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1. What are the eight rules for avoiding detection?

Direct sun - Reflective heat gain - Conductive heat gain - Hot blowing windsS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting up

2. What survival concept does each letter in the word SURVIVAL stand for?

3. What is the High-crawl used for?

Direct sun - Reflective heat gain - Conductive heat gain - Hot blowing windsWhen concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.S- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skills

4. What heat effects must be considered in an arid area?

5. Is it always safe to eat and drink what the animals eat and drink?

S- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.No, some animals are able to eat and drink something that may be harmful to humansWhen concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting up

6. What are the three types of operation orders?

Warning Order - Fragamentary Order - Operation Order.S- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting up

7. What is 'manually supporting fire'?

When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsWhen weapons are placed in support of neighboring fighting positions (interlaced fields of fire).Identify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.

8. In any situation, cleanliness is an important factor in preventing infection and disease. It becomes even more important in a survival situation. Poor hygiene can reduce your chances of survival. What are some key areas to focus on to maintain good personal hygiene?

When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upKeep your hands clean - Keep your hair clean - Keep your clothing clean - Keep your teeth clean - Take care of your feet - Get sufficient restS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.

9. What are the 9 common senses of Dehydration? (You may only have to name about 5 in a board)

Dark urine with a very strong odor - Dark, Sunken eyes - Low urine output - Fatigue - Loss of skin elasticity - Emotional instability - Thirst - 'Trench line' down center of tongue - Delayed capillary refill in the fingernail bedsIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skills

10. What is Stress?

When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsStress is not a disease that you cure and eliminate. Instead, it is a condition we all experience. Stress can be described as our reaction to pressure. It is the name given to the experience we have as we physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually respond to life's tensions.Identify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.

11. What formation is normally used during tactical road marches?

S- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsColumn of two, one file on each side of the roadIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting up

12. What is a hole-up area?

Identify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.After hiding for several days, it is an area where you can recuperate and get or prepare food.When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skills

13. Do we need STRESS

When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.Yes, it has many positive benefits. Stress provides us with challenges; it gives us chances to learn about our values and strengths. The goal is to have stress, but not an excess of it. Too much stress can take its toll on people and organizations. Too much stress leads to distress. Distress causes an uncomfortable tension that we try to escape and, preferably, avoid.S- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skills

14. When marching, what is the distance that should be covered during the night on a road or cross country?

Road = 3.2kilometers per hour - Cross Country = 1.6kilometers per hourS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting up

15. When you have been firing from one position, what should you do before you move?

S- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsWhen concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.Roll or crawl a short distance from your position before moving

16. What is a Recon Patrols mission?

S- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsTo provide accurate information on the enemy and terrain.When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.

17. When is it most feasible to travel while in a survival situation?

At nightWhen concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.

18. Why should you only drink milk from green coconuts rather than ripe mature coconuts?

Identify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upThe milk from the Mature Ripe coconuts contain an oil that acts like a laxativeS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skills

19. When you move through tall grass, why do you change direction from time to time?

Identify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.S- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsWhen concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upTo avoid being seen by the enemy.

20. When marching on roads during daylight hours, what is the recommended distance between soldiers?

Identify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skills2-5 meters between soldiers - 50 meters between platoons - 100 meters between companies.

21. What are some of the natural reactions / emotions you are likely to experience in a survival situation

When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsFear - Anxiety - Anger - Frustration - Depression - Loneliness - Boredom - GuiltIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.

22. What are some of the difficulties in operating in arid areas?

When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upIt is hard to find food, water and shelter. - Physical movement is demanding. - Land navigation is difficult. - There is limited cover and concealmentIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.S- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skills

23. What is 'Dead Space'?

Identify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.An area that cannot be fired upon within a weapons sector.When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skills

24. What are the three types of movement techniques used in combat?

Identify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.High-crawl - Low-crawl - Rush.When concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upS- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skills

25. What are the five parts to a combat order?

Situation - Mission - Execution - Support - Command & Control.S- Size up the situation | U- Use all your senses | R- Remember where you are | V- Vanquish fear and panic | I- Improvise | V-Value living | A- Act like the natives | L- Live by your wits, but for now learn basic skillsWhen concealment is good, but enemy fire prevents you from getting upIdentify the threat's capabilities - Avoid detection - Use countermeasures against the enemy - Apply realistic camouflage - minimize movement - Use decoys - continuously avoid detection - Avoid operational/terrain patterns.

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