The survival manual of the US Army is a practical guide to combat operations with legal nature. The US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other services and arms have all formulated their own survival manuals on the basis of summing up their combat experience. Because the survival manual has a wide scope of application and the classification is more complicated. Only the Army Survival Manual stipulates the contents of more than 100 fields, and each field is divided into several items. The relevant contents of the manual can be revised in time according to actual needs. For example, paragraph "FM2-0" of the Survival Manual of the U.S. Army made general provisions on the collection of survival information, and the latest revision date was May 17, 2004. However, the latest revision date of the existing interrogation clause "FM34-52" of the US military is1September 28th, 992. No wonder American military leaders believe that this clause is no longer applicable to the needs of the war on terror.
The army survival manual has clear regulations on interrogation. The Christian Science Monitor revealed that the US military has been studying interrogation methods for decades. Three generations of CIA and military interrogation manuals at the beginning of World War II, the Cold War and after the Cold War showed how these methods were improved and evolved. At present, there are many methods of information interrogation in the Army Survival Manual. For example, "hate" is to take advantage of the grievances that prisoners may have; The law of "intimidation" tries to take advantage of the inner fear during the trial.
American survival manuals are generally practical. On June 1 day, 2003, the US military revised the "street fighting action" clause code-named FM3-06. Before attacking Fallujah, all American officers and men who participated in the war studied the relevant requirements seriously and systematically, which greatly reduced the death ratio between American troops and anti-American armed forces. In addition, the survival manual also teaches the US military some survival wisdom in simple language. For example, the manual warns the US military not to take unnecessary risks and do stupid things. The manual also mentions that "the easy road has been mined by the enemy".
The survival manual is not only applicable to American officers and soldiers, but also has strict restrictions on survival journalists. During the Iraq war, the United States formulated a strategy of propaganda and attack by public opinion, and for the first time implemented the overall plan of "embedding" news, that is, invited more than 600 journalists from more than 200 mainstream media in the world to cover and report with the army for free, but implemented a strict management system for journalists with the army. The survival manual issued to reporters stipulates that the wounded, dead soldiers and sensitive and confidential information should not be reported. In addition, the manual specifically lists the contents of the 14 report and 28 prohibited reports. There are many kinds of survival manuals of the US military, which are highly targeted. In addition to the above-mentioned survival manual, there is also a self-help survival manual FM3-05.70, and the civil manual FM3-05.405438+0 also specifically mentions the skills of how to negotiate with local people in military occupied areas. 、
Dr. caraffa Noel, a senior researcher at the American Heritage Foundation, believes that the survival manual should reflect the changes in the US military's operational environment and military culture to the greatest extent. His viewpoint is consistent with the viewpoint of military culture innovation advocated by US Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld. However, members of Congress who hold opposing positions believe that if the military unilaterally ignores the law for the needs of transformation, it will inevitably lead to more chaos.