From the Archives, 2016 How to Estimate the Heights and Widths of Objects in the Field A FOUNDATIONAL “Analog” skill-set men need to have and not depend on technology for. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Category: Bushcraft
Badlands Fieldcraft: No Matter What Happens
This appeared on 5 NOV at Badlands Fieldcraft. Man Up. -NCS It’s the morning after the election and there’s not a clear cut winner, and it looks like things will no doubt get messy as the results get ironed out. Whichever way the winds blow over the next week or so, I’m unaffected. Of course… Badlands…
The Jungle Antenna Revisited: Task and Purpose for the Partisan and Prepper
Guidelines for Integrating Inter-Team Communications Into Your Kit
Guest Post: Does Boiling Water Purify It?
The following is a guest post from our friends over at knowpreparesurvive.com. -NCS There is no uncontaminated surface water source in the world. That may not be a technically true statement, but unless you’re drinking from a mountaintop spring right at the source, it’s a good thing to keep in mind to minimize risk. And… via…
Remembering Mr. S.M.O.L.E.S.
From the Archives, 2015. Yeah I know this is Mr. Burns, but you will get the joke as you read on. Since the general feeling around the national campfire has been one of concern and worry as of late, I thought it a relevant and necessary article to review something that is actually practical and…
WATER PURIFICATION IN A GRID DOWN SITUATION – PART 2
Part One can be found HERE A Worthwhile read. Remember the Rule of 3: Three weeks without Food, Three Days without Water, Three hours without Shelter and Three minutes without Oxygen. Water is Life. This article is the second article in a two part series on water purification originally posted on December 11, 2019. The…
From a Student: Paradigm Shift
Good Stuff from my friend NC Scout. Keep Your training Practical and Relevant to your Mission. Don’t get caught up in the ‘Tacti-Cool” BS, it’s a waste of your time and money and will ultimately get you killed. Its always very rewarding hearing from students about what they learned in class- especially when it…
Fight, Win and Survive: Techniques, Tactics and Procedures for the Multi-Domain Battlefield, Part 1
If it were me, I would add this to my USB Drive labelled “TRAINING” Just Sayin. The following is the preface from “Fight, Win and Survive”, which is a white paper published almost exactly one year ago and culminates with the modern incarnation of the patrolling tips, the predecessors of which can be found…
The Stealth Campfire
As a writer and western history buff, I like to practice things that I come across in my research and reading. This type of fire was used frequently in the old west by hunters, trappers, settlers and soldiers mainly so as not to draw the attention of hostile indians. Fast forward to today and it…