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Thank you for that. It is an excellent read.

alan_cx 13y ago
Always worth looking at that the US military do. (I say US because it seems that a hell of a lot of their instruction manuals are freely available. Shame I cant say that of the UK) For me it was engineering. Years ago, I found some documents on metal work when I was learning to use lathes, milling machines, etc. Best resource available. It seemed old, but the information was invaluable. The thing that struck me was that, while it did do a quick over view of the basic methodologies and concepts, it very quickly focused on getting stuff done. It read like it was written for instant use. So, say you were a private stuck in the middle of no where, needed to make a part for, say, a gun and had a metal work workshop instantly available; this document would have said private making the part in something like an hour. Further, that part would work properly over a decent life span. A basic rule of thumb for me is that what ever new thing I want to learn, I see if I can find a military instruction document on the subject.
- spenuke 13y ago
  How do you go about looking for such documents? Simple google "military instruction document"? Is there a term for those things? I know enough about the military that everything that can be put into an acronym is.
  - eqdw 13y ago
    Usually I'd make a joke about not wanting to search that (lest I end up on a watch list). Now it's not so funny anymore
  - 6d0debc071 13y ago
    Depending on what you want field manuals gives you some nice archives - http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/f... Or DTIC may be worth a search, if you know what you want: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/ http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/
- lightcone 13y ago
  Any links on the engineering manuals?
- rollo_tommasi 13y ago
  On a similar note, the Naval instruction handbooks on electronics & electricity are a superb resource for hobbyists and first-time learners: http://jacquesricher.com/NEETS/ http://jacquesricher.com/NEETS/

Always worth looking at that the US military do. (I say US because it seems that a hell of a lot of their instruction manuals are freely available. Shame I cant say that of the UK) For me it was engineering. Years ago, I found some documents on metal work when I was learning to use lathes, milling machines, etc. Best resource available. It seemed old, but the information was invaluable. The thing that struck me was that, while it did do a quick over view of the basic methodologies and concepts, it very quickly focused on getting stuff done. It read like it was written for instant use. So, say you were a private stuck in the middle of no where, needed to make a part for, say, a gun and had a metal work workshop instantly available; this document would have said private making the part in something like an hour. Further, that part would work properly over a decent life span. A basic rule of thumb for me is that what ever new thing I want to learn, I see if I can find a military instruction document on the subject.

spenuke 13y ago
How do you go about looking for such documents? Simple google "military instruction document"? Is there a term for those things? I know enough about the military that everything that can be put into an acronym is.
- eqdw 13y ago
  Usually I'd make a joke about not wanting to search that (lest I end up on a watch list). Now it's not so funny anymore
- 6d0debc071 13y ago
  Depending on what you want field manuals gives you some nice archives - http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/f... Or DTIC may be worth a search, if you know what you want: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/ http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/
lightcone 13y ago
Any links on the engineering manuals?
rollo_tommasi 13y ago
On a similar note, the Naval instruction handbooks on electronics & electricity are a superb resource for hobbyists and first-time learners: http://jacquesricher.com/NEETS/ http://jacquesricher.com/NEETS/