THULS - Fillable Templates
Tactical Handbook, Unit Leader, Small
THULS have become ubiquitous within the military community ever since they were widely distributed for deployments and all that GWOT money flowed from the mythical golden goose. Those days might be over, but THULS dominates as the standard for all-weather reference books with an infinite write and rewrite capability. So, don't get helocast off some coastline with laminated paper that's going to leak and turn into mush.
Read more about the Battle Board and MIR collaboration here.
THULS are all Made in the USA by a few back-woods country boys up somewhere in the woods of New Hampshire or Vermont.
THULS stands for Tactical Handbook, Unit Leader, Small.
They are nearly indestructible plastic reference books full information and templates specific to your mission. Read more about them here.
- Battle Board Micro - THULS Enhancement Skin (aka a notebook cover… we just had to use a fancy name to satisfy the MIR boys)
- Lumocolor markers (use 90% alcohol to erase)
- Mechanical Pencils for writing on and erasing from THULS underwater
- Grease pencils for writing underwater on anything
- THULS Lined / Grid / Blank cards for expanding any THULS set
- Small form factor fits easily in your pocket
- Nearly indestructible plastic cards
- Textured surface makes writing simple
- Different colors of cards available for tactical environments
- Fillable, Erasable, Rewritable
- Manuals, references, and templates facilitate communication and information dissemination
- Keeps information and notes secure in any environment
- Write underwater with a pencil
- Permanent marker compatible (alcohol-based ink)
Dimensions: 5.5” x 4.25”
Thickness: 12 mils (0.012”)
Material: Proprietary plastic blend
Works best with: Battle Board Micro
Each THULS notebook with more than one card comes with three (3) Binder Rings.
This does not apply to single cards such as the Individual Range Card or Z-Fold Cards.
THULS Book Details
Topic |
Cards |
Description |
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Call for Fire - Fillable |
4 |
Developed to provide observers a professional template which contains all information needed by the FDC. Adjust Fire / Fire for effect, MTO, impact plotting & adjustments card, method for adjusting fires calculations, elements & procedures: observer ID, warno, target location, target description, method of engagement, method of fire & control, MTO, order of corrections, range corrections, mission completion, Artillery / Mortar / Naval Gunfire Definitions. CFF examples: Grid, Polar, & Shift. |
|
FRAGO - Fillable |
2 |
Developed to provide platoon sergeants / commanders and team / squad leaders a professional template for creating and sending timely changes of existing orders to subordinate and supporting commanders while providing notification to higher and adjacent commands. Fits perfectly in sleeve or breast pocket. |
|
METT-TC - Fillable |
4 |
Developed to provide platoon sergeants / commanders and team / squad leaders a professional template for analysis of troops available for an operation. Includes an assessment of the platoon’s vehicles and equipment. METT-TC refers to factors that are fundamental to assessing and visualizing: Mission, Enemy, Terrain & weather, Troops & support available, Time available, and Civil considerations. Fits perfectly in sleeve or breast pocket. |
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IRC - Individual Range Card |
1 |
Developed to provide automatic riflemen and team leaders a professional rewritable range card. Thicker than a normal THULS handbook page, it functions as a standalone card,. Rigid enough to be drawn and written on. Fits perfectly in sleeve or breast pocket. |
THULS + MICRO
We developed the Battle Board Micro specifically for the THULS and STāNOTE. All three work together as a complete pocket information system.
ALL WEATHER
THULS works equally well covered in mud as it does in a classroom. Don't let the rain threaten you with a good time.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Find the information you need, ready for the field, and with the capability to write on the sheets, erase, and rewrite.
ANOTHER JARHEAD STORY
HISTORY OF THULS
LEAVE PAPER IN THE HEAD, TAKE THULS & STāNOTES TO THE FIELD INSTEAD.
Paper manuals get destroyed in the environments where military, police, and fire fighters work. The Marine Corps infantry, knuckle-dragging geniuses over at MIR (another acronym... STOP!) decided in the “2000’s,” to take the giant leap forward and print on a plastic. It’s slightly textured, so you can write on the cards, but not textured enough to wipe yourself with. They also gave an entire industry the middle finger and decided to disregard all of the common paper and notebook sizes.
That’s where Battle Board comes in to the rescue. We took pity on the boys up in New Hampshire or Vermont or wherever they are and designed a case specifically for the THULS books that have become ubiquitous within the field-manual obsessed community.
So, leave the paper one the roll and get outside with THULS & STāNOTE sheets.
BATTLE BOARD
MICRO SYSTEM
THULS ENHANCEMENT SKIN
We designed the Micro system around THULS data books and worked with MIR to launch a full set of templates, reference cards, and the revolutionary STāNOTE polymer sheets. Everything works together to form a complete reference and communication system in your pocket.
