SURVIVAL, EVASION, RESISTANCE AND ESCAPE HANDBOOK, SERE and Army Special Operations Forces Unconventional Warfare, FM 3-05.130 Combined
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SURVIVOR CHECKLIST.....................................1
CHAPTER I..........CODE OF CONDUCT.....................3
CHAPTER II.........GENEVA CONVENTION...................7
CHAPTER III........WATER PROCUREMENT...................21
CHAPTER IV.........FOOD PROCUREMENT....................26
CHAPTER V..........PERSONAL PROTECTION.................35
CHAPTER VI.........RECOVERY OPERATIONS.................44
CHAPTER VII........RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNALING..47
CHAPTER VIII.......NAVIGATION..........................51
CHAPTER IX.........EVASION.............................65
CHAPTER X..........MEDICAL.............................72
CHAPTER XI.........INDUCED CONDITIONS..................84
THE WILL TO SURVIVE....................................90
BOOK 2
Army Special Operations Forces Unconventional Warfare FM 3-05.130
ARSOF execute and are the functional proponent for UW under United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Directive 10-1, Terms of Reference for Component Commanders, and other authorities. Currently, there exists no authoritative interagency or joint doctrine specifically for UW—although sufficient joint doctrine does exist for general campaign design and execution of joint and Army operations. This manual is the overarching doctrinal reference that specifically addresses UW as conducted by ARSOF. Detailed TTP for UW
can be found in FM 3-05.201, (S/NF) Special Forces Unconventional Warfare (U).
The first chapter establishes what UW is and includes a comparison of traditional and emerging concepts with which UW is sometimes confused. Chapter 2 discusses the international environment and United States (U.S.)
instruments of national power within which all military operations—including UW—occur. Chapter 3 addresses policy and doctrine that define, enable, and constrain UW. Chapter 4 outlines planning considerations for UW. The next three chapters provide a more focused operational discussion of ARSOF’s three main component disciplines: SF operations, Psychological Operations (PSYOP), and Civil Affairs operations (CAO). Chapter 8, which concerns supporting elements and activities of UW, concludes the basic manual. The appendixes containuseful supplemental information. The first seven appendixes (A–G) provide expanded and detailed information on U.S. instruments of national power within the broader context of the international environment. Appendix H is a survey of definitions and current academic considerations concerning historical and cultural concepts useful to the assessment of human environments. Appendix I provides a historical survey of UW. Appendix J contains an outline sketch of change and constancy in the definition of UW. Current doctrinal references and an expanded