If you got lost tonight, would your kids know what to do?

Not "have watched a survival show." Not "own a bug-out bag." Actually know — which water kills you, which berries are safe, what three fires mean, why you never run from a bear.

The U.S. Army wrote the answers down decades ago in FM 21-76, the Survival Manual. The problem: it's 233 pages of dense doctrine no teenager will ever read.

So we turned the entire manual into a game your family will fight over. And it's free — for every family, forever.

No account · No ads · No tracking · Works offline on any phone, tablet, or laptop

Try it right here, right now

All 24 chapters. 560 questions. Miss one and watch what happens: the app opens a built-in field manual to the exact page you needed. When you're ready, download it below and it's yours — offline, forever.

Survival knowledge has a fatal flaw: you can't Google it when you need it

Every skill in that manual matters on exactly one day — the day with no signal, no charger, and no second chances. And here's what most families get wrong:

• The manual sits on a shelf. Nobody reads 233 pages of Army doctrine for fun.
• Survival "facts" from YouTube and movies are often exactly backwards — the kind of wrong that hurts people (rub frostbite with snow, drink a little seawater, suck out the venom).
• Reading isn't retention. You remember what you're tested on, especially when your brother is beating your score.

The Field Quiz fixes all three at once: real doctrine, myth-busting wrong answers with explanations that tell you why the tempting answer kills, and a family leaderboard that makes your kids ask to study.

Download it. It's yours.

• 560-question bank — every chapter of FM 21-76, deeply covered (as few as 19 questions in the leanest chapter, over 40 in the deepest). Each run draws 7 at random, so no two quizzes are the same
• The in-app Field Manual — a 60-page typeset mini edition with figures. Miss a question and the book opens to the exact page
• 161 traced study plates — real figures redrawn from the manual: the fire triangle, solar still, BLISS, COLD, snare sets, star navigation, raft rigs, shelter builds, and more
• Family leaderboard — initials, scores, and ranks from Field Ready to Back to the Manual
• One file, works offline, forever — no account, no subscription, no ads, no tracking. Save it to your home screen and it behaves like an app

One HTML file (~660 KB). Open it in any browser. Share it with any family you want.

If it helps yours, chip in

This app is free because a kid's readiness shouldn't depend on a parent's wallet.

If your family plays it — if it sparks one dinner-table argument about whether you can drink seawater (you can't) — a donation of any size keeps it free, funds new question banks and chapters, and tells me to keep building.

Any amount. One time. No strings — the app is already yours.

Built for the family that takes readiness seriously

• Parents raising kids who camp, hunt, hike, or scout
• Homeschoolers who want a real curriculum unit on survival, not a worksheet
• Scout troops, youth groups, and classrooms — share the file freely
• Preparedness-minded households that already own the manual and want it to finally get read

The content is the U.S. Army's own doctrine — the public-domain FM 21-76 Survival Manual — condensed, typeset, and drilled through 560 questions.

Questions, answered straight

Really free? What's the catch?

Really free. Download it, keep it, share it, use it in your troop or classroom. The donate button exists for families who want to support the work — it unlocks nothing, because everything is already unlocked.

What exactly do I get?

A single HTML file. Open it in any browser — phone, tablet, laptop — and the full app runs. Save it to your home screen and it behaves like an app. No install, no account, no internet needed after download.

Is this the actual Army manual?

The questions and the in-app book are built directly from FM 21-76 (1992), a public-domain work of the U.S. Government. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Army.

What ages is it for?

Written for roughly 10+ reading level. It covers real survival topics (injuries, dangerous animals, emergencies) at the same level as the manual itself.

Does the leaderboard sync between devices?

Scores live on the device you play on — which is perfect for the family tablet or a shared phone. No accounts, nothing leaves your device.

FM 21-76 is a public-domain publication of the U.S. Department of the Army. Mission Prep is an independent project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the U.S. Army or the Department of Defense. Educational use only — not a substitute for hands-on survival training.

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