While the skills are similar to their civilian counterparts, Army emergency responders must also maintain weapon handling and fieldcraft skills and combat fitness. |
Hackworth did this through reimposition of a strict but fair discipline, introduction of and training in proven and successful fieldcraft, and leadership from the front. |
He cooked them using instructions from a book on fieldcraft which he borrowed from the library, and says nettle tea was a favourite. |
Today they can still spot a linnet's nest in a furze bush at 50 paces and possess fieldcraft skills that would put many a birder to shame. |
Commanders and shooters alike will appreciate the new manual for its usefulness in improving a unit's marksmanship and fieldcraft skills. |
And then all the woodcraft and fieldcraft he had learnt from his uncle's keepers and his uncle's farmer tenants. |