You will survive, too, just like Gloria Gaynor, and in the woods, even. But only if you have this U.S. Army manual, cleverly titled: SURVIVAL, Department of the Army Field Manual FM21-76. It's 287 heavily illustrated pages of techniques for staying alive (add your own BeeGee jokes here) including orientation, food & cooking, fire- and shelter-making, rafts, animal, insect and plant recognition, and much more. This is the 1970 edition, but staying alive in the woods hasn't changed a whole lot since then. In soft-cover.

It’s like the Swiss one, but different. This used soldier’s pocket knife is brown, olive green or black, and made by Amefa for the Dutch military in 1966. All versions feature a real carbon steel blade that can be polished and sharpened to a razor’s edge and the extra tools may include combinations of can opener, bottle opener, marlin spike, wire stripper, slotted screwdriver or second smaller blade. We'll randomly select one for you. The whole unit is about 4-1/2” long, plus a handy little attachment ring on one end. They are genuine military surplus and will need a little TLC to get them looking pristine. 

Blank dog tags, ready to punch. Each set measures 2" x 1-1/8" x 1/32" thick in matte stainless steel with (2) ball chains, one 24" long and one 4-1/2" long. You get (2) sets of (2) tags, with (4) chains altogether. Made in the USA.

Wrap this digital camo cloth tape around your camera, rifle stock, spotting scope, lunch box, selfie stick or brother-in-law and make them all disappear in the woods. Our each is a roll of 2” wide x 33 feet of “Easy-Peel” tape.

We don’t have the canopy, but we’ve got genuine British military braided parachute chord. And you know the Brits make some solid cord. This bunch is 1/4” dia, in olive drab, and we’ll send you a 50-foot hank—even if your name’s not Nigel or Hank. Originally used in the support system for parachutes, this ultra-strong braided paracord is nearly twice the thickness of the standard commercial 550 cord.

Joseph Cornell would have loved this one. Remember him? The assemblage artist who put boxes on the art map? Look him up. And then imagine the possibilities for this his handsomely rugged, hinged-top 7” x 7-3/4” x 1 3/4” wooden box from the U.S. Army. Painted olive drab on the outside with brass hardware, it used to be a GI artillery gunner’s quadrant instrument box. Has interior wooden bracing, perfect for a Cornell-style piece, and the words “CHEST, PACKING FOR GUNNER’S QUADRANT” stenciled in white on the hinged lid. If you’re not into making art, use it for anything you’d use a wooden box for (duh), or just as a cool, authentic display item. Made in the USA, natural

What’s brown and Swedish? Yes, meatballs. But also this (20)-oz glass medicine bottle with a finished ceramic stopper with handle. Bottle measures 7” tall overall, approx 5” tall to the shoulders, and 3-1/2" wide x 2-3/4" deep. Like new condition. Very elegant and old world, like Sweden.

German safety goggles. Good for “sonne, winde und staub,” they say, and by staub they mean dust. These are gray rubber with a little, tinted sun visor that snaps on or off, an adjustable elastic strap and removable clear lenses. Lightly used, although if the thin foam padding around the eyes is deteriorated, it’s easily removed. Measure approx 8" x 4".

These just in, special for military strap aficionados. Right angle olive-drab canvas strap. The wide part measures 17" x 2" and is sewn onto  a U-shaped steel clip with a 13-1/2" long x 1" strap mounted at right angles to it. Both straps have steel ends with (2) 3/16" holes. Quite useful for something, we're sure.

They don’t call us “Surplus” for nothing. We’ve got scads of assorted U.S. Army insignia patches for Class A/OCP uniforms. In this assortment you’ll get (1) 35th Engineer Brigade [Class A], (1) Installation Management [Class A], (1) 310th Sustainment Command [OCP], (2) 45th Field Artillery Brigade [OCP], (3) 4th Infantry Division [OCP], (3) FORSCOM [OCP], (3) Rhode Island National Guard [Class A], (4) 96th Sustainment Brigade [Class A], and (7) 32nd Air and Missile Defense Command [Class A] patches. Class A is the dress uniform for the Army, and OCP is the everyday multi-camouflage uniform worn for duty. Patches range from 2" dia to 3-1/4"dia in various shapes and all kinds of vivid colors.