This is Jocco Podcast number 223 with Echo Charles and me, Jocco Willink.

Good evening, Echo.

Good evening.

Modern combat is chaotic, intense and shockingly destructive.

In your first battle, you will experience the confusing and often terrifying sights,

smells and dangers of the battlefield.

1. You could face a fierce and relentless enemy.

2. You could be surrounded by destruction and death.

3. Your leaders and fellow soldiers may shout urgent commands and warnings.

4. Rounds might impact near you. 5. The air could be filled with the smell of explosives and propellant.

6. You might hear the screams of a wounded comrade.

However, even in all this confusion and fear, remember that you are not alone.

You are part of a well-trained team backed by the most powerful combined arms force and the most modern technology in the world.

You must keep faith with your fellow soldiers.

Remember your training and do your duty to the best of your ability.

If you do and you uphold your warrior ethos, you can win and return home with honor.

This is the soldier's field manual. It tells the soldier how to perform the combat skills needed to survive on the battlefield.

All soldiers across branches and components must learn these basic skills.

Non-commissioned officers must ensure that their soldiers receive training on and know these vital combat skills.

So, that right there is the opening introduction of the US Army Field Manual 3-TAC 21.75, the warrior ethos, and soldier combat skills.

And after that intro, the field manual itself is just filled with these skills, vast skills that are the backbone of being a good soldier.

Things like this, things like combat casualty care and casualty evacuation, how to work in the desert, in the jungle, in Arctic conditions, how to use cover concealment and camouflage,

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