The purpose of this field manual is to provide a standardized source document for Army-wide reference on map reading and land navigation. This manual applies to every soldier in the Army regardless of service branch, MOS, or rank. This manual also contains both doctrine and training guidance on thes...

Meant for novices and experienced soldiersDescribes ways to use tannerite, aluminum powder, thermite, fuse cords, fuse igniters, and more in unconventional warfareSpecial tactics book and a US army guideU.S. Army Special Forces Guide to Unconventional Warfare contains incredibly detailed information...

An unprecedented view of Green Beret training, drawn from the year Dick Couch spent at Special Forces training facilities with the Army’s most elite soldiers.In combating terror, America can no longer depend on its conventional military superiority and the use of sophisticated technology. More than...

Little is more dangerous to U.S. forces fighting insurgents in hot spots around the world than improvised explosive devices. It’s the weapon of choice for under-funded forces aimed to attack American soldiers with low risk to themselves. This official U.S. manual is the complete guide to using and d...

The official tie-in book to the wildly popular Facebook page, featuring brand-new crazy, off-the-wall, outrageously funny, and downright “awesome” pearls of wisdom from real-life drill sergeants and instructors from all branches of the military.Sweat dries. Blood clots. Bones heal. Suck it up, butte...

With a veteran Green Beret as your guide, go deep inside the grueling training that every Special Forces soldier must endure to become an elite fighting machine. With “a fresh, authentic voice” (Publishers Weekly), former Special Forces commander and current instructor Tony Schwalm takes readers dee...

Sua SponteLatin for “Of Their Own Accord”The 75th Ranger Regiment’s Motto Army Rangers are not born. They are made. The modern 75th Ranger Regiment represents the culmination of 250 years of American soldiering. As a fighting force with our nation’s oldest and deepest tradition, the Regiment traces...

The most proven and field tested military techniques, documented by the U.S military and used for official training, The U.S. Army Survival Manual provides step by step instruction and illustrations for surviving outdoors--survival skills every soldier, climber, hiker, and hunter should know.

Lessons from a Former Army Ranger Instructor Get Tabbed provides: A 20-Day PT Plan designed by Ranger Instructors to maximize your preparation time Actual comments from patrolling grade sheets (ORs) Description of all RAP Week Events and what is required to pass them Advice from Ranger Instructors t...

The United States Army sniper is a specially selected volunteer highly trained in advanced marksmanship and Fieldcraft skills. He can support special operations missions and is able to engage selected targets from concealed positions at ranges and under conditions that are not possible for the norma...

AN INTENSE TRAINING PROGRAM TO ATTAIN THE STRENGTH, STAMINA AND DEXTERITY OF A SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERDo you have what it takes to be a special ops soldier? To be a member of the military’s most elite units―Navy SEALs, Marine Force Recon, Army Rangers or Green Berets―you must be in phenomenal conditi...

The Green Berets—a legendary corps of soldiers whose exploits made military history. But now, its very identity and role as a fighting force may be forever changed . . . Until the war in Iraq, Special Forces were the military’s counterinsurgency experts. Their specialty was going behind enemy lines...