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This is a larger format reference, desk copy edition of the bestselling pocket edition. 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.

First published in 1978. From the preface: "The purpose of this monograph is to relate in specific terms what logisticians did and how they did it in supporting combat forces in Vietnam. Not only were American soldiers supported, but at the height of hostilities, in addition to U.S. Forces, the U.S. Army in Vietnam also provided support to the military forces of the governments of South Vietnam, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and other allied countries".

This document was generated for the NASA Glenn Research Center, in accordance with a Memorandum of Agreement among the Federal Aviation Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), The Ohio State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The City of Cleveland's goal to expand the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport required the NASA Glenn Research Center's Rocket Engine Test Facility, located adjacent to the airport, to be removed before this expansion could be realized. To mitigate the removal of this registered National Historic Landmark, the National Park Service stipulated that the Rocket Engine Test Facility be documented to Level I standards of the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER). This history project was initiated to fulfill and supplement that requirement.