THULS - US Army References
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 |
Ranger Basic Module |
32 cards |
Approved for use at Ranger School and created with the input of U.S. Army Ranger School Instructors, the Ranger Basic Module is intended to provide a Ranger School student the "Tools to Succeed" throughout the course of instruction and, more importantly, throughout his career in the Operating Forces. The THULS RBM has already been adopted by a number of Army infantry units as the standard module issued to team and squad leaders and has immediate application among other units within the Army. 54 Pages on 27 Cards contain: MEDEVAC/ CASEVAC BRIEF / GAME PLAN & CAS 9-line, SITREP, SALUTE Report, IED / UXO Report, LZ REQ'S, LZ BRIEF, CFF: Call for Fire,/ CCA RW 5-LINE, Updated Indirect Fire Weapons Tables, Direct Fire Weapons & Hand Grenade Tables, Threat Weapon Capabilities, Range Card, Recon / Ambush Sketch Template, TC3 Guidelines, Troop leading procedures, METT-TC, Machine gunners reference, Conversion tables. |
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. |
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. |
Land Navigation |
33 |
Land nav checklist, Lateral effect per degree of offset, Calculating grade ratios, G-m conversion, Map scale measurements, Pace count log, Pace count travel time chart, Military Grid Reference System, Grid zone designator, How MGRS works, Components of an MGRS map, UTM coordinates, UTM maps, Finding a known location, Determining distance on a map, Protractors, Finding an azimuth, Compass use, Orientating a map, Compass error, North | declination | G-M angle, Finding your current position on a map, Resection, Modified resection, Modified resection- linear, Intersection, Determining relief and elevation, Determining grade,Terrain features & navigation, Manmade cuts, Streams, Terrain association, Major, minor, man-made features, Handrails, Catching features attack points, Steering marks, Offset, Route planning, Lateral drift / steering marks, Aiming off, Pace count, Navigation techniques, Terminology, Basic Landnav techniques, Dead reckoning, Terrain association, Situational techniques, Intentional offsetting, 90 degree offset. |
Psyops Leaders Planning Guide |
36 |
This graphic training aid (GTA) is an indispensable reference tool for tactical Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Soldiers assigned to leadership positions. It contains valuable, comprehensive, and timesaving information in a concise format, making it easily transportable and simple to use. The focus of this GTA is to provide requisite information to help the tactical PSYOP Soldier better plan and execute PSYOP in support of a maneuver commander. Noncommissioned officers (NCOs) leading a three-man tactical Psychological Operations team (TPT) or planning PSYOP at division or corps levels will find this GTA extremely helpful. |
Fire Support Leaders Guide |
31 |
FIRE SUPPORT LEADERS GUIDE - JFO / JTAC MANUAL FILLABLE, REWRITABLE, REPORTS Immediate CAS Request, Air Stack, Area Of Operations (AOR) Update, CAS 9 Line, FW CAS Tables, JTAC Terminal Control, Brevity Codes & Terms, Observer To JTAC Brief, JTAC to Observer Brief, Joint Tactical Air Strike Request, SOF GUNSHIP CFF, SOF Gunship Weapons Table, CCA RW 5-Line, 5-Line RW CAS Brief, RW CAS Tables, ARTY / Mortar Permission / Coord, Artillery / Mortar CFF, Adjustments, Illumination, Immediate Suppression / SEAD, Immediate Suppression / Smoke, Quick Smoke, Sequence Of Subsequent Corrections, Minimum Corrections, Indirect Fire Wpns Tables, HIMARS CFF, NSFS Permission / Coordination, Naval Surface Fire Support CFF, NGF Guns Up Ready To Fire, Report, Naval Gunfire Capabilities, Naval Gunfire Support Report, NSFS Terminology, TLAM Call For Fire, TLAM Missle Red, PGM / ROZ / Goalpost / Hotwall, Medevac / Casevac Brief, Landing Zone Brief, SALT-R, AGM Approval, BDAR Updated to JAN 2019 ED |
Joint Tactical Radio Programming |
32 |
Time Zones, Date Time Group, Julian Date Calendar (Reg), Julian Date Calendar (Leap), AN / PRC - 117G, AN / PRC - 117F, AN / PRC - 119 F, AN / PRC - 148, AN / PRC - 150 , AN / PRC - 152,KIK 11 (TKL), AN / PYQ - 10 (SKL), AN / PSN - 13 DAGR |
Tactical Communications Handbook |
29 |
Mojave Repeater, the exclusive distributor of the THULS Tactical Communications Handbook. The ultimate communications handbook for tactical operations. Coyote covers with tan pages. Keep this powerful tool in your pack or kit if you want to be an ASSET to yourself and others. Includes: Basic Radio Principles,Basic Radio Wave Properties, Basic Antenna Theory, Antenna Selection, Radio Operator Resources, Field Antenna Repair, Field Expedient Antennas, SINCGARS Julian Date Calendar, PROWORDS |
Field Expedient Antenna |
4 |
Quick guide to the basic construction of field expedient antennas. 32 foot whip, Inverted V, Sloping V, Bi-directional, Long wire, Vertical dipole, Jungle antenna, Slant wire w/counterpoise (Lazy L) |
19D Cavalry Scout |
34 |
Reconnaissance, Dismounted Quick Reference, Mounted Quick Reference, Patrol Base Occupation, Patrol Base Activities, Op Selection, Danger Areas, Route Selection, Route Selection Tools, Route Recon Overlay Symbols, Threat Weapon Systems, Direct Fire Weapons & Hand Grenade Tables, Range Card, Indirect Fire Weapons Tables, GP & CAS 9-line, CCA-RW 5-line, Call for fire (CFF), Landing zone requirements, Landing zone brief, IED/UXO report, SPOTREP, SITREP, BRIDGEREP, CROSSREP, ROUTEREP, Obstacle Report, Bypass Report, Stand-To Report, Ammunition Status Report, Ammunition Request, Pol Status Report, Pol Request, Medevac / Casevac Brief, Military Code Of Conduct. |
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.
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 on the roll and get outside with THULS & STāNOTE sheets.
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.