"Bruce W.1" wrote in message
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I would not want to have to use a Baretta 9mm for survival. But that
seems to be what our AF is stuck with. Maybe the whole notion of having
to survive in the wild is a thing of the past, what with GPS, satellite
beacons and all.

Times have changed. "Surviving" off the land isn't really emphasized all
that much anymore. Its about evading and getting rescued. Any survival
issues are generally assumed to be short term in nature.