Archive for the ‘TEOTWAWKI’ Category

  Today I just spent about $60 on Amazon.com – but I got a ton of great things for my bug out bag! I’m also an NRA Certified Concealed Carry Instructor, so these items will also come in handy during my courses – I hope I never need them! Here’s what I ordered. New Israeli [...]

Holy Crap… Did You See This??

Posted: 29th August 2012 by Andrew in SHTF, Survival, TEOTWAWKI

Two Tons of Uranium Seized by Bolivian Police This is a direct threat to our existance. Who do you think the buyers would have been? al-Qaeda? Jihad? Other Muslim extremist groups? I’d be willing to bet they were going to sell this two tons of uranium to make a few dirty bombs that would make [...]

Recently, Washington D.C. and a lot of other areas have been without power due to weather. It looks like they’ll be offline for over 10 days! Without power, you won’t have the ability to: Keep perishable items cold Cook with anything that requires electricity Adjust your household temperature Pump water from your well Use household [...]

Your survival knife is one of the most important pieces of equipment and will save your life. It can really be the center of your survival when all you are left is with is your survival knife. We previously ran an article on how to purchase a survival knife and this offers more insight to [...]

The military trains its troops with one method - repetitive drills. Muscle memory is where its at! Its super important that when a SHTF scenario happens, you and your family is ready to react – at least until things settle down. Here are your goals: Get to safety as quick as possible Make sure you have [...]

Even Survivalists Need a Laugh In First Blood, John Rambo is reintroduced to civilian life after spending the last few years (or movies) kicking a** in Vietnam. Apparently Rambo’s transition to civilian life is a rocky one (pun intended) as an insult from a small town’s sheriff angers Rambo to a point where he becomes [...]

Group or Solo Survival?

Posted: 14th March 2012 by Andrew in Survival, TEOTWAWKI
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The Army Special Forces works in 12-man groups where they share specialties between the members in the areas of: weapons, engineering, medicine, communications, and operations and intelligence. They are able to help each other out as they are also trained to overlap each other’s skills to support the team in the event one or more [...]

Is Survival Gear More Important Than Knowledge? Let’s say you are poised with this question on a rainy, cold day in the comfort of your living room. You would probably say that with good gear, survival becomes easier. Now consider if you had to answer this question if your plane crashed in the wilderness somewhere [...]

In the event that you have lost a member of your party and know they may be in some desolate location, it pays to know some basic search and rescue (SAR) skills so that you can go about finding them based on your training and organization. These are also useful skills to know in the [...]

Finding Water for Survival in the Wild

Posted: 13th February 2012 by Andrew in TEOTWAWKI

Finding Water for Survival in the Wild If you have found yourself in a situation where you are lost or stranded in the wild and need water, it pays to know where to look. Water is the most important resource you will need, as the body requires it before it requires food. As a survivalist [...]