The CIA. The DIA. The NSA. The FBI. The DHS. Even the IRS. Our government employs a whole alphabet of...

The US has always been a famously optimistic country. From our beginning, rebelling against the greatest empire the world has...

There are a lot of reasons for living off the grid. You’re not relying on someone else to provide your...

Imagine this country without electricity. No, not in the 19th century, when everyone was used to hand-operated tools and industry...

Americans are mobile people. We move around the country for family or work reasons, and even when we settle somewhere...

Since the end of WWII the US has been the world’s greatest economic, diplomatic and military power. When the Cold...

As preppers, most of us are aware of the dangers of an EMP attack. Unlike most of the population, we’ve...

A lot of people think that nuclear war would be the end of the world. The truth is that, except...

Years ago I read Stephen King’s epic Dark Tower series. Right at the start of the second book the antihero,...

Even when times are good, foraging can save you a good bit on your grocery bills. In a crisis it...

The USA has a few problems, but the one on everyone’s minds right now is inflation. Rising prices mean our...

Many things changed when the Soviet Union fell apart in the early 1990s, but at the time it felt like...

Meals Ready to Eat have a bad reputation – three lies for the price of one, soldiers say – but...

When a crisis hits you’ll stand a much better chance of surviving if you have a good gun. Whether it’s...

If you’re on this site it’s a pretty fair bet you think prepping is the smart thing to do. Of...

Take a moment to look around your home. How many of the tools and appliances you use every day rely...

Surviving a crisis is a lot easier if you’re appropriately armed. With the right weapons, you can protect yourself from...

A lot of preppers don’t see the point in archery. We have guns, after all; why bother with a weapon...

There’s no point prepping for a crisis if, as soon as it hits, someone steals all your supplies and equipment....

Forget about COVID, migration and war with North Korea for a minute, and look at the real threat to the...

We all know some dangerous wilderness survival myths that can get you killed – cutting a snakebite open and sucking...

When most people think of preppers, one of the first images in their mind is probably a big bunker full...

Prepping is a state of mind. At a fundamental level you believe in preparedness or you don’t; it’s black and...

Is the USA going to collapse? Nobody can say. There are a few things that could cause a collapse, but...

We can’t see in the dark, and that’s a bad thing. Yes, this is a pretty obvious statement, but that...

World War Two was a total war, and the Allies had to mobilize their whole economies to produce the weapons...

As preppers, we’re all used to rotating our food supplies. When you come home from the store with five cans...

Being a prepper can be hard work. You have skills to learn, tools and supplies to collect and maintain, a...

We try to be prepared to survive any situation we find ourselves in, and for most of us one of...

Getting to your bug out location on foot is slow and strenuous, but it’s reliable. If an EMP has disabled...