“Plan for the worst and hope for the best.” This kind of thinking can be dangerous if you don’t think things through properly. You need to have some balance and some logical thinking in your planning.
Should you build a SHTF team or go it alone?
If SHTF, is it better to trust no one and go it alone or build a team to go through hell together? Both plans have their pros and cons. If you build a team, what should you look for? How do you trust them?
So you think you need full body armor? Really?
Safeguard Armor contacted me recently to see if I’d check out their Stealth body armor and let everyone know what I think. I’ve had experience with different kinds of body armor, both concealed armor with civilian clothes as well as that freaking hot and heavy shit I wore in Iraq and Afghanistan so I thought this would be an interesting topic and figured I’d write about SHFT body armor for preppers as well as do a prepper gear review at the same time.
Using Kim’s Game to increase your observational skills
Kim’s game is a training aid used by snipers & government agents around the world to notice & remember details. Kids love this game!
Best bugout vehicle project: Jeep Grand Cherokee
So, after a search that started when I was in Afghanistan a couple months, I picked up a SHTF bugout vehicle: a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Why this one? That’s the focus of this post.
Graywolfsurvival SHTF vehicle part1: The search
So what vehicle would be not only the best SHTF vehicle but also affordable by the normal working person in the US? I’m going to buy a vehicle that satisfies what I need and then go through some of the improvements I make to it so I can give you some ideas of where to start and where to go with your vehicles.