Tactical

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

A common topic of conversation from people who are considering how best to avoid getting hot lead put to them is movement, specifically running. When it comes to getting shot, or rather not, best practices are encouraged, so it is only natural that concerned people will want to know what the best technique is for

The United States soldiers have been survival guinea pigs for over 200 years, meaning we might be able to learn a thing or two from their ways. I’ve been an Infantryman for a number of years now, and I can tell you for a fact that my mindset has definitely changed from the way it

The prepping community is full of advice, some good and some bad. Sadly, most advice from “experts” out there, is nothing but poorly-researched garbage. There are a lot of blog writers in the prepping community, making money off innocent people just wanting to learn to survive should a disaster strike. I take this personally, and