Website Owner: US Army Ranger (Ret.) Rick F. Tscherne

Howdy Folks! Tired of searching the net and finding the same old boring survival stuff? Welcome to my newly revised & updated website formerly known as "The Ranger Digest.Com. New tips, new tricks and some brand new never seen before survival kits and products. Trust me, I guarantee you won't find a more enjoyable and entertaining survival site than mine. Wanna bet?

	And I dedicate this new website to my two grandsons "Allen & Jaden Love."  And so if you're a grandpa like me, a parent, aunt, uncle, teacher, scout master or some child's mentor. l encourage you to sit down and review this website together with them to learn what it takes to survive & thrive in the outdoors.

So pull up a chair, take off your shoes, grab yourself a cup of coffee or a beer and call your son, daughter, niece, nephew, grandson, granddaughter, students or someone elses child and sit back together and enjoy my site. And when you're done reviewing all my tips & tricks I hope you will take a few minutes and send me an email to let me know what you think of my site. And most importantly, please don't forget to visit "My Store & Stuff" page as the proceeds from the sales help to maintain this site.

But before reading on, please take a few minutes to read my "Website Legal Notice & Disclaimer" below.

Readers Beware: All the information listed here on my website is strictly for informational & educational purposes only. Therefore if you chose to read on and try out any of my survival tips and or to purchase any of my survival products you do so at your own risk.

Age Restriction: You must be at least 18 years old to order my survival products, including my Ranger Digest handbooks too. Therefore anyone who places an online or mail-in order are claiming they are at least 18 years of age and therefore I cannot be held liable nor responsible for any fraudulent underage orders.

Other Links - Any website mentioned here on my site are provided strictly for your convenience and reference only and does not necessarily mean I support nor endorse their views, opinions or the products they sell on their website.

If you do not agree to these terms & conditions then please DO NOT proceed nor click on my survival tips to the left of this screen. Instead, log off and find yourself another survival site.

Welcome again to my website! And so now that you have decided to stick around, allow me to tell you just a little bit about myself.

As a former US Army Ranger, Drill Instructor and Advisor/Trainer to the Bosnia & Herzegovina Army (1996-97) under the US State Department "Train & Equip Program." I have always enjoyed sharing with soldiers my personal experiences, tips, tricks and ideas in how to survive & thrive in the outdoors. Now although I've been retired from the United States Army since January 1993, I am still doing what I like best - teaching & training soldiers. But not in a class room but through a series of books - THE RANGER DIGESTS . 

Now before I decided to self-publish these handbooks I use to forward all my tips, tricks and ideas to the Department of the Army. But the only thing I ever received back were letters saying, "...sorry, not feasible for military outdoor field conditions."   Well since the Army wasn't interested in my ideas, I then decided to write a book about my tips & tricks and try to market them to the troops myself.  After all, when it comes to "common sense" and "field craft ingenuity" the troops know more about this stuff than some "chair-borne" colonel or general sitting behind his nice cozy desk at the Pentagon . You know what I mean? 

And guess what? Yep, my instincts proved to be right on target. Not only did the troops love my first Ranger Digest but they helped me write my Ranger Digests II thru IX. No doubt it was a blessing in disguise that these chair-borne colonels and generals did reject my tips & tricks or there wouldn't be a Ranger Digest series today. And now, not only do I write and self publish my own military-outdoor survival books but I sell my own survival kits  too. And I love it, I love putting together these kits because I know someday they could save someone's life - YOURS!. To learn more about my kits and other products just click on my  Survival Kits and  Store & Stuff page.

Well I guess you're getting anxious to see what kind of survival tips & kits I have here on my site, aren't ya? Sure you are, but before you check'em out I have one little itty-bitty favor to ask.. And that is if you like what you see here on my site I hope you will spread the word and let others know about it. Will you do that for me? Please?

Well thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back later on when I have posted some new stuff here. Enjoy the site, take care and God bless.

Your Ranger Buddy,

" Army Ranger Rick " F. Tscherne

U.S. Army, Retired (1972-93)
Author, The Ranger Digest Series I-IX
Developer, SOS Survival Kits
Owner, www.SurvivalOutdoorSkills.com

PS: Due to banging heads with the National Wildlife Federation I can no longer use the name " Ranger Rick ." Why? Well according to the NWF and their lawyer, yep they hired a lawyer to go after me. They claim they own the name "Ranger Rick" and have a registered trademark on it, which is also the name of their NWF kiddie magazine too. I tried to fight'em really I did, but after they threaten to take me to court and sue me, I had no choice but to offer them a compromise. And so they agreed I could go by the name of  "Army Ranger Rick" instead. Oh well, what can I say, I got my butt kicked and lost my original nick-name to a damn raccoon cartoon. Screw you Ranger Rick! Everyone who visits my site here will know which of us is the real RANGER and it ain't you fuzzball. So kiss my @ss.

If after you have reviewed my site and you found my tips & tricks to be unique and useful, then I would appreciate your help and support. How? 

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