These days we have the convenience of turning on a stove or grill and cooking a nice juicy steak, or turning on the oven at the flip of a switch and baking fresh bread for the family, but what would you do if that wasn’t an option? Or worse yet, what would you do if it was an option, but the delicious smell it put off was ringing the dinner bell for unwanted guests? While … [Read more...] about Emergency Cooking Ideas and Operational Security
Operational Security
Home Defense Tactics & Home Security
Statistically speaking, this is the safest time in history to be alive, but that doesn’t mean bad things don’t happen all the time. Our home is where all our belongings are, where our family is, and where we should feel the safest. Because of this, home security and home defense tactics should be a top priority, but are often overlooked. It’s human nature to become … [Read more...] about Home Defense Tactics & Home Security
Important Documents & Storage for Preppers
Creating an emergency binder where you store important information and paperwork are both easy, and important. Although an emergency binder for preppers is a little more detailed than a binder for the average person. Last week I covered how to put together an emergency binder for prepper, and the difference between an important document’s binder, and a procedures binder. … [Read more...] about Important Documents & Storage for Preppers
Operational Security, Situational Awareness & Intelligence Gathering
Operational security, situational awareness and intelligence gathering they not the subjects that you typically think about when you think prepping, but they are just as important as any of the supplies or gear we buy. We can have a large amount of food stored, water filters, solar panels, bug out bags and first aid supplies, but if we can’t protect it, we could end up with … [Read more...] about Operational Security, Situational Awareness & Intelligence Gathering
Grid Down Communications for Preppers (Part 1)
In the event of any disaster or SHTf event, the ability to get information about what's going on and communicate will be vital. Grid down communications is also important in order to communicate with family friends and group members. Along with police scanners and weather radios, there are a few other prepper comm options that need to be considered. In a grid down scenario … [Read more...] about Grid Down Communications for Preppers (Part 1)
Home & Personal Defense for Preppers
One very important aspect of preparedness is home security and personal defense. We spend so much time and money purchasing supplies and getting ready for when disaster strikes, and along with this comes protecting those supplies, and ourselves from people that don’t have the foresight we do. Even though statistics show that globally this is the safest time to be alive in … [Read more...] about Home & Personal Defense for Preppers
Large and Small Scale Escape & Evasion Tactics for Preppers
As preppers, when we think about escape and evasion tactics we immediately think about the worst-case scenario. We think about escaping a war zone cause by civil unrest, and evading large numbers of marauders looking to steal our supplies and do us harm. … [Read more...] about Large and Small Scale Escape & Evasion Tactics for Preppers
Why “Embracing the Suck” is Important to Preppers
The term “embrace the suck” is a term widely used in the military when talking about a job or task that is pointless, tiring or downright lame. As preppers it’s also important that we “embrace the suck” because not everything we watch or read is as easy as it seems. We all see the pictures of a thriving garden or the perfect solar power setup, but we never see the behind the … [Read more...] about Why “Embracing the Suck” is Important to Preppers