AT&T outage caused by software update, company says We are all one “glitch” away from getting knocked back into the Stone Age. It could be a so-called software update, a trojan horse malware hack or an EMP attack. Regardless of the cause the real question is this: Do you have a PACE plan for…
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CARRYING & DRAGGING TECHNIQUES – LET’S GET CARRIED AWAY TRIANGULAR BANDAGE: MORE THAN A DOZEN USES
Three Must Have *FREE* Kindle Books for your Survivalist Library
Free Books – Part 289 Discover Edible Wild Plants: Your Introductory Handbook to Foraging – Feed Your Family Nutritiously and for Free – Today! 31 Edible Wild Plants Absolutely Anyone Can Find in North America: A Beginner’s Path to Safe and Successful Foraging Multilingual Dictionary of Medical Emergencies: English French Spanish Italian…
Know Your Civil War History: Traditional Plant Remedies of the South Blast Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Lab Tests
H/T: Addis Civil War plant Medicines blast Drug-resistant Bacteria in Lab Tests Confederate field hospitals turned to traditional remedies under Union blockade. During the height of the Civil War, the Confederate Surgeon General commissioned a guide to traditional plant remedies of the South, as battlefield physicians faced high rates of infections among the…
Assessing the Effects of Fires
Assessing the Effects of Fires Anyone who has ever done any sort of small-unit tactics training can remember “covering” a buddy while they move. This is good to learn, but there can be a bit of misunderstanding as to what actually constitutes “covering fire” or “suppression”. Just because you are putting rounds downrange does not necessarily mean…
Practical/Tactical Field Medicine: Basic Wound Management – Fundamentals of Sutures and First Aid
Basic Wound Management: Fundamentals of Sutures and First Aid You’ll not learn what you need to know to sew up wounds from reading an article in a magazine, even one as awesome as Be Ready! However, I do hope to whet your appetite. Like plumbing, car repair, or electrical work, suturing wounds isn’t hard,…
Drones
Drones Another solid read from Joe over at TW. Make no mistake, Drones are now a part of the 21st Century Battlefield. You can also go HERE and HERE for further study on the subject. Take Heed and Prepare Accordingly.
DIY: How to Paint a Rifle (Laundry Bag Method)
How to Paint a Rifle (Laundry Bag Method)
Small Unit Tactics: Building a Fighting Position (Revised)
For the individual soldier, being able to build either a hasty or prepared position to fight from that will give you adequate cover and at the same time good fields of fire is essential for small units to be efficient in the field. All of the material I am covering here can be found…
Map And Area Studies: You Need to Read This
Map And Area Studies: You Need to Read This Solid information as always from the BCE. Here is one of his older post that contains a link to make DIY Hard Copy Maps. Here is a link to QGIS, an Open Source Geographic Information System where you can make your own maps.