U. S. Army Survival Manual FM 2176 in PDF format. UPDATED 22 March 2012 John Paul Vann American Hero. VIDEO Rare video of Vann at Kontum supervising the evacuation there to blunt the 1972 Easter Invasion by the NVA. BATTALION FIELD MANUALArmies can be both the instruments of destruction and the guardians of humanitys evolution. The warrior monks role is to protect the possible and to nurture the potential. We must wisely use energy, enforce ecological balance, assist with appropriate technological expansion and above all strive for human development, in ourselves and in others. I invite each of you, soldier and civilian, to become an evolutionary, and to adopt the code of ethics of the warrior monk. Jim Channon, Commander, First Earth Battalion. Evolutionary Tactics is a 1. Lieutenant Colonel Jim Channon for the U. S. Armys First Earth Battalion. As a member of a strategic think tank, Channon envisioned soldiers of the future developing an evolutionary and extra ordinary skill set with a high minded global code of ethics. The manual illustrates these high performance concepts and evolutionary ideas. It was originally passed on officer to officer via photocopy and has since become something of a collectors item. Now you can obtain a rare copy as an e book. Its pages are filled with curious artistic renderings, cartoons, and out of the ordinary ideas. This is the manual as seen in the movie The Men Who Stare at Goats. Over 1. Evolutionary Tactics reads like a Whole Earth Catalog for military leaders. John Alexander, First Earth Battalion member and the father of non lethal weapons. Height=450&odnWidth=450&odnBg=FFFFFF' alt='U.S Army Field Manual' title='U.S Army Field Manual' />Channons vision for the militaries of the world is far reaching and includes the idea that they work in concert to address the environmental stresses on the planet in a program he calls Operation Noble Steward. We had a Marshall plan after WWII to rebuild Europe and Japan, and today we need something along these lines to recover the Earths biosphere, he says. I have been in the classroom with the future generals of the planet from eleven nations discussing just such a global operation. Channon is a true visionary and one of the most active green social architects and strategic designers on the planet his ideas reach 1. For the real story and history of the First Earth Battalion, explore our websites and discover how its founder Jim Channon has taken these powerful ideals, and more, into the future. Magic Bullet Savoy Pdf. Questions  Email Contact  Susanne.