You know Bio-Warfare has always both intrigued and scared the Hell out of me..the though of putting something like this in an aerosol bomb or in a city water supply makes alot of folks at the CDC terminal insomniacs. The Imperial Japanese Army was the first to use plague, when in 1940 they dropped plague…
Category: Survival
Drillin with the Kalash
Been hitting the range lately and wanted to drop a few drills and pointers…some of these are mine, some are not…find what works for you and build your own list. 1. Learning to control the weapon is key. Forget in front of the magazine hold..adapt a full front hand guard grip that mimics a torqueing…
The Vehicle Kit
There is a plethora of info out there about BOB’s, BUG’s and other really cool sounding 3 letter prepper acronyms so I won’t waste your time re-hashing old intel. I do however want to bring your attention to a very important piece of kit in the CO inventory: the Vehicle Kit. Now whether you keep…
Homemade Survival Bars
These are not for the health nut or 1% body fat crowd…these are designed to be made in bulk and to keep you alive with alot of calories.You can store these in an airtight container or ziploc bags for reasonable amounts of time..due to the milk content, these are not 50 year NASA bars. Soda…
Do you Mothball your Medical Training?
Often Medical training is one of the most overlooked areas in the Civilian Operator’s toolbox…it is more than having a boo boo bag or that tacti-cool Trauma Pack, as in all things, it comes down to KNOWING. KNOWLEDGE combined with QUICK RESPONSE can save lives. Personalizing your kit and training to your specific household’s…
It’s the End of the World as I Know It….(and I feel Fine)
You know as of late, there has been ALOT of chatter on forums and in barber shops about all this unrest in the Middle East being the BEGINNING of the END. Now, this articles aim is not Religious or Political in nature, not because I am a man of unbelief or callous to US foreign…
Where are you PTK??
(By Contributing Author Mark Edwards) A few days before the tragic Batman Movie Massacre in Colorado, I found myself without my Pocket Trauma Kit (PTK). In my daily travels, I find my brain dwelling on tasks at hand, and then at stop lights, sometimes wondering what I forgot to bring along. On a recent Thursday, it was my PTK. Some background might be in order. A few years…
Mental Freelancing
I am a huge fan of mental exercises to keep us sharp and focused in matters relating to security. I equate these drills to dry firing with our weapons: it does not cost us a dime and we maximize our time in the process, cementing the fundamentals. The exercise I will describe below can be…
Survival Computing: When “The Cloud” Goes Dark
By HCS Technical Staff When you imagine the archetypal Walking Dead/Katrina/Tornado type disaster scenario, we creatures of comfort may find the thought of our electronic gadgets and gizmos being rendered useless utterly terrifying. The truth of the matter is that hardware and software used to send, store, and receive information (“IT” or Information Technology) is…