This publication is both an extract of doctrinal publications and a compilation of tactics, techniques and procedures taught in the U.S. Army Ranger School. It is designed as a pocket reference for students of the U.S. Army Ranger School. Its secondary use is for the development of small unit leaders in the field army and for their use as a pocket guide. -Pref.

Cover title. "June 1988." "SH 21-76."

Leadership -- Combat orders -- Coordination checklists - Departure and reentry of forward units -- Actions at the objective -- Patrol bases -- Linkup operations -- Communications -- Fire support -- Army aviation -- Movement --- Reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition (RSTA) -- Demolitions and mines -- Stream crossing and waterborne operations -- Military mountaineering -- Evasion/survival -- Combat intelligence -- First aid.