Day 296: Survival Preparation. Task 21. Rotation and Inspection Checklist
Task Twenty-One Mild: Rotation and Inspection Checklist Monthly: Test fire alarms Quarterly: (1 Jan, 1 April, 1 July, 1 Oct): Rotate gas in spare cans Power bars, emergency water in vehicle Semi-Annual: (1 Jan, 1 July): Replace fire alarm batteries; check first aid kits Conduct fire drill Check all emergency food Annual: Check Grab-n-Go bags. […]
Day 294: Survival Preparation. Task 19 and 20. Basic and More Advanced Water Preparation
Water is most often our survival priority as we can only last three days without it. So tasks 19 and 20 are basic and then more advanced about what you need. Task Nineteen Mild: Water Checklist 3 Gallons of water person. Rotate every six months. 2 bottles of water in the car (preferably a case […]
Day 292: Survival Preparation. Task 18. Emergency Communication
This is one of the four basics items needed: Task Eighteen Mild: If you don’t have one, get an emergency radio for your home. Example: Running Snail Solar Crank NOAA Radio with flashlight, powerbank: The Green Beret Pocket-Sized Survival Guide Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide.
On West Point and the Honor Code
“A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” This is one of the first things imprinted on New Cadets when they arrive at West Point for Beast Barracks. Along with such tantalizing bits as “How’s the cow?” and “How many gallons in Lusk Reservoir?” You know, important stuff. There was also […]
The Fetterman Massacre; Patton Dies; Winter Solstice
I was looking at what today is, and what happened in history on this day, and realized that over my 30 years of writing, I’ve covered a lot of ground. My wife is kinda tired of me saying “I wrote about that” when something comes up on TV. The Fetterman Massacre in 1866 was a […]
Thoughts on Tenet. James Bond meets Christopher Nolan
Liked it a lot. Let’s start with that. Lots of action, lots of locales, lots of strangeness regarding time, which always sucks me in. Some semi-spoilers ahead, but that doesn’t really matter. Because your guess on a lot of this is as good as mine. I don’t understand it yet, and have a feeling, as […]
Day 279: Pandemic. A Rant From the World’s Hottest Spot
Tennessee is #1. Yay! 1 out of every 100 people are infected with active COVID. Here in Knoxville, where we live, we have a bunch of hospitals, including UT’s large medical center. There are zero ICU beds available. So don’t even think about having a heart attack, or a stroke, or getting in an accident, […]
Day 279: Survival Preparation. Task 17. Emergency Communication
It is unlikely your team will all be in the same place when a disaster strikes. We are overly reliant on cell phone communication. In a moderate or extreme emergency, it is likely that this service will either be interrupted (lack of power, towers destroyed) or overwhelmed with too many people trying to call at […]
Day 276: Survival Preparation. Task 16. APPs You Need To Download Now
A WORD ON USING APPS! Don’t just download an App and ignore. Open it. Most require some form of sign in which could be awkward during an emergency. Explore it. How does it work? What does it do and what doesn’t it do? Some apps are battery intensive, especially locator apps. You can never rely […]
Day 274: Survival Preparation. GPS and Maps: Tasks 15
Do you have a physical road map in your car? A key step in conducting an Area Study is to have maps. Actual, physical maps. We are a society that is overly reliant on technology in many ways. Cell phones for communication are one. GPS for navigating is another. GPS stands for Global Positioning System. […]
What Cascade Events/Misconceptions Led To Pearl Harbor?
This is excerpted from The Green Beret Guide to Seven Great Disasters II which is free today, 7 December. “Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it would not be enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have […]
Day 271: Survival Preparation Area Study Continued: Tasks 12, 13, 14
Let’s resume our preparation Tasks. To recap, you already have your emergency supply of water and you’ve made your home safer. This makes sense since we spend the majority of our time there. Now we expand outward to our immediate Area of Operations. This really starts to tighten things down for your Area Study and […]
Special Operations Survival Hacks and information
A free slideshow. Information and actions that are critical to survival. Water, snakes, hiking, first aid and more. Tidbits of information that can save your life.
1 Dec: Free & Discounted books; A Great Xmas Gift; First Vidcast
Welcome to the Thanksgiving to Christmas stretch. This year it will be a hard time and we all need to be safe. It’s a good time to curl up and read some books. Today, Area 51: Interstellar is free. The Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide is only .99 through 4 December. The Nightstalker books, Nightstalkers, […]