Tactical

Soldiers are a perennial topic of fascination for civilians, with many enthusiasts and admirers paying particular attention to what kind of kit and weapons they carry. The soldiers of every nation have their own distinct uniforms, heraldry, and equipment, and foremost among the interests of enthusiasts are their weapons. Rifles, machine guns, and handguns certainly […]

Vehicles are an integral part of many preppers’ survival plans for facing down an SHTF situation. Unfortunately, in that context most vehicles will only continue to function as they do in our normal day-to-day lives: as a taxi or a bus, taking us from point A to point B and nothing more. While this is

Many preppers have grand ambitions of surviving as part of a group, but comparatively few obtain the education, and then put in the work to develop group teamwork skills to the level that they should be in order to increase their effectiveness and survivability. It is teamwork that makes the difference between being part of

Prepping is a rewarding lifestyle change that will help disaster proof you and your family. But it is still a lifestyle change, with all of the effort and hardship that such an undertaking entails. Considering that most of us don’t have any sort of job or upbringing that would have us learning all the many

Preppers might have it in their minds that they will survive a societal collapse as part of a group of like-minded, similarly trained, and similarly equipped individuals, be they family or friends, but not too many have actually taken the essential step of training and practicing with their erstwhile teammates in proper team tactics and

Team tactics are a tragically overlooked skillset for most preppers. You should be planning to survive together in a group, either with suitably trained and equipped family members or like-minded individuals upon whom you can rely to go the distance with you when the skies darken and the mountains rumble. A lone survivor, no matter

Prepping is first and foremost about being prepared. Prepared for curveballs, prepared for emergencies, prepared for disasters and even prepared for the real, nasty game-changer events like the collapse of polite society and even revolutionary action. I have little doubt that most of our readers are already as personally prepared as they can be, or

You’ve planned the routes, have triple redundant bug-out locations, and primary, alternate, contingency, and emergency travel itineraries for every conceivable set of circumstances. Your BOBs are packed, your family is drilled on the fastest possible way to grab their stuff and pile in the SUV. You, my prepper friend, are officially bug-out-ready. Or are you?

A big part of planning responses to a given disaster or crisis is working out where you’ll go and how you’ll get there. Depending on the circumstances, we may need to avoid chokepoints on roadways, concentrations of people, likely locations of rioting and looting, or potential obstacles that will prevent us from making best speed.

I heard it said once when I was young, a while ago, “If you control perception, you control events.” I didn’t make much sense of it then, but it really stayed with me. As time has gone on and I delved farther and farther into the realms of security and personal protection, and all the