Chapter 1 Overview ATP 3-50.21 sets forth the doctrine pertaining to survival in an isolated situation. The ATP discusses the tenets of survival and the methods Soldiers, Department of the Army civilians, and contactors can use when surviving individually or in a group. Survival is the state of or fact of continuing to live or exist in spite of an isolating event. The end goal is to return to friendly forces with honor. This chapter discusses survival skills and situational understanding needed. This is an audio file of the manual.  This title does not have a commercial sponsor.  If you would like to sponsor this podcast, let us know at https://usgovpub.com. If you would like us to upload additional chapters, please let us know the title name and consider becoming a patron at Patreon.com/usgovpub