Editor’s note: This article was originally published in 2016. Given the recent events going on around us, I believe the information...

Novels about survival and handbooks are helpful, but history is one of the greatest teachers. In studying survival techniques, I...

Leaving home in a hurry is something most preppers have given some thought to. Your house might be well prepared...

If you’re checking the perimeter and you see three or four armed men cutting the fence, there’s a clear threat....

All the pioneers who settled the American West were tough and resourceful, but the Mountain Men were probably the toughest...

By Claude Davis Many preppers swear by activated charcoal. Well, why not? It’s an incredibly versatile substance. You can make...

By Claude Davis Most things you do can help you prep. They can be little things – buying an extra...

By Claude Davis Ah, MREs. Meals Rejected by Ethiopians. Meals Rejected by the Enemy. Meals Rejected by Everyone. It actually...

Nostalgia is nothing new, and it applies to people as much as to anything else. Whatever generation we belong to...

Plenty people distrust the financial system, and they’re right to. When our society is ticking over as normal everything works...

Remember the high hopes for the “Arab Spring” in 2011? It’s almost forgotten now, apart from one grim legacy –...

I wrote this free, detailed, step-by-step guide with pictures just to show you how ridiculously easy it is to make your own...

Shelf life varies, depending on the storage conditions and the food. You will usually see a range indicated for shelf...

A time wracked with suicide and fear the great depression was a holly terror on the nation. Many people exclaim...

Stockpiling food is a key part of being prepared. Even if you have the skills and space to grow your...

I think we should make a comprehensive list with the foods we prefer to store (price, quantity, shelf-life, flavor). We'll all...

Being prepared is all about having fallback options that will keep supplying you with necessities when normal methods fail. If...

Today you’ll find some “little” survival tricks popular in the early 1900’s. 100 years ago Gallaher Ltd printed a short...

Gel testing was made famous by the FBI. They used ballistic gelatin to test a wide variety of rounds and...

When putting together a Bug Out Bag, people often focus a lot on what kind of shelter they can carry...

If you know what you’re doing it’s not hard to take yourself off the grid in many ways. Growing your own...

Two years ago, Venezuela was a normal functioning nation, relatively speaking of course. It was by no means a free...

Image this; you’re in a large department store in the shopping mall with your family on a busy Saturday. Suddenly,...

After any SHTF scenario or major natural disaster, food is going to be one of the most vital things to...

In any SHTF scenario, the chances are you're going to have to supplement your diet by foraging for quite a...

There are about 2,000,000 burglaries in the United States alone each year. That works out to roughly one break-in every...

The survivors of a major EMP event are going to have to adjust to doing without a lot of technology...

The power of the sun is really amazing and somehow underestimated. Here is the solar panels surface required to power...

Human beings have been using metals since Neolithic times, but the metals our ancient ancestors used were the type that...

When we think of the Wild West we often think of the old films with John Wayne or Clint Eastwood....