The soldier skills, done right

The hands-on how-tos the reading list can't teach — land nav, knots, rucking, stopping a bleed, your rifle, calling for fire, drill. Every one is grounded in the actual public field manual and written the way a good NCO teaches it: what to do, where people screw it up, and why it matters.

Move

Land Navigation

Read a military map, plot MGRS grids, shoot an azimuth, keep a pace count.

TC 3-25.26Read

How to Ruck March

Pack it right, save your feet, and hit the 12-mile standard without wrecking yourself.

FM 21-18Read

Field Craft

Military Knots

The eight knots every soldier should know — how to tie them, and how they fail.

TC 3-97.61Read

Medical

Tourniquet & TCCC Buddy Aid

Stop the bleed. The CAT, high and tight, and the MARCH sequence. Write the time.

TCCC / TC 4-02.1Read

Weapons

Field Strip the M4/M16

Clear it first. Break it into major groups, clean, lube, function-check, reassemble.

TM 9-1005-319-10Read

Fires

How to Call for Fire

The call-for-fire in plain English — the three transmissions and how to bracket.

TC 3-09.30Read

Garrison

Drill & Ceremony

Facing movements, rendering honors, and folding the flag — without looking foolish.

TC 3-21.5Read

These guides are educational and based on publicly available US military doctrine. They are not a substitute for hands-on instruction, current unit SOP, or — for the medical and weapons material — proper certification and qualified supervision. Train the real thing.