How to stay alive and survive in a war or armed conflict. Being a civilian does not preclude you from knowing how battles are fought and won, for in this way you may save your own life.

Combat Survival And Defensive Shooting - Regarding combat survival training and the defensive use of firearms a lot of myths have evolved over time that we hope to dispell thorough this series of articles.

Survival History: The Construction Of The Burmese Railway (I) - The history of the construction of the Burmese railway tells us that true Survivors know that opportunities never disappear, but just go elsewhere, with someone else.

The Smallest Possible Target Surface - In combat and shooting survival training the most important thing is to offer the smaller target area to your adversary yet, it is often one of the aspects less taken into account in combat training.

Why Not Learn To Fight Guerrillas From Vietnam Instead Of Cuba Or The United States? - Guerrilla warfare is not just a tactic or a strategy but a matter of mentality, and only those who are good as guerrilla fighters are capable of understanding it and mount effective counter insurgency operations.

Guerrilla Warfare As Survival Tactic For Feeble Nations - The invasions of France and Germany against Russia, the Napoleonic occupation of Spain, the Vietnam war and the conflict in Iraq demonstrate the great vulnerability of military superpowers thorough history.

A Survival Knife For Vehicles - All sorts of problems and even survival situations could unfold while you are travelling inside a car, a boat or an aircraft; a good survival knife could become then your best companion, but it must be of adequate design.

Tactical Rescue - What makes a tactical rescue different from other sorts of emergency operations?

Guns In The Hands Of Pilots - The attacks of Sept 11, 2001 eventually landed handguns into some pilot's cockpits. Are these guns in the right hands?

In The Realm Of Survival, Guns, Money And Plans... - There are times when surviving may mean to hide some things even from official scrutiny.

Surviving Hatred - Hatred is instrumental for performing a terrorist attack; it is also fundamental for survival.

The Nanotyrannus Weapons Family (I) - An introduction to the assault weapons system developed by The Gea Org.

Comments on simulation systems (I) - Comments and thoughts on the factors that affect simulators.

Paintball games for real combat training (I) - Comments and thoughts on the factors that affect paintball combat simulations.

Survival tips and advice: watch out for boobytraps (I) - If you want to travel to some parts of our world you should watch out for boobytraps, landmines and other dangers.

Sugar As A Natural Bactericide - Aside from being a good component of a variety of improvised explosives and an exceedingly good ingredient used to sabotage internal combustion engines, sugar can be used to produce marmalades, sweeten your tea, coffee or mate, to seal things and also help you as a first aid and medical factor.

Combat survival tips: unconventional warfare (I) - Some basics on how to survive an unconventional conflict. Tips for travellers lost in strange wars.

Military-Style Outdoors (I) - The use of military uniforms for outdoor activities has its advantages and disadvantages.

Primitive Comfort And Privacy - In order to maintain health and hygiene to minimum standards: overcrowding is not good for the health of a whole group, especially while undergoing extenuating situations such as combat, isolation after some natural disaster, while hiding, awaiting rescue and so on.

Situations in Which Laws Become Worthless - Law and order should be maintained even during emergencies of any kind, but those in charge of doing so should also understand reasonably that human nature has indeed some limits, especially when and where there is an exacerbated survival instinct.

Educate Your Ego Before Educating Others - The way in which life, business and academic requirements are shaped today puts everyone at disadvantage, and some even in jeopardy because these conditioning elements ask too much from uneducated egos.

Religion And Survival - We also should understand religion as a survival tool for perilous and dangerous situations, catastrophes and all sorts of disasters, for it is one thing that individuals can cling to whenever they have lost everything else. Religion should not be underestimated as a factor to motivate survivors.

How To Create An Effective Security Force - It is a mistake to assume that security levels could be increased just by improving the equipment of security, military and police forces.

Survival / Combat Survival / Guns and Weapons - Advice and recommendations on choosing and handling weapons.

Survival / Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Survival - Practical articles on the characteristics of nuclear, biological and chemical mass-destruction weapons, how they work and how to avoid their deadly effects. Their relationship to terrorism and pollution.

Survival / Survival Tales - Articles telling histories and tales about real survival experiences.

Outdoor Activities / Survival / Shelters and Bivouacs - How to build simple ones or full-sized, lodges, cabins and stone houses, useful for lengthy stays in isolated areas.

Combat cross training - Cross-training at platoon level is essential to develop an effective force that will operate under all kinds of circumstances.

Violence - A brief reflection on violence.

How to fight - Something to think about fighting.

How to fire a weapon effectively - Combat survival tips and advice: effective combat shooting.

Hidden fires - Combat Survival tips: how to hide a campfire.

Trapping and mantrapping - A concept about trapping and mantrapping.

Combat survival tips: don't salute! - Soldiers, don't salute!

Fire at will - Combat survival tips: fire at will, but move as soon as possible.

Combat survival tips: on audition - Uncover your ears.

Survive psyops - Combat survival tips: survive psychological warfare.

Dirty boots! - Don't let your soldiers became lazy and walk on dirty boots.

Think as your enemy - Combat survival tips: think as your enemy in order to win the battle.

Tactical initiative - Combat survival tips: how to control tactical initiative.

Let them underestimate you - Combat survival tips: let your adversaries underestimate your capability.

Wait for the best opportunity - Combat survival tips: wait for the best opportunity to shoot.

Snipers - Combat survival tips: snipers should work in pairs.

Check your gear - Combat survival tips: Check your gear before fighting or marching.

Combat survival tips: improving your aiming

Combat survival tips: on critical gear and components

Combat survival tips: not all at the same time!

Combat survival tips: don't die for your backpack

Combat survival tips: on booby traps

Combat survival tips: landmines

Adventure tips: camouflage

Combat survival tips: Officers hide!

Combat survival tips: study flames

Combat survival tips: an eye on alice

Combat survival tips: who or what is ALICE?

Combat survival tips: don't use binoculars

Combat survival tips: on evasion and escape

Combat survival tips: your opponent is not stupid

Combat survival tips: good camouflage

Combat survival tips: surviving an ambush

Combat survival tips: fire and movement

Combat survival tips: good firing discipline

Combat survival tips: silence your backpack

Combat survival tips: care with that camouflage

Combat survival tips: things you should never forget

Combat survival tips: returning to your lines

Survival courses - The various survival courses available (basic, intermediate, advanced and superior survial courses), thorough Andinia.com and The Gea Org (distance learning).

Personal Defence courses - The various survival courses available (basic, intermediate, advanced and superior personal defence courses), thorough Andinia.com and The Gea Org (distance learning).

First Aid Courses - The various first aid courses available (basic, intermediate, advanced and superior first aid courses) thorough Andinia.com and The Gea Org.

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