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Basic Tactics: Have a Plan Before Clearing Danger Areas

May 20, 2017

Concealment, CQB, Escape and Evasion, Fitness Movements, Home Security, MASTERY, Mission Critical, Mission Security, News Intel & Opinion, Planning, PSYCHE, Tactics

Tactics Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. Horace We want to again restate this article is not a “be-all” “end-all” article that will... Read More...

Plans, Plans and More Plans. Do You Have One in Place?

Alec Yandy

May 16, 2017

Camping, Escape and Evasion, Home Security, Mission Security, Planning, Prepping & Survival, PSYCHE

Imagine if a large-scale disaster occurred. What would you do? Let’s hope you have a solution to some of the problems that come with a disaster; lack of food, lack of warmth, lack of water, someone in your part... Read More...

Life Instead NOT Death

David Devaney

April 28, 2017

Escape and Evasion, Home Security, Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, Memorial, Speeches, The Team Room, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences, Wisdom

If I was your friend and we served together and you died doing what you believed in, would your soul wish I had a terrible life of pain and suffering?! Life Instead of Death When someone gives his life to... Read More...

Prepare for Danger: Have Safety and Comfort with the 96 Hour Kit

Michael Kurcina

April 27, 2017

Bags, Camping, EDC, Escape and Evasion, Homesteading, Mission Critical, MISSION GEAR, Planning, Prepping & Survival

The small Go-Bag or the Bug-Out-Bag are bags where the focus is on evacuation. The larger 72 Hour Kit has a focus on survival, and the 96 hour kit is just an extension of a 72 hour kit. The 96 ... Read More...

How to Make a Bug Out Plan

Michael Kurcina

April 24, 2017

Camping, Escape and Evasion, Load Bearing, Mission Critical, Mission Security, Navigation, Planning, Prepping & Survival

What do you hope to achieve during a disaster? Try to clarify your intentions. Don’t just go into bug out mode by heading for the hills. Are you just going to run to a cave and hunker down with the thousand... Read More...

EDC – Travel loadout for Kifaru E&E

Noble

April 23, 2017

Bags, EDC, Escape and Evasion, Gadgets, Load Bearing, Mission Critical, MISSION GEAR, Prepping & Survival, Staff Picks, Style

Intro I posted a loadout picture of my travel EDC in our Instagram, but I thought that it might be nice to make a more detailed list of all the things my loadout consists of. The idea is that I won't carry ... Read More...

Don’t be Retarded During the Apocalypse, Lessons to Survive the End

Michael Kurcina

April 16, 2017

Escape and Evasion, MASTERY, PSYCHE, Tactics

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper-T.S. Eliot Post apocalyptic survival movies are usually pretty interesting to watch. And there's something in them we can all relate to. We ... Read More...

Where are the Doctors-The Scary Reality of Casualty Evacuation

Guest Writer

April 15, 2017

Escape and Evasion, Life and Family, MASTERY, Mission Critical, Mission Health, News Intel & Opinion, Planning, Prepping & Survival, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

The Scary Reality of Casualty Evacuation to a higher level of care: You see it on Medical Survival and S.H.T.F. blogs often; Preppers with little to no medical knowledge or experience asking how to cut h... Read More...

The “Joy” of Combat

David Devaney

April 13, 2017

Combatives, Escape and Evasion, Firearms, Home Security, Inspirational, LIFE, MASTERY, Mission Fitness, News, Planning, PSYCHE, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences, Wisdom

Important note: Combat does not just mean fighting overseas. Combat is the military fighting a foreign enemy, law enforcement officers fighting for their very lives, firefighters rushing into a burning building... Read More...

The Soldier’s Ideal Speed

Nate Morrison

April 9, 2017

Escape and Evasion, Fitness Movements, Load Bearing, Mission Critical, Mission Fitness, Mission Health, News Intel & Opinion, Prepping & Survival, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

How fast should a soldier be? That depends on what we are talking about. There are a number of places where speed is and is not important in the soldier’s life. For the purpose of this post, let’s confine t... Read More...