Skills

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.  Specialization is for insects.”
– Robert A. Heinlein

A big part of The Action Lifestyle is the ability to take care of business.     And to take care of business, you need skills.

Here is a list of applicable action skills that are worth adding to the ole repertoire:

Arms/Shooting
Rifle, pistol
Archery
Atlatl/Primitive Weapons
Nunchucks
Throwing – knives, tomahawk, shuriken

Communications
Amateur Radio License
Field communications
Codes and Ciphers, dead-drops

Escape & Evasion
Anti-Kidnapping
Anti-Surveillance
Lockpicking
Urban Evasion and Survival

Intel
Computer programming
Foreign languages and customs

Medical
Basic First Aid
Wilderness First Responder
EMT-B

Wilderness/Survival
Fire-making
Camp and trail craft
Shelter building
Foraging – medicinal, edibles
Hunting – rifle, bowhunting, primitive
Fishing
Trapping

Vehicles
Driving – off-road, defensive
Private Pilot
Sailing/Boating
Mechanic/repair

The original Skills page on the vintage Orion Foundation website.

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