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UNITED STATES ARMY CORRESPONDENCE COURSE Aviation Survival SUBCOURSE 663 Edition 7 Sustenance 4 Credit Hours INTRODUCTION Except for the oxygen they breathe, survivors must meet their body needs through eating food and drinking water. This subcourse explores the relationship between proper nutrition and physical and mental efficiency. This knowledge will increase your chances of surviving after a crash or forced landing or being captured by the enemy. Supplementary training material to be provided--none. Material to be provided by the student--none. Material to be provided by the unit or supervisor--none. Supervision required--none. Four credit hours are awarded for successful completion of this subcourse. Successful completion requires that you answer correctly at least 11 of 14 examination questions. Table of Contents INTRODUCTION LESSON TEXT: TASK 9103.01-0001, APPLY TECHNIQUES TO LIVE OFF THE LAND Introduction Section I. FOOD Nutrition Rations Man as a Predator Weapons Traps, Snares, and Triggers Animals Birds Insects Plants Aquatic Food Sources Preparation Preservation Section II. WATER Requirements Sources Preparation Tropical Climates Desert Climates Arctic Climates On the Open Sea REVIEW EXERCISE REVIEW EXERCISE SOLUTIONS ATTENTION SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS This subcourse is the third part of a four-part series. Part I, Survival Elements, Psychological Aspects, and Survival Medicine (AV 661), must be taken before attempting Parts II, Personal Protection (AV 662); III, Sustenance (AV 663); and IV, Direction Finding, Signaling, and Recovery (AV 664). This subcourse consists of one lesson, a review exercise and review exercise solutions, and an examination. A student inquiry sheet and a student survey sheet, which can be folded into preaddressed envelopes, are provided. We urge you to use them if you have a comment or question about the subcourse. After you have studied the lesson, solve the review exercise and then compare your answers with those on the solutions page. Reread the lesson for any portion you miss. When you have studied the entire subcourse, solved the review exercise, and checked your answers against the review exercise solutions, you will be ready to take the examination. You may use the lesson text and references when solving the examination. Follow the specific instructions that precede the examination. This subcourse, at time of printing, conforms as closely as possible to US Army Aviation Center and Department of the Army doctrine. Therefore, you should base your solutions on the subcourse text and not on unit or individual experience. Unless otherwise stated, whenever the masculine gender is used, both men and women are included. End of Preview. RETURN to Main Titles Index or Military Survival Library Titles
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