If this get’s approved, it will save countless lives on the battlefield and on the mean streets….
Category: Survival
Remembering Mr. SMOLES for the Utilitarian Pragmatist that he was!
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 useful, instead of prognosticating…
Beware of Fake Tourniquets!
A Fake Tourniquet Could Cost Your Life! Counterfeit tourniquets, of all things. On July 14, 2015, an Ocean City, New Jersey patrolman applied a tourniquet to an 18-year old traffic victim’s leg. This action is credited with saving her life. On August 8, 2015, a Florida deputy sheriff investigator used a tourniquet to save the…
Surviving a Hazmat: The Rule of Thumb and the 3 U’s
Imagine this … you’re sitting there in your car waiting for the light to turn green and over to your left you see a huge flash of fire and then a split second later a deafening BOOM! You’re in the middle of a train derailment, one where several rail tankers have collided and caused an explosion….
The “Batteriser”: Essential Prepper Gear
Batteriser is a $2.50 gadget that extends disposable battery life by 800 percent by Jon Phillips | Bob Roohparvar tells a killer story of industrial espionage. He says the robbery occurred last October at his Batteroo office space in a sprawling Silicon Valley office park. The target was intellectual property surrounding Batteriser, a simple metal sleeve…
Essential Gear: The PTK 1.0
With the recent rash of active shooter/terrorist incidents (You know things have went to shit when you have to ask “Which rash of shootings are you talking about… last week or this week?”) I thought it prudent to re-iterate a piece of kit I think every SERIOUS CO should have on them at all times,…
The Top 8 Deadly Myths About Survivalism
When it comes to material about Survival on this blog, I like the more practical, down-to-earth stuff like this, which not surprisingly is getting harder and harder to find as more of the “snake oil” survivalist come out of the woodwork . Trust me when I say this folks: Common sense goes a long way…
Time to Renew my FFL 03, now it’s time for you to get Yours!
I recently received my FFL 03 or Curio and Relics Firearms License renewal form in the mail. I originally purchased the License 3 years ago for $30. When I was a noob to the game back then I talked about becoming a CRUFFLER and since then it has allowed me to purchase numerous firearms and…
Surplus Ammo
Not a bad primer on Surplus Ammo. For my fellow “Crufflers” out there, most of this is old news but I would pay close attention however to the IANSA’s and U.N’s perspective on surplus ammo. I will also be listing some additional companies at the end of this article besides the ones listed where you…
A Green Beret’s Introduction to Trauma Medicine
by Jeremiah Johnson Hello there, Ready Nutrition Readers, fasten your seat belts and prepare to vault into Trauma First-Aid Medicine, Warp Factor 1! In this introduction we are going to go over some medical basics: some courses you may wish to take and a brief introduction to a primary survey. In part 2…