Via: Matthew Bracken Substack Circa 1997, I was in Panama, on the Caribbean side, getting my boat ready to transit the canal to the Pacific. I was walking from Colon’s old so-called yacht club (now long gone) through an industrial port area to get to Colon City. When I was passing about…
Category: Escape and Evasion
PSA: Driving During a Flood is Dumb!
Fox Weatherman Saves Woman Stuck in Car from Floodwaters Typically I would say It never ceases to amaze me, but at my age now, the sheer stupidity of people I have taken as a GIVEN in Life. Every time it floods there are always at least half a dozen people that die because for…
Escape and Evasion 201: The Lam
Escape and Evasion 201: The Lam Have you ever considered what it’s like to be hunted by other humans? In E&E2, we discuss trying to actually escape and some of the things you can expect. In Escape and Evasion 101, we discussed some of the conceptual concerns with facing illegal restraint, captivity, and unjust enforcement…
Escaping Restraints
3 Ways to Escape Zip Ties: An Illustrated Guide As Greg states over at Active Response Training, with home invasions, kidnappings and abductions on the rise it is never a waste of time for the martial citizen to study how to escape common restraints like zip ties and handcuffs, but the PRIMARY GOAL should…
On the Guerrilla, His Ecology and His Communications
On the Guerrilla, His Ecology and His Communications The Guerrilla must recognize three critical points: He, and his local network, are his own supply line. He fights with what he has, not with what he wishes. He cannot fight as a conventional force. If you have not already, be sure and order your…
Plan For The Worst- Preparing for Abduction and Restraint
Plan For The Worst- Preparing for Abduction and Restraint Some previous post on this subject can be found HERE, HERE and HERE. I also recommend watching the two vids Below:
DTG’s 2021 Updated 10 Week (If You’re Lucky) Plan to Prepare for the Worst-Case Scenario
H/T WRSA DTG’s 2021 Updated 10 Week (If You’re Lucky) Plan to Prepare for the Worst-Case Scenario This is an excellent Get Your Shit Together and Your Head out of Your Ass article! To reiterate the most important point: TIME is of the essence and everything mentioned is going to be harder to obtain…
Land Navigation
Green Beret Tips on Land Navigation Drill Time. We just got an EMP dumped on our heads so your precious cell phone and GPS are nothing but expensive paperweights. All is not lost however, because you DO have a compass and a good set of maps including a Randall Road Atlas (remember those?) Time…
SOE Partisan Leader’s Handbook
Partisan’s Leader Handbook So many Pearls of Wisdom in these WW2 era SOE manuals. The Basics of Partisanship have not changed! Study Up and Prepare Accordingly! You can read and download the entire manual HERE.
Fieldcraft: Alternative Fire Starting Without Matches
Alternative Fire Starting Without Matches Good things to have in your mental and physical survival toolbox because you never know when you might need FIRE.