Introducing The Field Desk

Welcome readers and collectors,

The Field Desk is finally launched. Of course, that begs the question about what The Field Desk is. In short, it’s a store that focuses on military history, field manuals, and the like. However, I suspect you’re reading a blog post in order to get the long version. That requires me to state my background, my inspiration, and my mission.

I’ve been a few things. Auto broker, combat medic, lead guitarist, student, instructor, thru-hiker, and more. I’ve tried my hand at a few others things. Competition shooting, canyon carving, watch collecting, rock climbing, urban exploration, photography, writing, radios, drones, and now book collecting. I’ve lived in the arctic, the desert, the plains, the mountains, and the rain forest. I dabble, I wander about.

As far as I’m concerned, breadth and variety are existential requirements. Furthermore, I’ve always felt an obligation to be useful. That has been a tough proposition, but a worthy one. Be it harvest at the farm, a stormy mountain pass, a bake sale – I wanted to be a net positive to the situation and those around me.

That path is challenging but worthy. My wish now is to help others along that path, to produce more universally competent people. The sorts of people that can hang with the hired help and the party’s hosts with equal ease – and have insightful questions to ask each guest.

Thus, I hope to provide the world with these texts; companion material for the everyday adventurer. I thank you for your dedication and support you in your progress.

• Jake Wetuski, The Field Desk

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