2 posts tagged “nuclear”
It's always handy to have useful knowledge neatly stashed away in your head, especially knowledge that military survival field manuals can provide. If some of these concepts are beginning to get a little fuzzy in your mind, better to review before sound survival principles become the fuzzy logic of death. This website makes it easy to one-click your way to the chapter you need to review. -- Scott
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/ -- CBS's Survivor has become one of the most watched television shows in America. One of the reasons for this show's success is that there is an adventurer in all of us and since we all cannot be in a survival situation we like to live vicariously through the people on the show.
But don't make the mistake of thinking that being in a survival situation would be fun. Wilderness Survival is not a game, there is no reward challenges, and there is no immunity. How do you think you would fare in a survival situation? Could you build a shelter? Could you light a fire without matches? Could you forage for food and purify water? In real life you don't have luxury items, you don't get tarps and matches and camping supplies. In real life you may not have any tools except your own two hands. If you were stranded in the wilderness would you end up a survivor?
Don't worry about those questions. Instead take action and educate yourself on survival techniques. Nature is unforgiving and you must be prepared to fight to stay alive. The contents of this website are taken from actual US Army training manuals, this is the same material used to train the best army in the world. You will not find a more complete resource on Wilderness Survival. So prepare yourself because one day you may need it.
TACDA, The American Civil Defense Association, 11576 S. State St. Suite #502, Draper, UT 84020;
Phone: 1-800-425-5397 (Toll Free)
Fax: 1-800-403-1369 (Toll Free)
TACDA was formed in the early 1960's in response to our nations reliance on atomic weaponry as a centerpiece of foreign policy following World War II, up to and including the onset of the Cold War.
During the Cold War, many feared a nuclear strike from the Soviet Union. In an attempt to protect American civilians, a civil defense campaign emphasizing the use of fallout shelters commenced.In response to the Soviet's first atomic explosion and the Korean War, the Federal Civil Defense Administration was started in 1951. American citizens now had to imagine a new kind of war, and it was the Federal Civil Defense Administration's job to encourage citizens to adapt to their nuclear present and future. Some doubted that physical protection from a nuclear explosion would be effective. Therefore, the Federal Civil Defense Administration received a small budget, and was involved in only limited construction of shelters and the publishing of publicity materials. In 1958, a report indicating the Soviet Union was nearing the nuclear arsenal held by the U.S. forced civil defense to be a priority. Spending increased. The Federal Civil Defense Administration became the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization under John F. Kennedy, who believed in and advocated civil defense. The Cuban Missile Crisis, in October of 1962, resulted in a rapid, three-month program to improve civil defense.
A Defense Department report in 1962 stated that over 112,000 fallout shelters provided possible protection for about 60 million civilians in the U.S. After the administration of John F. Kennedy, civil defense was subsequently regarded as unimportant or wasteful and again not funded adequately by the government.
The American Civil Defense Association was organized in 1962 by several individuals that recognized our country's continued need for civil defense and the importance of personal emergency and disaster preparedness. TACDA is a non-profit, non-political, 501(C)3 organization supported primarily by our members, the American public, and not the Federal Government.
