I said this some time back and I will keep saying it: MAKING MILITARY FORCES DEPENDENT ON TECHNOLOGY IS STUPID. Basic Courses on Navigation WITHOUT the use of GPS AIDS should still be taught. Compass and Map Skills should not be an archaic skill-set!! This goes for Civilians as well. GPS Units are great but…
Category: Disaster Survival
Inspirational: 7 Extreme Survival Stories
From being stranded in the heart of Antartica to three men forced to go further in outer space than any human being has ever gone before, our picks for the most amazing stories of people who pushed the far edges of endurance. The Robertson Family For 38 days, the Robertson family was lost at…
Tradecraft: Escape and Evade Danger
A Special Forces veteran explains what you need to know to successfully evade and avoid Danger If you run scared, you’re going to die. This is the rule of thumb when it comes to evasion, and there’s a reason for it. If you’re confronted with a threat you can’t overcome, you should escape it….
Only 1% Are Preppers
No one really knows how many preppers exist in the world, but it is safe to say that there are more than three million in the United States alone. Even though this sounds like a huge segment of the population, this is still only slightly more than 1% of the total US populace. So, the…
Matthew Bracken Talks SHTF and Dirty Civil War
MATTHEW BRACKEN is a former Navy SEAL (BUD/S Class 105), a Constitutionalist, and a self-described “freedomista”. This interview was first published in the Fall 2014 issue of Forward Observer. You might think that the most courageous thing Matt Bracken’s ever done is taking a SEAL team to Beirut, Lebanon in 1983, the same year of…
“It’s in the Water”
As a person who has been prepping seriously for about 15 years I can tell you Water is probably one of the most overlooked and under-prepared for items in a household. So many folks stock up on ways to DISINFECT their water but not on actually storing the DRINKING water itself. This article recommends stocking…
Help Is NOT Coming, You Are On Your OWN
Although this article has good intentions and has some good information, if you want to stay REALISTIC, I would not include FEMA into any of your Preparedness plans. I will leave it to you to do the research as to the WHY.-SF These seem like harsh words that one may expect to hear in a…
Jihad Alert: The Laptop Bomber?
These damn goat humping, pederast, raping jihadist..I am getting sick and tired of them ruining everything associated with air travel. First because of the underwear bomber it was all these restrictions on liquids. And now because of this screw-up who can’t even detonate a bomb right it will be no laptops!? WTF!! Enough is Enough….
5 Habits That Will KILL YOU in a Crisis
Everyone has bad habits. I don’t believe there is a human being alive who doesn’t. In everyday life, most of these aren’t a big deal. So you forget to put your shoes away, no one is going to die from that. You’re not a bad person if you have a weakness for chocolate. Survival…
Israel’s Electric Grid Hit by “Severe” Cyber-Attack
It has been known for some time the likelihood of America’s Power Grid getting hit with a Cyber-Attack by any one of our enemies is VERY HIGH. With Israel now getting hit, I would say the likelihood of an attack on the U.S. is almost CERTAIN. Are you prepared to live “off the grid”? For…