Skills
Planning Your Escape
The questions to answer before you evacuate: where you will go, how you will get there, and what you will do once you arrive, tailored to the threat.
Ronald
Ronald's been taking things apart since before US Preppers existed, just to see if they hold up. Research, writing, gear testing, all of it runs through him, and the kitchen table pays for it. Bug-out bags get stripped to the stitching. Water filters get timed against each other, over and over, longer than anyone reasonable would bother. Food storage claims get checked against a bucket that's actually sat in a garage through a real winter and a real summer, not a lab. If he hasn't put his hands on it, or trusts someone who has, it doesn't make it past him. It's not really a work thing, it's just how he's built. Reads the manual first, asks the annoying question second. Lives in the U.S., and a new box on the porch still gets treated like the start of something worth figuring out.
Safety
Self Defense for Women and Families
Practical self-defense basics for women and families, from situational awareness and reading body language to protecting your head in an attack.
Skills
DIY Survival Hacks For The Smart Prepper
Inexpensive DIY survival hacks you can make from household items, including homemade fire starters, for when supplies run low and you are in a pinch.
Safety
Practical Prepper Home Defense
A practical guide to layering home defense, covering passive steps like security assessments and cameras alongside active measures to protect your family.
Safety
Strategies For Tactical Training
The core skills of tactical training, from the OODA loop to clearing malfunctions, and how to practice under stress until your reactions become instinct.
Safety
Personal Defense 101
Guns Guns are the personal defense tool of choice for many. They tend to be the first means of protection when the topic of defense comes up in conversation. Handguns, shotguns, rifles, semi-automatic, double barreled pump, military-style, magnum, black powder blunderbuss, the types and styles ra...
Safety
Tactical Training For Beginners
Why tactical training is not just for professionals, and how beginners can build the mental and physical readiness to handle real-world threats.
Safety
Self Defense For Today And The End Of The World
The foundations of self-defense for both everyday life and a collapse, from personal awareness to martial arts, so you are never an easy target.
Safety
Home Defense Strategy for TEOTWAWKI
A home defense strategy for TEOTWAWKI, covering guard dogs, property observation, and the layers that protect your stockpile and family.
Skills
The Top 50 Items To Barter With In Case Of Disaster
A practical list of 50 tradeable goods to stockpile now, from precious metals and water filters to ammunition, so you have something of value to swap when money stops working.
Gear
Aluminum Foil: The OTHER Duct Tape
Surprising survival uses for aluminum foil, from cooking and boiling water to reflecting heat and building a solar oven when gear is scarce.
Health
Drug Expiration Dates – Is Your Stockpile Medication Safe?
What drug expiration dates actually mean, how long medications stay potent after the label date, and whether your stockpiled medicine is still safe.