What’s Ahead: 2024 Focus

Federal authorities are bracing for more political unrest in 2024, as the election draws near. We, as Americans, are more divided than ever before. A Chinese Military-Aged-Male was just arrested for a hoax hate crime (he painted a swastika on a synagogue), and the FBI warned that he had been all over the country. Iran, Russia, and China are conspiring across the globe, and using their minor proxies to wage war (Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, Venezuela) and try to draw us into a wider war.

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.  Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.

Matthew 24:6-8

All of this tells me that it’s time to upgrade the preparations. What does this mean for Tactical Wisdom? It means that in 2024, my focus will be on getting out and teaching. I will be holding courses all over, and both NC Scout and I will be lending a hand at each other’s courses, continuing to build the community of like-minded prepared citizens that has been our goal for the last year.

I’m bringing a lot of new partners into that mix. More to come on that in the coming weeks.

To this end, I have been invited by His Grace, the Duke of Montana (inside joke, IYKYK), to serve as his Provost Marshal (security director) in His Grace’s sovereign lands, the Swan River Valley of Montana. There, we have a beautiful 80-acre facility (soon to be expanded – more to come) to use in partnership with a Veteran’s Charity local to the area. I will be hosting classes there, assisting others with classes there, and generally helping His Grace the Duke in establishing and managing the Duchy’s training center and security operations.

The first class I’ll be offering is Fieldcraft, in Bigfork, Montana, May 3-5, 2024. The week before that, NC Scout will be running an RTO Course (April 26-April 28) and a SIGINT Course (April 29-May 1) in Montana. There is a one-day gap between his classes and mine, to allow folks a little time to explore the camp and the local scenery. You can register for NC Scout’s classes by clicking the hyperlink above.

We scheduled these this way so that someone could attend them all with minimal time off from work (it’s 10 days – just over a week with both weekends). I know a few folks have planned to do just that. We will give more information as we get closer, but registration is open for all the classes and there are a limited number of slots.

The Fieldcraft Course is based upon TW-02 Fieldcraft. You will learn basic individual and team movement in a potentially hostile environment. We will spend a good chunk of time learning (or dusting off) land navigation skills with a map and compass, both during day and night (don’t worry, it’s not that hard). We will train on how to select and set up a secure campsite with minimal noise and signature. We’ll also go over setting your gear and making a few different tarp shelters. Be prepared to be outdoors in the spring in Montana.

While the skill sets are similar, this is NOT a Bushcraft class. Bushcraft refers simply to primitive outdoor living skills. Fieldcraft, on the other hand, is conducting those skills in a TACTICAL environment, while trying to avoid contact with others.

As the summer wears on, we will be adding classes based on my other books, and also developing some other curriculum with input from some of our new partners. 

I will be offering other classes elsewhere as well, but the ultimate goal is to answer the call of His Grace, the Duke of Montana, and move the operation to Montana. Earlier this month, I held a Communications for Preparedness class in Mount Pleasant, Michigan which was very well received by all of the attendees. I also am partnering with Ready Made Resources to use their excellent facility in Tennessee this year. Keep watch here for updates to the training schedule.

Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.  Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:9-13

Friends, we must stand firm to the end. To do that, we need to train.

I think 2024 will see a lot of escalating violence and I feel that we need to push training. I urge you to come and join us. Spend time learning and building community with like-minded people. 

Next Saturday, I’ll be hosting a live stream on my Locals page (tacticalwisdom.locals.com) for my monthly supporters where we will be going over Civil Disturbance training and learning how to better plan for unrest. You can support me by becoming a Locals supporter or donating here.