and Equipment
This manual sets forth the broad principles governing the care and maintenance of those items of clothing and individual equipment for which the soldier is responsible. It prescribes the method of pitching shelter tents and the use of…
FM 21-150 ·Army ·1992 Combatives
Hand-to-hand combat is an engagement between two or more persons in an empty-handed struggle or with handheld weapons such as knives, sticks, and rifles with bayonets. These fighting arts are essential military skills. Projectile weapons…
FM 21-18 ·Army ·1990 Foot Marches
This manual is a guide for commanders and their staffs in the procedures and techniques of foot marches. It describes the march mission, characteristics and types of foot marches, and march training to include planning procedures, duties…
FM 21-22 ·Army ·1944 Watermanship
Military watermanship means taking care of'yourself on or in the water in any military situation. It combines ordinary swimming ability and knowledge of the sea with common sense and self-discipline. You may have to travel over water on…
FM 21-26 ·Army ·1993 Map Reading and Land Navigation
The purpose of this field manual is to provide a standardized source document for Armywide reference on map reading and land navigation. It applies to every soldier in the Army regardless of service branch, MOS, or rank. This manual…
FM 21-30 ·Army ·1941 Conventional Signs, Military Symbols, and Abbreviations
This manual supersedes FM 21-30, August 1, 1939, and Training Circular No. 48, War Department, 1941. SECTION I GENERAL • 1. PURPOSE.—This manual is intended to supply the in formation required by the map reader. Persons engaged in the…
FM 21-7 ·Army ·1945 List of War Department Films Filmstrips and Film Bulletins
Catalog of War Department films, film strips, and film bulletins, with required showings and guidance on the use of training films (1945).
FM 21-76 ·Army ·1992 Survival.pdf
This manual is based entirely on the keyword SURVIVAL. The letters in this word can help guide you in your actions in any survival situation. Whenever faced with a survival situation, remember the word SURVIVAL. SURVIVAL ACTIONS The…
FM 21-76-1 ·Army ·1999 Survival, Evasion, and Recovery
QUICK REFERENCE CHECKLIST Decide to Survive! S - Size up the situation, surroundings, physical condition, equipment. U - Use all your senses R - Remember where you are. V - Vanquish fear and panic. I - Improvise and improve. V - Value…
FM 21-77 ·Army ·1958 Evasion and Escape
1. Purpose and Scope a. Purpose. (1) This manual is a guide to commanders in the training and indoctrination of personnel in the principles and techniques of evasion and escape. It is the basis for all evasion and escape training conducted…
FM 21-78 ·Army ·1989 Resistance and Escape, U.S. Army Field Manual FM 21-78 (1989) Table of Contents
Doctrine on prisoner-of-war resistance and escape, covering the Code of Conduct, the effects of captivity, organizing as POWs, and resisting enemy exploitation, interrogation, propaganda, and indoctrination.
FM 3-25 ·Army ·2002 Combatives
This field manual contains information and guidance pertaining to rifle-bayonet fighting and hand-to-hand combat. The hand-to-hand combat portion of this manual is divided into basic and advanced training. This manual serves as a guide for…
FM 3-25.150 ·Army ·2002 Combatives
This field manual contains information and guidance pertaining to rifle-bayonet fighting and hand-to-hand combat. The hand-to-hand combat portion of this manual is divided into basic and advanced training. This manual serves as a guide for…
FM 3-25.26 ·Army ·2001