Description

Australian Army Survival Training Wing Survival Instructor Training Notes.

Picking up from where the Bush Tucker Man (Les Hiddins,) left off, the Army Survival Wing is responsible for all survival training in the Australian Army.

These are the same training notes issued to students on the Army Survival Wing’s Survival Instructor Course (SIC) and Survival Instructor Development Course (SIDC).
available in either printed or Kindle edition.

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Acknowledgement: These survival training notes would never have been compiled without the willing assistance of many people of various backgrounds. Anthropologists, Micrologists, Soldiers, Bushmen and keen naturalists all have freely of their time to compile and submit information for inclusion within these notes.

Twenty-nine publications by noted authors have been used to cross reference (these) teachings.

29 chapters packed full of survival bush craft and training notes covering a wide array of topics including:
1.  Shelter a Survival Priority,
2.  Day Navigation,
3.  Night Navigation,
4.  Water Conservation, Procurement and Sterilisation.
5.  Food and Nutrition,
6.  Taste Test,
7.  Preparation of Fish,
8.  Slaughtering of Game,
9.  Food Preservation,
10. Fire Lighting,
11. Venomous Australian Creatures,
12. Natural Medicine,
13. Survival Kit,
14. Improvised Weapons and Equipment,
15. Traps and Snares,
16. Emergency Signals,
17. Survival at Sea,
18. Fishing and Fishing Techniques,
19. Fishing Hooks,
20. Knots,
21. String Making,
22. Animal Signs and Tracks,
23. Knives and Knife Sharpening,
24. Safety,
25. Training Considerations
and more