When planning out a survival garden, it’s important to think about the kinds of trees you want on your property and how they can come in handy when SHTF. Certain trees can provide food, fuel, shelter, and even medicine for you and your family during an emergency. And even if you don’t intend to grow… Read More

The Marine skivvy roll pack is the perfect way to travel efficiently while making sure you have all your essential clothing items. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, the skivvy roll is a method for packing a shirt, underwear, and a pair of socks into a compact, pill-shaped bundle. Finding ways to use space efficiently… Read More

If SHTF and your water supply runs dry, knowing how to harvest rainwater can be an invaluable skill. According to the EPA, the average US citizen uses almost 100 gallons of water per day. Even in a survival situation, each person in your household would still need about 2-4 gallons a day for drinking and… Read More

A few years ago, I was doing some research on advanced weapons and learned about 6 new “less-lethal” tools that all sound like something out of a comic book. Each of these weapons is designed to control crowds and clear streets in the event of a violent protest, or general civil unrest. Could they be… Read More

Special OPerations SECurity (OPSEC) is a highly-debated topic in the prepping community. Some say it’s vital. Others think it’s BS. The truth, as usual, is somewhere in-between. In this article, I cover the basics of OPSEC and go in-depth on tactics survivalist and preppers should be utilizing in their day-to-day lives. Prepper OPSEC Tactics for… Read More

In the early 1330s, a deadly disease began to spread in Asia.  The sickness killed people with such terrifying speed that one observer wrote it was as if victims “…ate lunch with their friends and dinner with their ancestors in paradise.” Even more frightening was how rapidly the disease seemed to jump from one person… Read More

Even ignoring the threat of nuclear war, billions of people still risk facing dangerous levels of radiation poisoning. By now, many have forgotten about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and consider it to be an isolated incident. What no one talks about is the fact that roughly 80 percent of the radioactivity from the Fukushima… Read More

Having a knife on hand is an absolute must during a survival situation. A good survival knife can help you catch food, build shelter, and defend yourself from attacks. Unfortunately, this use will cause the knife to go dull, which means you’ll also need a way to sharpen it. How to Sharpen Your Knife in… Read More

Many survivalists already know how important it is to collect ammunition before an emergency, but what about proper long-term ammo storage? Like with food, poor storage can damage your ammunition to the point of making it useless or even dangerous to use. This limits your supply of ammunition for self-defense, and cuts down on ammo… Read More

You don’t have to be James Bond to get your hands on these cutting-edge spy weapons. Now, I never go looking for trouble, but that doesn’t mean I’m naïve enough to think trouble won’t ever find me or my family. Perhaps you’ve heard the recent story about the woman who was attacked by a sexual predator… Read More