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One searchable source for the things that keep you alive and connected — flying and beating drones, communicating without being found, reading the spectrum, putting rounds on target, planning the mission, standing up your own network, and treating the wounded.

Field Craft
01Unmanned Aerial SystemsThe drone has become the deciding weapon of modern ground war: a reconnaissance or strike aircraft that once cost millions and took a factory months to build 12 UNITS →02CommunicationsIn an age of ubiquitous jamming and direction-finding, the ability to communicate without being located has become a survival skill. This section covers every12 UNITS →03Signals IntelligenceA $30 USB dongle and a laptop now do what once required a van full of equipment. Software-defined radio has transformed signals intelligence from a government11 UNITS →04Precision MarksmanshipA rifle is useless without the skill to employ it. Precision marksmanship combines fundamental mechanics with field craft: target detection, range estimation,8 UNITS →05Mission PlanningAmateurs talk tactics; professionals talk logistics. The difference between success and failure is rarely courage or firepower. It's whether someone thought t6 UNITS →
Communications
06ReticulumReticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack for secure, private communications over WiFi, LoRa, packet radio, serial, and the internet, all at once.12 UNITS →
Tactical Medicine
07Tactical Medicine: ProceduresField medicine from layperson first aid through the TCCC phases of care, surgical procedures, and the evacuation and triage tools a combat medic uses to keep 34 UNITS →08Tactical Medicine: PharmacologyA field drug reference spanning OTC and pharmacy medications, Ranger Medic combat pharmacology, K9 dosages, hemorrhagic shock classification, and vitals and c23 UNITS →
Tools
Field CalculatorsPayload requests, mil-relation ranging, HF propagation, LoRa link budget & airtime, Reticulum config.6 TOOLS →