Fieldcraft

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Field craft is a term used especially in British military circles to describe the basic military skills required to operate stealthily at day or night regardless of weather or terrain.^{[verification needed]} The motto of field craft is "to see without being seen"; this is upheld through the skills learned in field craft lessons.

These skills include camouflage, understanding the difference between concealment from view and cover from fire, use of the shape of the ground and its features to move undetected, the skills of moving across ground and crossing obstacles, the ability to select good fire positions, lying up positions, camping positions and the like, the ability to observe effectively, penetrating camouflage, and the ability to detect where enemy fire is coming from using a number of techniques.

Good field craft is especially important for the survival and effectiveness of infantry soldiers and special forces. In the more effective units, a huge amount of time, effort, and attention is put to memorize the details of the battlefield, making good field craft second nature.

Field craft is also used in espionage to cover maneuvers such as blind passes, dead drops, and other ways of passing documents or other items between agents.

[edit] See also

• Military camouflage