New, fully revised 2010 edition of the official issue United States
Army Ranger Handbook. The chapters are structured as follows
(subjects in brackets are just examples of some of the many issues
and lessons covered in the chapters): Leadership; Operations; Fire
Support (including risk estimate distances, close air support,
close combat attack aviation etc.); Communications (military
radios, antennas etc.); Demolitions (explosives, detonations, safe
distances etc.); Movement (formations, fundamentals, tactical
marches, movement during limited visibility, danger areas etc.);
Patrols (reconnaissance, security, ambushes, debriefs etc.); Battle
Drills (react to visual, IED, or direct contact; how to enter and
clear a room, entering trenches, reacting to indirect fire etc.);
Mountain Engineering (training, organization, rescue equipment,
anchors, knots, belays, climbing commands etc.); Machine Gun
Employment (specifications, classes, offensive and defensive use,
control, ammunition planning etc.); Convoy Operations (planning,
truck movements); Urban Operations (perspectives, organization,
principles, rehearsals, close quarters combat etc.); Waterborne
Operations (rope bridge, poncho watercraft etc.); Evasion /
Survival (escape, camouflage, survival kits, navigation, traps and
snares, shelters, fires etc.); Aviation (pickup and landing zones,
air assault formations, attack helicopters, utility helicopters
etc.); First Aid (lifesaving measures, care under fire, breathing,
bleeding, shock, abdominal injuries, burns, poisonous plant
identification, foot care, litter, hydration, medevac etc.).
Appendices detail resources and quick reference cards. Extensive
glossary and index included. Illustrated throughout.
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