AFH10-644 governs SERE operations and isolated personnel activities during survival, evasion, resistance, and escape.
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AFH10-644 covers environmental conditions, psychology, medicine, weather, clothing, shelter, firecraft, water, food, navigation, travel, signaling, recovery, and evasion. Compliance with this publication is mandatory, and its tactics, techniques, and procedures are recognized best practices.
Applies to: This handbook also applies to US Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units and members.
Five basic conditions affect every isolating event (Figure 2-1). (paragraph 4)
Extreme cold or hot temperatures, complicated by moisture (rain, humidity, dew, snow, etc.) or lack of moisture, and the possibility of wind, may have a life threatening impact on the IP's needs, decisions, and actions. (paragraph 4)
A 60-degree pitch is optimum for shedding precipitation and providing shelter room. (paragraph 5)
Food should never be stored in the shelter as this may attract wild animals and could be hazardous to IP. (paragraph 5)
The shadow-tip system is ineffective for use beyond 66'/2o latitude in either hemisphere due to the position of the Sun above the horizon. (paragraph 4)