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U.S. Covert Operations Manual, Whistling in the Dark

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Issue: "Whistling in the Dark".

On the desk in the main control room of The Switchboard.


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Description of U.S. Covert Operations Manual, Whistling in the Dark

Each installment of the US Covert Ops Training Manual you collect adds a rank in the Infiltration perk, which grants a slight increase to your sneak chance.

You've collected an issue of the U.S. Covert Operations Manual!

Permanently more difficult to detect while sneaking.

In total there are ten editions of US Covert Ops Training Manual: "Whistling in the Dark", "Urban Camouflage", "Facepaint Fundamentals", "Not the Soldiers You Are Looking For", "Who Goes There?", "Squeaky Floorboard, Sudden Death", "Getting the Drop on Communists", "Bushes, Boxes and Beehives Camouflage Special", "Look Better in Black" and "Tiptoe Through the Tulips".


You visit this location during Tradecraft quest for The Railroad.

All known locations of U.S. Covert Operations Manual

U.S. Covert Operations Manual

Issue: "Look Better in Black".

At the end of the catwalk around one of the antenas at the Revere Satellite Array.

U.S. Covert Operations Manual

Issue: "Tiptoe Through the Tulips".

On the table in the locked room in the USAF Satellite Station Olivia.

U.S. Covert Operations Manual

Issue: "Squeaky Floorboard, Sudden Death".

In one of the rooms of the Fort Hagen command center area.

U.S. Covert Operations Manual

Issue: "Not the Soldiers You Are Looking For".

Inside the Federal Surveillance Center K-21B.

U.S. Covert Operations Manual

Issue: "Whistling in the Dark".

On the desk in the main control room of The Switchboard.

U.S. Covert Operations Manual

Issue: "Who Goes There?".

On the desk in the office in the Fort Strong building.

U.S. Covert Operations Manual

Issue: "Bushes, Boxes and Beehives Camouflage Special".

The upper part of the wreck of Libertalia.

U.S. Covert Operations Manual

Issue: "Getting the Drop on Communists".

Inside the National Guard Barracks building.

U.S. Covert Operations Manual

Issue: "Urban Camouflage".

On the small table in the Captain's Quarters at USS Constitution.

U.S. Covert Operations Manual

Issue: "Facepaint Fundamentals".

At the end of the tunnels in the Federal Ration Stockpile.

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