TRAINING YOUR TEAM
Many people contact us and ask variations on this same question... "What skills would it be helpful for me, as a survivalist, to learn for Worst Case Scenario/Bug Out Situations?"
Here ya go....
Having spent a considerable amount of time in the field, we have come up with many skills that we deem important to learn and practice on a regular basis. Practicing these skills together as a group helps build team unity and allows each member to know what another member will do under any circumstance. I also feel better knowing firsthand the strengths and weaknesses of each member of my team. ANY of these skills can be found in, and learned from, the following Military Training Manuals:
I would recommend getting as many Military Training and Field Manuals as possible for your "Survival Library", as well as an Engineering Field Manual. These can be found at most surplus stores, gun shows, preparedness expos, or on-line from:
Huntress' Book Reviews (Survival Section)
This list is not the "Gospel"! You all should know the motto by now, "Use what works for you"!!! Take this list as a point to start from, and add, subtract, or otherwise modify it, as you see fit. The more time you spend in the field training the more you will be able to realistically determine what your team needs to know!
Ok, on with it:
| BASIC FIRST AID SKILLS | |
| Abdominal Wounds | Move A Casualty Using A "Fireman's Carry" |
| Basic Triage | Preventing Shock |
| Controlling Bleeding With A Field Or Pressure Dressing | Spinal Injuries |
| CPR | Splints |
| Dressing Head Wounds | Sucking Chest Wounds |
| Heimlich Maneuver | Treatment Of Burns |
| Improvised Litters | Treatment Of Heat Related Injuries |
| COMMON FIELD SURVIVAL SKILLS | |
| Break Off Contact | Guard Duty |
| Basic Hand Signals | Hand To Hand Combat |
| Basic Team And Squad Movements | Hasty Ambush |
| Booby Traps | High Crawls, Low Crawls |
| Camouflage Group Items | Improvised And Semi-Permanent Shelters |
Clear Fields Of Fire:
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Improvised Weapons Individual Camouflage Move Under Incoming Fire |
| Construction Entrenched Fighting Positions |
Navigation Night Fire |
| Construction Of Hasty Fighting Positions | Noise, Trash and Light Discipline |
| Deliberate Ambush | React To Aerial Flares/Spotlights |
| Equipment Use And Care | React To Ambushes |
| Evasion | React To Enemy Contact |
| Finding Food | Reconnaissance |
| Finding Water | S.A.L.U.T.E. Reports |
| Fire Building | Sanitation |
| Full Field Gear (see recommended list for field gear) |
Surveillance Survival |
| WEAPON SKILLS | |
| Basic Gunsmithing | Point Shooting |
| Battle Techniques | Reloading & Improvising Components |
| Clearing Jams and Malfunctions | Safety |
| Effectively Engage Targets | Snap shooting |
| Engagements Using Pistol | Sniper Skills |
| Estimating Distances | Weapon Care and Maintenance |
| Zero Weapons For Accuracy | |
| NAVIGATION AND COMPASS SKILLS | |
| Back Azimuths | Orientation Of Maps with Ground |
| Coordinate Systems | Scales |
| Dead Reckoning | Shooting Azimuths |
| Direction Finding WITHOUT a Compass | Terrain Features |
| Finding A Location Using Terrain Association | Topographic Legends |
| Measuring Distances On Maps | Topographic Symbols |
| RADIO COMMUNICATION SKILLS | |
| Antenna Types | Frequency Lists |
| Anti-DFing Techniques | Phonetic Alphabet |
| Basic Field Repairs | Proper Radio Pronunciation |
| DFing Techniques | Radio Security |
| Tight And Wide Beam Transmissions | |
| OTHER VALUABLE SKILLS | |
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