As you all know by now, I advocate a low-tech to no-tech approach. Mostly, this is because we can’t rely on having the ability to connect to a network, or to even charge and power our devices. Being low-to-no tech keeps us able to function.

Recently, however, a couple of events have me leaning even farther from technology. While it’s a great tool for us all to chat and learn, it’s also a tether to the world’s largest surveillance system. I’ll illustrate in a bit how seemingly innocuous things can link you to thought crimes in the New America. The first event was attending NC Scout’s (www.brushbeater.org) SIGINT course, where he taught how pattern of life data is collected via the web. The second is reading the indictments of the J6 defendants, and especially the newer ones, being charged on very shaky grounds.

Let’s face it, everyone was worried about being microchipped, yet they are never more than 3 feet from their phone. You don’t need to be microchipped; you are VOLUNTARILY submitting to tracking. Don’t come at me with “but I turned location tracking off”; I’ve told you repeatedly and Tucker Carlson showed you on his show about how that only turns off the tracking YOU CAN SEE. Google and Apple still can track you and do.

They all, including Alexa, listen constantly. I’ve had people tell me, “but I’ve muted it.” Yes, you muted the sound you can hear. The other thing I get from people is “It only listens after I tell it to”….Well, smart guy, it wouldn’t know that you said “Hey Alexa/Google/Siri” unless IT WAS ALREADY LISTENING. Those recordings can be, and have been, subpoenaed and used as evidence.

The best thing you can do to defeat this threat is to throw away your cell phone. We all know that’s not going to happen, so I offer a solution. Don’t take your phone places you don’t want to be tracked to, and leave your phone in the car when having conversations you don’t want anyone to hear. The biggest pushback I hear is “but if you’re not doing anything wrong, why do you care?” Two reasons, the first is that our system is NOT based on the premise that we should be surveilled in case we commit a crime. The second is that free speech can, and has been, interpreted as seditious conspiracy. The entire debacle that is the Michigan Whitmer plot was really nothing more than a bunch of drunken campfire conversations that got steered in the wrong direction.

Another option comes from our friends at SLNT. I have a SLNT Faraday Dry Bag (see above). This bag is 2.5 liters, just big enough to store my phone and a tablet. Not only does it protect against EMP and is waterproof, it stops all RF signals. I have tested it out thoroughly and it’s a solid product. Even cooler is that after having a discussion with the folks at SLNT, they told me that anyone who clicks my affiliate link below the picture will get 10% off their purchase, and the bag is only $49.95.

Let’s talk tactical use here. If you drive to a location for a “mutual aid group” meeting, then drop your phone in the bag at the meeting location, and then pull it out after the meeting, all you did was alert folks that you did something interesting at that location, and that they should ping all phones that were in that area. A better idea is to keep the bag in the car, and drive to a logical location like a shopping mall or movie theater and put the phone in the bag there. Then go to your meeting elsewhere, drive back, and take the phone out of the bag in that same lot. There, it looks like you went shopping or to a movie. Tradecraft is important.

In a Post-WROL situation, just keeping any tech that you have inside of a Faraday dry bag is smart idea. I have several friends who keep “WROL Tablets” that have hundreds of manuals and files, plus maps stored on them. You can recharge the tablet from a solar panel. Personally, though, I recommend not using an Android Tablet for this. If you do, never connect it to your home Wi-Fi and use generic log in data. Needless to say, for security reasons, I’d never use a cell-enabled tablet for anything secure.

The second thing that happened was reading the FBI criminal complaints. The FBI obtained purchase histories from people who made Amazon purchases and were at the January 6th event. They listed as evidence of seditious conspiracy things like buying a “black tactical backpack”, purchases of “Baofeng Radios”, and “black Under Armor face mask”.

I know, Amazon is so easy to buy from and you can’t beat their turnaround time. But they are turning over your data the second they are asked. I get it, I sell the majority of my books there and I even use Amazon Affiliate Links here, because it is the way we buy now, but understand that there is also a time and a place for cash purchases.

Let me clarify, before someone gets this twisted: I don’t advocate what happened on January 6th, and in fact, I told people that they shouldn’t go, because it was a terrible idea and a trap. My opposition to going was because I KNEW that the government would do EXACTLY what they are doing. Some of those people I warned (including one prominent one) are under indictment now. Don’t take the bait.

That being said, if you ARE going to do dumb things, don’t order all your supplies via Amazon, fly commercial to the area, and then register at a hotel down the street. Don’t carry your phone around. This isn’t hard. This is how we targeted folks in the sandbox. It’s called patterning.

It wouldn’t be me if I didn’t bring up some Tactical Wisdom and some history to illustrate the point, so here we go.

Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said, so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

Luke 20:20

The use of informants isn’t new, and even this account of spies deployed against Jesus is several thousand years after Jezebel used spies to entrap Naboth so that he would be executed and she could take his land. The more a nation relies on informants and undercover operations, the more tyrannical it is.

One of the grievances that the Colonials had against the Crown that led to the American Revolution was this gem:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences

That sounds pretty similar to arresting people all over the US and dragging them to Washington DC for detention, and then delaying the trials.

I will leave you with this piece of the Declaration to close us out, presented without comment:

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us

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When I talk about food shortages, a lot of folks roll their eyes and call me alarmist. They say, “Yes, but this is AMERICA. It can’t happen here.” Ok, let’s talk about that.

As I type this, around 290 thousand Ohioans are in the dark and without power on the hottest day of the year so far. They are without power ON PURPOSE. ON PURPOSE. The power authority turned it off on purpose to prevent strain on the grid. Meanwhile, the poorest and most disadvantaged in Columbus, OH are in the dark, hot, and hungry. There was a shooting today at a cooling center that left 1 dead and 2 wounded. How many old people are dying with no money to get gasoline to leave, and no air conditioning?

And it’s being done ON PURPOSE.

We talk a lot about normalcy bias here, which is the tendency to deny that something is happening because “it can’t happen here”. Prior to 2020, could you ever imagine a situation in which the entire nation was shut down and ordered to stay home, and told that they must provide documents and reasons for moving about? No, you couldn’t, but it happened anyway.

I have a piece of Scripture here that sums this up:

Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, their blood will be on their own head. If they had heeded the warning, they would have saved themselves.

Ezekiel 33:5

We are facing a series of crises all at the same time, which are all coming to a head at the same time. Rising gas prices, a war which cannot be contained, increasing civil tensions, electrical grid issues, incompetent governance, and a looming food shortage are all happening at the same time. A man whose opinion I value said this – we could weather any one of these at any time, but we cannot weather them all at once.

Heed the warning. Farmers are all over the internet warning about looming food shortages due to drought, fertilizer unavailability, rising feed costs, and rising diesel prices. Many of us are out on Twitter and Facebook sharing photos of the grocery stores and gas stations. Even the US government is finally admitting that we will have food shortages.

Make no mistake, I am in NO WAY saying that America will not have food. We will always have food, because God has provided us with some of the most fertile land on earth. The problem is that the food will be priced so high that the middle class won’t be able to afford it. Yes, I said the middle class because the lower-class will always be given government subsidies.

Couple this with the expected civil unrest anticipated with the Roe V Wade SCOTUS decision and you have the perfect storm for a bloody, hot, hungry, and dark summer & fall in the US. Yes, it can happen here.

“But this is America”, people say. Jerusalem was God’s Chosen City, and it was destroyed countless times. Here is a piece of Tactical Wisdom for those who say “But this is America, it can’t happen here.”:

for riches do not endure forever,
    and a crown is not secure for all generations.

Proverbs 27:24

Every single time you go to the store, buy a few extra cans of food, or maybe buy the full limit on pasta. If nothing happens and I am wrong, then you will still eventually eat the food. If I’m right, and you didn’t, you’ll be in a bad spot.

Learn how to acclimate yourself to the weather. Instead of having the thermostat set at 66, set it to 75 or 80. In the winter, lower it a bit. This way, your system isn’t shocked by the weather. Humans are actually very weather resistant, or truthfully, we used to be. The advent of heating and cooling has caused us to live our entire lives in an artificial bubble of 66-70 degrees. Vary that by 5 degrees and modern people get very uncomfortable. Spend more time outdoors.

Start walking now. If gas prices continue to climb, you will be walking no matter what, because gas stations won’t even be able to buy gas to sell to you. Start acclimating yourself to using your feet.

Learn to defend yourself. I can’t tell you what that looks like for you, but I live a martial lifestyle. I have trained in martial arts, knives, sticks, and firearms. Decide what you need to learn and get after it. You need to be able to defend yourself when hungry and angry people come looking for food, and they WILL.

Build community. Get to know your neighbors. Find like-minded people (church is great for this) and start organizing (The Baseline Training Manual has tips for this). Start seeking out those with skills you might need (radio/medical).

Take a “Stop The Bleed” or First Aid class. First aid skills are the preparedness skills you will use the most and you can start using them TODAY. Learn CPR and how to use an AED (automated external defibrillator – It’s easy).

Check on your elderly neighbors and family. Those on a fixed income are being hit the hardest with no relief in sight. Make sure they are OK and offer to drive them to appointments or the store. We owe them a debt of gratitude.

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Get over the normalcy bias and PREPARE!

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If you watched The Last Kingdom, you know about Uthred Ragnarson. Uthred was trusted by both the Saxons and the Northmen, because they both knew him to be a man of principles and a man of his word. Once Uthred swore an oath, you could consider it done. In fact, the only time he went against his brother Ragnar was because his principles meant more to him than family, and he couldn’t allow a woman (Princess Aethelflaed) to be harmed by men lacking principles.

You may be wondering what this has to do with anything, but bear with me….

The only time Uthred directly betrayed King Alfred was when the good King pushed him too far and demanded too much. The King kept altering his agreement with Uthred and Uthred’s men to the point that Uthred would take no more. Sound familiar?

The same day that the new Disinformation Governance Board, or “DGB” (KGB), was formed with a radical partisan at its helm, I was reading in Isaiah. Almost immediately, this piece of Tactical Wisdom was thrown in my face:

Woe to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees.

Isaiah 10:1

Make no mistake, establishing the DGB within a law enforcement agency was an oppressive decree.

Around here, I get asked almost daily, “When is someone going to do something?”. I myself frequently remind everyone of Patrick Henry’s famous speech (delivered in a church, I might add). On that same day, while pondering all of this, this came to me from the Ultimate Tactical Handbook as well:

If you do not stand firm in your faith,
    you will not stand at all.

Isaiah 7:9b

What does my faith tell me? It tells me that I am never to deny Christ’s existence, yet I am continually told that we may have to in this country, and that while I’m at it, I will also have to apologize for believing in Him, because some time in history, someone did something bad in His name. Standing firm means I will not. I must not.

A narrative is spreading that Christianity is a risk of extremism. The same people pushing that nonsense are also claiming that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is some type of Christian Crusade, and therefore evil. That’s utter nonsense, but it is spreading.

We were forced to stop going to church for a year, and those who stood firm in their faith were arrested and charged. Many Christians, speaking out against what appears to be growing authoritarianism in the US, have been threatened with arrest or actually arrested. We were told in the Bible that we would face persecution for following Jesus and The Way, and here we are. What advice was given in the Bible for when that happens? Was the Bible wisdom “Sit back down and keep quiet” or “Go along to get along”? No. It was this Tactical Wisdom:

So then, those who suffer according to God’s Will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.

1 Peter 4:19

But we aren’t. We are meekly watching this nation and the world hurtle towards disaster.

The stock market is crashing. Food supplies are dwindling and appear to be intentionally being hampered. Supply chains are broken. The US Defense Department is emptying the armories as fast as it can to arm Ukraine, while we can’t re-arm to protect our own nation. All of this while actual evil groups are spreading civil disorder and rioting across the nation, almost completely unopposed by the police.

What can, NO, what SHOULD we do?

As people of principle, we need to stand up and say NO MORE. If only some do, those ones will be crushed by the increasingly oppressive government. If we all do, we can turn the tide.

If we continue down this course and things come completely off the rails, I urge those of us into preparedness to retain our principles and rebuild under those principles, which happen to be enshrined in our Bill of Rights, Constitution, and Declaration of Independence. These documents were inspired by God, and the Founding Fathers said that right in them.

Fans, I’m no Patrick Henry, but I say this: With a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, I pledge to you my Life, my Fortune and my sacred Honor. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

Isaiah 6:8

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Just like the lyrics to ‘Pride In The Name of Love” by U2, “Early Morning, April 4, a shot rings out….”, a tragedy occurred the morning of April 4 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Just after 8 AM, a GRPD officer stopped a vehicle driven by Patrick Lyoya for improper plates. Lyoya would fail to provide ID, then run and eventually fight the officer.

The video clearly shows Lyoya take the taser from the officer before the officer shoots and tragically kills Lyoya. This article isn’t about the shooting, but if you want a very serious breakdown of every step of the incident, check out our new YouTube channel, which can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/user/jdolio.

The focus of this article is, as always, preparedness. We would be remiss if we didn’t note that the weather is warming up, and the US has a critical mid-term election coming in the fall. A reminder from the Ultimate Tactical Handbook is in order:

A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.

The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.

Proverbs 27:12 (NLT)

When the shooting first happened, I predicted that the terrible optics of an officer shooting a black man in the back of the head would lead to protests and give the incident the longevity that certain groups were looking for to re-invigorate their agenda. Within hours, Ben Crump and all the usual suspects were en route to Grand Rapids.

As soon as the police department released the video, the “execution of an unarmed prisoner” narrative began running wild, despite clear evidence to the contrary. Inflammatory comments led to scenes like this:

Never mind that the imagery is not rooted in reality (remember “Hands up, don’t shoot), it fit the narrative. I warned immediately that violent protests would ensue and on Saturday night, Grand Rapids experienced serious protests by a large number of armed people and several armed encounters.

For our purposes, it’s important to note that once again, the police surrendered the streets and reverted to defending City government buildings, and citizens trapped in the protest zone were left on their own. At one point, BLM and New Black Panther Party protestors trapped a vehicle at an intersection and an armed man approached the driver. Fortunately, they let him go, but imagine how this could have went.

The next night, as I predicted, rioting spread to Portland, Oregon. The protestors attacked and attempted, once again, to burn down the police station. They put out a statement that the riot was revenge for the killing of Lyoya.

As people interested in preparedness, the most glaring difference this time around is that the protest groups arrived heavily armed, including with long guns, and in body armor. These are significant escalations.

Over at Forward Observer (www.forwardobserver.com), Mike and his team have been reporting on multiple training sessions being held across the country to train armed leftist groups in firearms and combat tactics. We are seeing ANTIFA embedded in Rojava and Ukraine, to gain combat experience. This new Summer of Love will be different.

In the meantime, another police shooting has occurred outside of Pittsburgh, and we have seen two days of protesting there.

As our Tactical Wisdom above says, the prudent see danger and take precautions. We need to adjust our plans to include preparations, once again, to be ready for spontaneous protests.

Begin by double-checking your Get Home Bag. Ensure that you have adjusted it for the seasonal change. Springtime means more rain, so you need rain gear. Consider adding a face mask and a couple of hats for quick appearance changes and a black hoodie or packable jacket for blending in. Self-defense items are not a bad thing to add either.

Monitor social media groups locally to remain aware of potential protest activity, so that you can plan your day to avoid them. If a protest develops while you are somewhere, immediately develop a plan and switch to your alternate route.

If you happen across a protest, stop and turn around, and go the other way. We all like to talk tough about what we would do when an armed man approaches our car or these people try to block you in, but reality must intrude. The current legal situation is NOT in favor of lawful self-defense. Also, you serve no purpose by lawfully defending yourself against one guy, just to be killed by the mob before you can get away. Avoid conflict by being prepared and planning.

If you find yourself in a protest area for an extended time, like if you’re stuck at work or in a hotel, you can gather information. Watch for agitators, some may be known to you from previous events and document their activity. If you have a police scanner with a search or “close call” function, listen to determine what frequencies the protest groups are using (they use the same Baofengs as everyone else).

Developing a database of personalities, their vehicles, and their known radio frequencies could turn out to be very helpful should things eventually develop kinetically. It will allow you to know who to avoid (I say that for the Feds who read this).

If you think I’m ringing the alarm bells too early, I want to share with you an email about this event I received earlier today. They literally compare it to George Floyd and falsely claim that Lyoya was unarmed (he was armed with the officer’s taser). They are going to use this all summer. Prepare yourself.

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One of the biggest challenges we face in preparedness and trying to respond to situations is information overload. We have phones that provide us with instantaneous access to intelligence information that would have taken weeks or months to produce in World War 2. The problem, though, is the inundation of raw data and confusing that with intelligence product; they are not the same thing.

Wisdom is a shelter
    as money is a shelter,
but the advantage of knowledge is this:
    Wisdom preserves those who have it.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

The best example I can give today comes from the Russo-Ukrainian War (also known as the Slavic Civil War). We are currently seeing raw data and raw video from Bucha. It’s horrendous and there were clearly war crimes committed there, and most likely by the Russians, but there has been no time to conduct thorough analysis. This hasn’t stopped the stopped the media from making pronouncements.

Let’s be clear, I’m using the incident to illustrate the concept of analysis, I am in no way claiming the Russians did NOT do it, in fact, I said above it’s highly likely that they did. We are going to look at how to analyze information using it as an example.

This is the scale we use to rate information. In the Bucha case, the video comes from the AFP, so we rate them as B, “Usually Reliable”. However, the AFP reporter was on a guided tour with a Ukrainian government agent, so we can’t give it a top credibility score. The Ukrainian side, as well as the Russian, has put out false information (like the Snake Island 13).

One point we must consider is “Who benefits”? The Ukrainian government would certainly benefit. This doesn’t make the information untrue, but it’s a consideration that should temper our analysis.

Now, Russians are known for their harsh treatment of civilians, so that would seem to move this up the reliability scale. The issue we have is that the Ukrainian government has also allowed, and in fact encouraged, the lynching and killing of suspected Russian collaborators, so we can’t immediately discount that possibility. Based upon these facts, we can rate the information that Russia committed the massacre as “Possibly True” or “Probably True” at best, since it is consistent with other information, yet not certain.

My rating on the raw data is B2, “Usually Reliable Source/Probably True”. The problem is that the media and western governments, without any investigation, is treating the information as A1 – “Completely Reliable and Confirmed by Other Sources”, which is just not true. The problem with this is that they are using it to drum up support for military intervention.

So, how can we prevent falling into this trap? By critically analyzing sources.

For example, one person told me he had “about 8 confirmed sources” that Russia DEFINITELY committed the atrocity. I asked him to please send me the sources. When he did, only 3 sources were sent, and in reading the documents, all three “sources” cited the same AFP raw video and interview with a Ukrainian security official as their source. In other words, rather than “multiple sources”, he had multiple people with the SAME SOURCE. This means only ONE SOURCE.

This is a common problem with intelligence analysis in the modern age and we call it “RUMINT” or “Rumor Intelligence”. That term started as a joke about people presenting rumors as facts, but it’s become a real thing. It’s also a real problem.

We need to always ask people for sources and then dig deeply into those sources to find the TRUE SOURCE, in this case a single report by a reporter with an agenda on a guided tour by others with the same agenda. This doesn’t mean it’s untrue, it means we need to wait for further information.

A great resource is to sign up for the Forward Observer service at http://www.forwardobserver.com. That team puts out great information.

Also, check out the Future Conflict channel on YouTube, where I appear Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings (0900-1100 Eastern) and Saturday evening (1900-2100 Eastern). We discuss current and future conflicts and their impact on your preparedness. The channel can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/c/Kyoshi080. Like and subscribe.

Fast forward to 6 months after a collapse and you’re trying to manage intelligence for your Mutual Assistance Group. Your patrols all report that 3 different refugees walking along the freeway mentioned a large military group heading down the road. If your patrols were trained to ask those refugees where they got that information, you might find that they all talked to the same farmer along their route, who warned them. You just went from confirmed by three sources to only one source. You would then go to that source and make further inquiries to determine the truth, rather than running with the falsely confirmed information, which might put you at risk from another threat.

They do this by tactical questioning, which is covered in Chapter 6 of TW-03, Defensive Operations.

In uncertain times, the deluge of raw data flying at us can be scary and we need to be certain that we aren’t falling victim to the hysteria caused by “RUMINT”. In Doctor David Perrodin’s book, The Velocity of Information, he interviewed me regarding fighting this phenomenon during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when rumors of National Guard roadblocks & checkpoints and impending lockdowns were rampant. I pointed out that there is no substitute for sending someone you trust to go and confirm the information.

Another point Dr Perrodin makes is to have a “Member Check” network. This is a group of people you know and trust that you can call and ask for observations in their area, to either confirm or refute information. His book is FULL of solid preparedness advice on Human Thinking During Chaotic Times.

I hope these ideas help you navigate the information landscape. Learn to be critical of information, even if you want to believe it. Determine the true source and then find other true sources to verify information.

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Let’s get a little housekeeping out of the way…my dear amateur radio friends, please refrain from the hysterical screeching about how wrong I am until the end; I think you’ll admit that what I say here has merit. Also, if you feel the need to discuss the FCC in the comment section, please understand that we are talking about true WROL communications, so understand that I don’t care about the FCC then. Sorry, but if we are TRULY talking about WROL comms, the FCC is not an issue. Agreed? Cool.

Some advice from the Ultimate Tactical Handbook:

Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.

Proverbs 18:2

The cold hard truth about WROL comms, which I take a lot of heat for, is that not everyone on your team needs to be a top-tier amateur radio guy and not every single person needs to have a $500-$600 handheld and a $1500 vehicle mount/base station radio. Sorry, amateur radio friends, but it’s true. Let me explain before you argue.

The VAST majority of your communication needs will honestly be INTRA-team communications. In other words, short range UHF-VHF comms among members of your team, relatively close to each other. The day-to-day communications will be everyone going about their business with their handheld radio in case they need to call for help or spread the alarm.

For example, the guys at your watch posts will have radios. A couple of people you send down to the local stream for water will need radios. Hunting parties…. radios. An OP 700 meters out, radios. None of these radios need to be a top of the line ultra-cool-guy frequency-hopping radio.

I know, encryption sounds cool. It makes you feel high speed. The truth is, I can achieve the same thing with my own brevity codes and code names for locations (I know, amateur guys – FCC says no codes – see above). Some of the push back I get on this is “but the government” or “them Russkies”; I assure you that you can’t buy any radio as a civilian that a nation-state can’t crack if they want to. The truth is, you aren’t that important and if a nation-state has localized you to the point that they are listening to your short-range comms, you’re done anyway. They’re already within a couple of miles of you and it’s only a matter of time.

I don’t say this to discourage, but to ENCOURAGE you all. Every time I get asked about radios for people just getting started and I recommend something like a Baofeng for new people, a bunch of very helpful, but highly discouraging Hams pile on, overwhelming that new person with a list of every $500 to $800 handset that is the BARE MINIMUM they need, and people get frustrated.

Here’s another tip:

Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Romans 14:19

Now, having said that (listen up ham guys), you definitely need a licensed and skilled amateur radio operator as your communications chief. This person can make sure that your team has a set of radios that they can use to make long range contacts and gather information from outside sources, scan for others, and coordinate with other like-minded groups, but NOT EVERY PERSON needs this capability. Find a solid radio hobbyist and make them your comms chief. My good friend NC Scout holds a series of great courses on WROL comms (we have one coming up in Michigan), check out his classes at http://www.brushbeater.org.

Yes, Hams, I get it. You are very enthusiastic about your hobby and very helpful. Sometimes, though, in your zeal you intimidate and discourage new people.

So then, what does the average team member need? Some type of handheld VHF/UHF radio for local comms. I personally have had no issues with the Baofeng, and to be fair, those who do are trying to use it for more than what it’s intended for. For basic, point-to-point communications in a local radius, it’s sufficient. No, it won’t go 20 miles, but no handheld will by itself. Any handheld that can accept VHF/UHF programming with 4-8 watts is all you need for each member.

I recommend programming in the standard FRS/GMRS/MURS frequencies, because we are trying to be accessible to the lowest common denominator. I recommend telling your team to each buy at least a Baofeng and avoid the Midland/Motorola bubble packs at Walmart/Target, but what if one family can only afford them? You don’t want to exclude them, so having commonality will help. Also, as the crisis continues and you pick up new radios, you may only find channelized bubble-pack radios as replacements.

The Baofengs, when paired with an APRS cable, can even be used for digital comms, allowing you to hit that 20 mile range for data, rather than voice. Patrols out, rather than sending back status reports by voice in the clear can send encoded data packets with checkpoints passed, or whatever you preplan. You need a written brevity code matrix. This just requires a computer or tablet (or even phone not hooked to service) to receive the data and decode into a usable form. NC Scout above and AMRRON (www.amrron.com) offer courses and videos on how to conduct digital communications.

For longer range INTRA-TEAM communications, you can either make more powerful base/vehicle units into battery-operated manpack radios (lots of YouTube videos on that) or you can buy something like the 25-Watt manpack radio shown below. It has an internal battery pack and can be carried in your ruck or backpack. I have this radio unit and it can certainly extend the range of your patrols, with the right antenna. Steve Hampton of the Michigan Patriot Radio Unified Network (MPURN) gave an outstanding demonstration of a unit and antenna combination he made, powered by a solar panel and battery, which made contact across the state of Michigan.

Again, you absolutely need at least one person with advanced skills and gear. This person should be a licensed amateur operator. With the right gear, they can make voice and data contacts all over the country, and all over the world. I won’t list the gear they need here, because they can make you a better list than I can, and they probably already own it all.

The point of this article was to try and bring some reality to the discussion that not every single person has to have the highest-end handheld that money can buy. The truth is that in a world without power and without complex communications network infrastructure, you won’t be using most of the features on those radios anyway. I know, I’m about to run afoul of my Ham friends, who are among the most helpful people you’ll ever meet, but the truth is, without consistent electricity, most repeaters and digital access points/networks will be DOWN and your $800 radio will be reverted to using the same features that a $69 radio uses. I’m sorry, but that is true FOR THE AVERAGE USER.

Once again, our most common use will be day-to-day security operations in a fixed location, which won’t be using repeaters anyway. We may send out a long-range patrol, but that patrol will be using short-range VHF-UHF to talk to each other, and some type of either digital communications or manpack radio to make longer range contacts.

You will have a true “Radio Shack” at your base of operations, where your radio chief can use all the ultra-cool guy stuff that he can muster the power for (which will be not very much).

I hope this helps those of you who can’t afford the newest and coolest radios understand that you will be just fine with the Baofeng or similar radios. Understand though, that they are NOT for long range use. Find an amateur radio operator to join your team for that, just as you will find a serious medic. Each person should have some skill in these areas, but not everyone must be top tier in all topics.

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As the war progresses in Ukraine and the country devolves into a total Without Rule of Law situation, the question has arisen: In a true WROL situation do morality and integrity matter? If civilization collapses, isn’t everything justified?

The answer is an emphatic yes, morality and integrity matter, and no, not everything is justified.

If the godly give in to the wicked, it’s like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring.

Proverbs 25:26 (NLT)

The question arises because I’ve been pointing out integrity and morality issues on Twitter related to the behavior of troops on both sides, as well as civilians trying to survive in Ukraine. As I point these out, I get roundly mocked or called names for suggesting that in war and societal collapse, we should retain whatever semblance of honor we had.

Yes, I agree that Russia illegally invaded Ukraine. That doesn’t mean, however, that the Ukrainians can then justify beating prisoners who have surrendered on video or Ukrainian soldiers dipping bullets in pig fat. Likewise, the risk posed by resistance fighters doesn’t justify Russian units firing autocannons into civilian vehicles or bombing hospitals. We can retain our integrity and morality.

I recommend everyone get a copy of Resistance to Tyranny. It contains an excellent discussion of the Christian Just War Doctrine, which is a great guide for anyone in a WROL or “Resistance Fighter” situation.

But, what does any of this mean for us? We aren’t there, so what does this have to do with us?

We have to be able to trust that our fellow mutual aid group members will act in a moral fashion and with integrity. You need to be 100% certain that each member will stockpile the supplies you planned on, and then execute the plan when the time comes. You need to know that if they are going to be on guard duty, you can trust them to actually perform. You need to be able to trust that they won’t hoard food or steal from your own group.

The best predictor for future human behavior is past human behavior. Know the history of everyone in your group and vet anyone seeking to join. Ask them about attitudes. Listen to what they are saying. A great guide for organizing your group and vetting members is the Civil Defense Manual.

It should go without saying that anyone who plans on raiding others or looting to obtain supplies is not someone you should rely on, yet there are people, and entire groups, who say that this is their strategy. If your plan is to survive by stealing from others or locating stashes from others, you have a morality and integrity problem. Make a note of any people like this who try to join your group.

Recovering supplies from looting groups or any occupying force is not the same, and it would be wasteful not to. The difference is in intent. If your group has to take action to eliminate a looting band or ambush an occupying force, the intent wasn’t to steal supplies. It would be silly, in that case, to leave behind operable weapons, usable gear, or edible food. In fact, the Laws of Land Warfare (Hague/Geneva), which would treat your local mutual aid group as a “local militia”, considers this legal as “war booty”, including all non-personal property and weapons.

You may not call your group a militia (in fact, I encourage you NOT TO in the current environment), but both the Hague and Geneva III conventions (Geneva III, Art. 4(A)) define a militia as a group who:

1. Is commanded by someone responsible for the subordinates.
2. Has a fixed and distinctive sign (flag or patch).
3. Carries arms openly.
4. Conducts itself in accordance with the Laws of War.

I get a lot of comments that “there are no rules” or “we won’t be following the rules”. I caution you that if order is ever restored, having followed the laws of war and thus allowed yourself to be deemed a “local militia”, you gain yourself some powerful legal protection in the aftermath. Most of the laws of war are common decency and common sense anyway.

Another issue that the Ukraine War has brought up is the concept that the “enemy of my enemy is my friend”. This concept could not possibly be farther from the truth and in fact, historically, has been proven wrong nearly every time, in the long term. Having integrity and morality demands not associating with bad folks.

In 1979, Russia invaded Afghanistan. World media showed the fighting and atrocities and begged the world to aid the dedicated freedom fighters, known as the Mujahideen. The world asked for foreign fighters to flock there, and the NATO nations literally handed out billions of dollars in weapons to anyone who wanted to fight. We now know that some of the Mujahideen then became the Taliban and some of the foreign fighters became Al-Qaeda, led by a young man named Osama Bin Laden. The rest, as they say, is history.

In 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed the Non-Aggression Pact to allow them to partition Poland (the enemy of my enemy is my friend). A short time later, Germany broke the agreement and invaded the Soviet Union.

Today, we haven’t learned a thing. the Azov Battalion of neo-Nazis was formed in 2014 and we’ve had 8 years to tell Ukraine that if they want our funding, they have to disband the Nazi unit. We even wrote into one such funding measure that none of the gear could be given to Azov, but we removed that provision at the last minute, thereby giving our approval to the unit. China is already running stories in the Global Times (Mar 7th) tying US funding to atrocities committed by the Azov’s. We never learn.

For us, when our group is faced with danger, if another more “morally ambiguous” group offers to help us, we have to learn to decline that help. Others in the area will learn of your affiliation with the sketchy group and you will be painted with the same brush and potentially lose trade agreements or be targeted. Maintain your integrity by not associating with any group that doesn’t share your morality.

Remember what your ultimate goal is….survival and not falling victim to the depravations of others. What good is it if you become as bad as what you are resisting or protecting against? In fact, the Ultimate Tactical Handbook talks about this:

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

Mark 8:36

Make sure that your team and all of it’s members act with integrity and retain their morality, even if it’s unpopular to do so. Especially if it’s unpopular to do so.

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Last week, we talked about key civilian lessons from the Russo-Ukraine Conflict. Today, I would like to discuss some more. While the lessons are from the Ukraine conflict, they can be applied to any armed conflict, civil disturbance, or emergency in general. This brings us to today’s Tactical Wisdom:

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars,

but see to it that you are not alarmed.

Matthew 24:6a

The first topic is rumor control. Rumors are flying about atrocities on both sides and while some are true, most turn out to be false or exaggerations. The key thing here is to learn how to vet information. For example, if I see three different people who shared the same tweet, that’s not confirmation by 3 sources; it’s one source you’ve seen three times. That’s a vital distinction.

Another thing to note is the sheer abundance of “OSINT” or “Open Source Intelligence” accounts and what they mean. OSINT accounts are not automatically true. They are gathering information from the same sources you have access to, hence the term OSINT. They don’t have any exceptional access, it just sounds “official”. Our researchers at the Council on Future Conflict as well as our friends at Forward Observer (www.forwardoserver.com) have found that several of them have ties to Russian or Ukrainian military and are psychological operations designed to shape your opinion.

A great resource to learn how to handle rapidly developing events and the information they create is a book coming out on April 1st by my friend, Dr David Perrodin, called The Velocity of Information. It discusses human behavior and action in a crisis, and features a chapter written with input from yours truly, explaining how to verify information and sources. Doc does a great job presenting this whole chaotic phenomena and presents it clearly.

We have seen deaths at Russian checkpoints and many videos of civilians challenging occupying forces. There are also reports of Azov Regiment units killing people fleeing the city of Mariupol at checkpoints. This reminds me of situations in Iraq and Afghanistan during the GWOT where we had civilians shot for approaching our positions as well. For our purposes, it doesn’t matter which side is doing the shooting, what’s important is that we understand the danger.

War is a fluid and dangerous situation. The best option for civilians, as I point out in my books, is to AVOID checkpoints at all costs. During the unrest in KwaZulu Natal last year, we saw people stopping at checkpoints that later turned out to be armed robbery sites. You should never approach armed formations if you can avoid it, no matter how official they appear or which side they support. I say this because we saw Ukrainian police open fire on journalists. It’s a stressful time and all sides will be keyed up.

This danger doesn’t apply just at military checkpoints in wartime. We saw assaults at BLM roadblocks, and 2 homicides at ANTIFA checkpoints at the CHAZ/CHOP area.

Gather information from local sources on where checkpoints are. Talk to other people who have seen them or gather reports via radio. A great tool for this throughout the world is CB radio. Even during war and protests, truck drivers will be out and talking to each other. Listen in and gather information from their chat, warning each other of checkpoints.

As you are doing your area study and planning routes, make sure that you are avoiding areas in which checkpoints are common. These would be on main roads, near government or city center areas, and at freeway entrances and exits.

We are seeing lots of videos of civilians capturing looters and then taping or tying them to trees, stripping them, and beating them with sticks. While it seems right to punish looters, that’s not our role. It ceases to be self-defense once you have someone in custody, and it then becomes an assault. In most US States, using a stick makes it a felony assault and while citizens are generally authorized to make citizen’s arrests, they are never authorized to mete out punishment.

It’s important to retain our morality in a WROL situation. It is easy to envision ourselves as police, judge, and jury. It is a very short road from abusing prisoners to burning them at the stake. Retain your morality. Sure, they shouldn’t be stealing, but we also don’t get to assault people.

Remember, law and order will most likely be restored eventually. You will have to answer for what has happened. Our basis for protecting our property and local community is common law. Common law self-defense and citizen arrest principles allow us to use force to defend ourselves and a local community (militia/posse concepts), to detain lawbreakers and turn them over to the magistrate, but NEVER to punish offenders.

So, what can we do? Well, we can drive off looters as our first option. If they don’t leave at a show of force, we can detain them (forcibly if necessary), and under common law principles, remove them from the local area and send them on their way or turn them over to the authorities, if they are functioning. We should not be deciding on punishment ourselves. We are about defense, not punishment. Consult your local and state laws, but most follow these common law principles and in a WROL situation, we can revert to common law in the absence of functioning government and legal system.

We are also seeing civilians begin to protest occupying soldiers in many areas. While I completely understand, an occupying power is not likely to ever be swayed by protests and is likely to violently respond. They likely have orders to pacify the civilian populace and force is how that is accomplished. Protesting is dangerous and can lead to reprisals.

Am I saying don’t resist? Not even a little. I’m saying don’t do ineffectual things that draw attention to yourself. Our fourth volume, TW-04, Scouting & Patrolling, will introduce skills and tactics that will help. Rather than protest, locate a supply convoy and ambush it to destroy supplies. Conduct sabotage. Develop information for your national forces and get it to them. These things are far more effective than merely protesting.

Resist smartly, as well. There was a video this week of someone throwing a Molotov cocktail against the side of an armored vehicle. The liquid and flame bounced off the vehicle and back onto her and her compatriots. Don’t launch attacks you don’t have the skills for and learn what is effective first.

Occupying forces are handing out food and supplies and we are seeing long lines of people accepting the food. Remember what I’ve said about this, the moment you rely on anyone else for your food, you can be forced to do anything they want. Be self-sufficient. If you want to pick up extra food, sure, go ahead, but don’t RELY on handouts from either side.

A side issue to this is that your neighbors may brand you as a collaborator if you accept handouts. Every war in human history has involved people conducting retribution against whomever they perceive as a collaborator.

Truthfully, the best option is to get out of the occupied area and retain your own freedom of movement. I realize that is not always feasible, but if we are truly prepared, we should have a plan to get out of the area. If you intend to stay, you want to remain as gray as possible, to avoid drawing the attention of your occupiers. It might seem cool, as we saw this week, to be the guy with your local flag who jumps on an occupier’s vehicle, but the fun ends when they come get you in the night. Resist that temptation; you can better serve the resistance by being less vocal and more gray while observing and passing that information on.

As tensions begin to mount or civil disturbances increase in your area, develop a plan to either leave or go completely gray and unnoticeable.

I hope that discussing these issues help you plan and prepare.

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Today, I’d like to talk about where we are now, where things are headed, and what we should be doing. No, it’s not meant to be “fear-porn” or doom-saying; it’s meant to be a realistic look. Time to take off the blinders of normalcy bias and take stock of the REAL situation.

No, we aren’t going to focus on Ukraine, there is plenty of that nonsense literally everywhere. We will touch on it in one aspect near the end, though.

The prudent see danger and take refuge,

but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

Proverbs 27:12

First, let’s talk grains. China is buying up grain as fast as it can, and just two days ago, Hungary announced a ban on grain exports. With the war in Ukraine, fully one-quarter of the world’s grain market is at risk at well.

Now, I know what you’re thinking, “But this is the US, we can cover our own grain needs.” Under normal circumstances, that is true. However, we’ve had two major fires at fertilizer plants in the US and there is a world-wide shortage of Urea (an element of fertilizer) already. These shortages have caused many US grain farmers to switch to soybeans, which don’t require as much fertilizer for good yields.

This means less grain produced domestically, at the same time less is available on the import market. Grain is also used to provide livestock feed, which will in turn lead to higher prices at the supermarket for beef, pork, and chicken. So, as you can see, we will be experiencing throughout 2022 and probably into 2023, serious food issues. We can feed our nation, but it will cost you a lot more.

To counteract this, first go out and buy canned foods and dry goods like beans, rice, and flour. Learn to cook things from scratch. It’s much easier to buy a loaf of bread than making it, but my entire time growing up I don’t think my grandfather ever bought one. It’s easier to open a box to make a meal but learn how to mix your own ingredients. You might laugh but ask someone under 25 how to make chili.

Buy and store heirloom variety seeds. Learning to grow your own food is a superpower and if you don’t start this spring, you may be hungry this fall. It may seem daunting, but I’ll remind you that US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was able to do it, so I’m CERTAIN you will too. Victory gardens were a key feature of food security during WW2, and they will be again. My Patriot Supply has a HUGE variety of seeds on their website. Use our affiliate link below (we may make a small commission here and on the Amazon affiliate links) and search “seeds”.

The other piece of your own food security is learning how to fish, trap, and hunt game. Also knowing how to process game into food is necessary. Learning to produce food is better in the long run than learning to store food.

West Texas Intermediate was trading at $115 a barrel on Friday. This is leading to $4-$7 a gallon at the pump across the country. This will only get worse in the short term. I know, the President said he’s secured a bunch of oil from Saudi Arabia, but that’s at best a 30-day supply, and at current prices, so it only PROLONGS the issue.

The price of gas and diesel gets factored into every product you buy. Whether it’s food at the grocery store, a new TV, or dinner at a restaurant, the cost of getting the product to you is passed on to you. Understand that it’s going to cost you more just to get to work, to bring home the same number of dollars, which will now buy you less.

How do we combat this? Well, growing your food and stocking a pantry with long-term shelf-stable foods allows you to spend less on food. I know I say it a lot, but if you aren’t filling up your car every night, you risk spending a LOT more on gas. We are seeing increases of 15-25 cents per gallon OVERNIGHT. Fill gas cans if you have them. Start getting used to walking more for local, short trips. Learn to enjoy sitting at home.

The FBI and CISA are issuing frantic alerts about potential cyber-attacks, and Ikea fell victim to one just the other day, impacting their ability to process credit cards. The warnings involve the financial sector, energy sector, and nearly every industry. There is no way of knowing which will be struck, so be prepared for power outages, credit and ATM systems to go down, and even oil delivery systems (like Continental). Have a communications plan, and it’s not a bad idea to have a few hundred dollars in cash on hand in case the credit card system goes down. Reminder – if the credit system is down, so are the ATM machines. Have the cash on hand NOW.

Here at the end, we’ll discuss the situation in the Ukraine, but only from a preparedness standpoint. In a few days, we’ll be releasing another “Lessons Learned” article. Today, I want to address the full court press by the media. The media is pushing for kinetic action (war) against Russia. Not only would this spur cyber-attacks by Russia against us, but it could lead to nuclear war. In fact, many in the media and in government are calling for a “limited nuclear strike” to convince Russia to back off. Yes, really. As if that’s even a thing.

This talk has led to Potassium Iodide being sold out everywhere and a renewed interest in Nuclear civil defense measures. I recommend the Civil Defense Manual by Jack Lawson, which has an excellent section on this. There is also excellent information at http://www.ki4u.com/.

The best thing we can do to prepare for war with Russia is remain aware of the possibility and to make your elected representatives aware of your opposition to it. Taking the other steps listed above for the other categories will help you in this area as well.

It’s time to put aside the “it can’t happen here” mentality and get to work on safeguarding and preparing your family for the rough times ahead.

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First, I hate saying I told you so, but I got all kinds of negative feedback on social media for my article, “The Russians Are Coming”, calling me alarmist and “fear-clickbait”. I was simply telling you that the Russians were indeed coming. February 23rd made perfect sense for a date because it’s the date of the Ukrainian Revolution in 2014.

Everyone has been glued to social media, watching the footage, hanging on every new video or report, most of which later turn out to be staged or false. What we are missing are the lessons we could be learning as people interested in preparedness.

The first lesson comes from stress. This situation is somewhat surreal, because on the first 3 days of the invasion, people were out walking around, going to the coffee shop, and appearing to go to work as gun battles raged around them. In one famous video, people are walking down both sides of the street, and cars are just driving down the road, as a Russian Tigr armed with a 12.7mm (50 cal) machine gun engages in a duel with a Ukrainian anti-aircraft vehicle. The two are blazing away with machine guns and spraying rounds, as people just calmly drive past. Surreal.

We’ve seen videos of people in cars ran over by tanks and civilians wounded by fire. Don’t-Be-There-Jitsu applies here. Stay off the roads in contested territory.

So, if there is a riot, or (God Forbid) large scale combat action (even domestic conflict), do not be out on the streets. If you must move, stay off the street. As I point out in TW-02 Fieldcraft, move either through backyards or through the interior of buildings. If at all possible, move only at night. Use your basement and get below ground level if you can.

Please do not be like this guy. He picked up a land mine and carried it off into the woods. You never see the ending of the video, so I don’t know if he survived, but this is just plain dumb. It’s not brave; it’s foolhardy. He is lucky, because most land mines have anti-tamper devices which will go off the minute you move it. He’s also, again not smart, smoking a cigarette while doing this.

As soon as Putin made his now-famous speech about recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk as independent countries, people flocked to the stores and emptied the shelves. By day 3 of the invasion, riots were breaking out at government food distribution points, proving once again that my 72-hour theory is solid. The same happened with gasoline. The time to stock up is NOT when enemy forces are approaching, or when the riots start, or when the lights go out. It’s now.

Random bombings and stray rounds are causing a lot of civilian casualties. Have a high quality and fully stocked first aid kit available. Sure, you might have enough gear to treat someone until an ambulance comes, but what if the ambulance can’t come until daylight due to rioting or hostile action? Do you have the supplies and skills to stabilize and maintain a critical casualty for 12 hours? Start developing it.

Looting began almost immediately. Have a security plan. What we are seeing, as the photo at the top shows, are neighbors banding together to secure their neighborhoods, not just from the Russian invaders, but also from looters and thieves. Do you know your neighbors? Have you developed a plan and trained together? These are things you need to work on. TW-03, Defensive Operations deals with this specific topic. Jack Lawson’s outstanding book set, the Civil Defense Manual (www.civildefensemanual.com) has step-by-step instructions for setting up a “Neighborhood Protection Plan”.

The Ukrainians don’t have a Second Amendment, and the government began a crash program to issue firearms to citizens to assist in resisting the invasion and self-protection. In America, we’d already be well on the road to being self-sufficient for security, but this event teaches a valuable lesson about having an armed citizenry.

This is illustrated with what happened to the Chechen Expeditionary Force that entered Ukraine yesterday. The Chechens are well-known for their counter-insurgency tactics, which really results from them being the only armed people in unarmed societies. There were videos of them fist-bumping and trash-talking before they crossed the line and started moving into Ukraine. A couple of hours later, they are on social media complaining about having been driven off their objective because the resistance was fierce, and one of them said “even the trees have rifles”.

One of the most common comments I get is people saying, “I don’t want to play soldier”. Well, when a crowd of rioters show up, or any hostile force (foreign or domestic) does, you can’t learn the skills in 5 minutes. Our lesson here is to develop a security plan. Own and train with firearms as much as your local legal system allows and FIERCLY defend those rights from politicians. Ukraine should put an end to the debate, but it won’t.

Another lesson comes from radio. The Ukrainian government ordered all Amateur Radio to not broadcast, because they didn’t want anyone accidentally giving the Russians information. This hints at the power of radio listening. Have a capability to scan radio frequencies in your area to gather information. Log that information and look for trends.

Interestingly, the Ukrainian National Guard ambushed a Russian patrol and recovered a Baofeng UV-82 handset from inside one of the Russian Tigr vehicles. I’m sure it’s not issued and the squad members probably bought them themselves, but it goes to my point of using Baofengs for short-range intra-team tactical communications.

Evacuation planning is another lesson learned. There is grid lock from the Poland border for nearly all the way back to Kyiv, and enemy soldiers are beginning to mix with evacuation traffic. Once again, this is caused by everyone flocking immediately to the freeway, the high-speed route, to escape. Your plans should NEVER involve using the freeway unless you leave long before everyone else.

I always say that if you evacuate at the first hint of danger, you can always come back if it turns out you didn’t need to. The opposite, waiting to leave later when you should have left, is not always true. You might not ever get out or you may have to abandon your vehicle.

In 2008, civilians waited for a government order to evacuate Gori, Geogia, which never came. The people panicked when Russian fighters bombed the city and artillery began falling. There was only ONE bridge leading out of the town. It became clogged with traffic and the Georgian police were ordered to clear the bridge so that the police could escape to be used to defend the capital, Tblisi. Rather than obey orders to drive over civilians, the police with their small arms turned around and attempted to fight off the Russian armor and mechanized infantry. Russian bombers destroyed the bridge to prevent the Georgian police from escaping, killing many civilians in the process. Failing to evacuate early caused this tragedy.

Right now, plan out four routes away from your home and work. These routes should avoid known chokepoints like narrow bridges, interchanges, and major intersections. Try to use back roads. Develop them now and drive them. Maintain this as part of your Area Study. Also, make sure the route avoids targets like police and fire stations, and government offices. Major shopping areas should be avoided as well.

The last point is more of a caution than a lesson because the bad part hasn’t happened yet. We are seeing video after video of people filming combat columns from their windows. While it makes for great social media content, it’s a good way to get shot. Imagine being a 19-year conscripted soldier (draftee), driving down a road in a hostile country. You see movement at a window and notice someone with something in their hand pointing at you…what would you do? Swivel your PKM machine gun around and put 20 rounds through the window.

But we have to look out right? Buy a trench periscope. They are relatively cheap and readily available. It allows you to lay on the floor but extend the top lens up to the window. It probably won’t be seen, but if it is, I’d rather have the lens shot out than my eyes.

We will do another installment in a couple of days where we will discuss dealing with rumor control and other civilian lessons learned in Ukraine.

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When things go bad, communication is often the first thing to go. Even if the cell phone network is still up, it doesn’t take much to overload it. A high volume of calls and lots of people streaming video, and suddenly you are without voice communication.

I am by no means an expert on these topics, many others are better qualified. If you’d like to expand beyond the very basics that I’m about to discuss, I’d check out my friend NC Scout at http://www.brushbeater.org or check out http://www.amrron.com. In fact, NC Scout holds classes throughout the US and even has one planned here in Michigan (what a coincidence!!) in the near future. Check out his training calendar.

When it comes to communications, the Ultimate Tactical Handbook speaks of the power you can wield if you are able to communicate with your team:

The tongue has the power of life and death.

Proverbs 18:21

While this is traditionally translated to mean be careful in how you talk to others, the opposite is also true; if I can’t warn my friends of danger, they could be at risk. Being able to communicate gives you literally the power of life and death.

First, understand that even if you don’t have voice communications, text and messaging apps use far less bandwidth and could be used. NC Scout also recommends the Signal app for mid-level comms (it’s not secure) and Wire for more secure comms. But the point of this article is to move us beyond cell phones.

Face it, the cell phone is a tracking device. It gets more and more that way every single day. So, let’s plan on moving beyond that.

A more secure method for using these apps is a WiFi only tablet, as long as you’ve removed Android from it and replaced it with something like Graphene. Taking the added step of routing your traffic via TOR or some other secure browser, you can send fairly secure messages.

With no electricity and no grid power, our options become more limited and given the conflict in Ukraine and raising tensions with China, this is a REAL danger. The US Admin seems bent on getting involved, and that will cause cyber issues here. You need to have a plan.

The first option is radio, and you can have several levels. First, getting an amateur license is a good way to be prepared. Yes, my Sad Ham friends, I actually said that. Just because I choose not to is not a reflection on Amateur Radio. If you have an amateur license, you have access to all kinds of radio spectrum and options, allowing you to communicate.

However, over-reliance on Amateur Repeaters is going to cause a problem. When the power goes out, it will be expensive and nearly impossible to keep most high-powered repeaters online. Develop a simplex (non-repeater) plan for your group.

The first level is local inter-group communications. You can mostly use low powered VHF/UHF for this since you will be getting together and being less than a mile from each other. License free options are even good for this, like FRS or MURS in America and PMR in Europe. Yes, Sad Ham’s, I’m aware of the power limits, but if the power is out and riots are happening, I doubt the FCC will be issuing fines.

You could add 25- or 50-watt vehicle radios to boost power, but you’re not really adding to range, you’re adding to CLARITY. These radios are generally still line of sight. My plan involves vehicle radios like the TYT TH-9800 that NC Scout recommended (see above). To increase range, you need to raise your antennas higher above the ground.

Set up a channel plan for your group to check in with each other. If you have group members living a bit farther apart, you can relay signals. The farthest person reaches one person, then that person relays the message to the next, and so on.

For longer range communications, HF radio is better. For more detail on these, check the resources listed above. I recommend HF for group-to-group communications. For example, you can arrange a weekly check in with a neighboring preparedness group via HF.

CB Radios, while the Amateur Radio world scoffs at them, have value and it’s getting better. CB can now broadcast on FM as well as AM and there are now higher quality handheld units. For vehicle use, SSB (Single Side Band) units can get you far better range than standard. I know a lot of people mention truckers using them, but in a WROL society, will there be a lot of truckers? Also, truckers are a GREAT source of information at least listening to them will help.

I did some scanning and here in Detroit, only 4 or 5 channels are in use. That leaves you 35 or 36 channels to choose from. It’s a good option for convoy operations or patrol options in open terrain.

The Channel 3 Project is vital to your preparedness plans. This AMRRON project suggests listening to the License-Free Channel 3’s every hour from 2 minutes before the hour to 2 minutes after the hour. This includes FRS 3, CB 3, and MURS 3. This way, like-minded people can seek help and information from others. For example, if your group was moving on foot and approached a town, you could wait and attempt to make contact at the top of the hour via Channel 3 with like-minded people, to find out the best route through or around, or where a safe haven for the night might be. Include the ability to monitor these in your planning. The Project also suggests monitoring or calling on 146.420, but that would require a license and I know NOT ONE of you would ever do that, right?

Another key piece of your plan could involve data communications by radio. Data travels far farther than voice transmissions do, and with an APRS cable, you can connect your computer to the radio and send text, similar to email or SMS. The Michigan Patriot Unified Radio Network has been doing some research here, and I’ve received data messages from 20 to 30 miles distant on a Baofeng handheld. MPURN (https://mpurn.wordpress.com/) and AMRRON have more information on data communications.

Radio listening will be key. No license is required to ever listen. Learn via RadioRefence.com what frequencies are active in your area and listen to them for intelligence gathering. Ever since it’s invention, people have received news of wars and emergencies via amateur shortwave radio. It is so powerful and useful that as soon as Russia invaded, Ukraine banned the use of amateur radio to prevent Russia from listening to reports. Get at least the capability to RECEIVE.

Visual signals can be a backup to radio. If you can’t make radio contact, you could have visual signals pre-arranged. You could post an orange panel (you should keep one handy) in a window as a signal, or your group can develop covert signals. For example, you could leave a particular mark on a wall that other members would be responsible for checking every day if they don’t have radio contact. You could have multiple symbols with different meanings. At least one should be a danger warning to keep others from coming to your location, in the event of a forced communication, a “duress code”.

A final piece is the need for a “LOST COMMS” plan. If no contact can be made by any of the other methods, all team members should meet at a designated location at a certain time. For example, one of my friends has a plan that if there is no communication for 14 days, everyone in his group should meet at the public library at noon on the next Sunday. Yours could be that if no one has heard from the group within 7 days, each family starts making their way to a specific rally point, like a parking lot or known location to meet up and begin movement to a bug out location. Whatever it is, make sure it’s known and practiced.

Whatever you decide, use the PACE model to develop a written plan. Primary, alternate, contingency, and emergency. Using the above information, we might have the following plan:

Primary: VHF Radio Voice

Alternate: VHF Radio Data

Contingency: HF Radio/CB Radio

Emergency: Visual Signals, then Lost Comms Plan

In our new “Contacts and Notes” Tactical Wisdom Companion, you can list radio contact frequencies in your Contacts pages and in the Team Planning pages. You can also use the PACE Planning pages to develop your Comms Plan using the PACE Model. The book is available signed at the Books tab on this site, or from Amazon.

I hope this post helps you create urgency in setting up Communications Plans.

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Without getting into the political aspects, the events unfolding in Canada carry vitally important lessons for those of us interested in preparedness.

First, the changes that they are making to their Terror Financing Laws under the Emergencies Act Declaration are draconian and PERMANENT. In other words, as Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said, even when the Emergency is over, the new measures REMAIN. These measures include freezing the assets of ANYONE who is involved in “unlawful activities”, including traffic violations like blocking a road. Those assets can then be seized.

Another permanent feature is the regulation of crowdfunding. The new powers will allow the Government of Canada to immediately force crowd funding sites to disclose to them anyone who donated to any fund they determine is related to “anti-government activity” and will consider those people to be financing terrorism. They can immediately freeze and then seize those funds.

I know, you’re thinking, what does that have to do with me? Simple, I guarantee you Merrick Garland is watching this closely. Certain lawmakers in America are cheering these moves on. It’s just a matter of time.

Some of you are thinking: But I’ll use Crypto. Wrong. Freeland also issued herself authority over crypto, claiming it is being used to “fund white supremacy”. Sure, she can’t take it, but she ordered all “payment processors” to report any crypto transactions, which will lead to charges and seizures, and you need a payment processor to convert your bitcoin to gasoline or food at this point.

If you think that problem is local to Canada, I warned two days ago that the US would use the same playbook and this morning there are news stories (probably untrue) about people using crypto to buy racist NFT’s of George Floyd. Understand this: They are weaponizing claims of racism. If you claim something is racism, any measure is on the table to stomp it out and any opposition to those measures mean you must support racism.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:1

Of more immediate concern to us, however, are actions taken by police BEFORE the Emergencies Act was invoked. Three specific actions, which were unlawful under Canadian law.

First, the order that no person would be allowed to bring gasoline, food, or water into the protest zone. You can’t establish that gasoline will be used for any unlawful purpose, so it’s impossible to justify. Nevertheless, we saw police officers seizing gas cans and cases of water. What government says that there is any circumstance in which you cannot provide food to hungry people? While this was in Canada, we saw similar actions in the US during the Summer of 2020.

Second, once the Supreme Court of Canada ordered the police to return the unlawfully stolen gas (make no mistake, the police stole that gas), people put the gas in their vehicles, and then the vehicles stopped working. Thousands of dollars of damage was done. The Ottawa Police, when asked, admitted that they sabotaged the gas to disable vehicles. There was no legal basis for this.

I’m not attributing malice in these acts; I’m sure the police thought they were “restoring order” for the greater good. The point for us is this: These police easily justified breaking the law because they wore a badge. Never forget that.

The third incident is even worse. Members of the RCMP in Coutts approached a farmer about some earth moving equipment on his property, He told them he gave the owners of the equipment permission to park them on his property. These vehicles HAD NOT been used in the protest at all. The farmer agreed to an RCMP request to move the equipment out of view of the road, thinking it was over a safety concern. The RCMP then snuck onto the property that night, removed all the fuel filters, cut gas lines and wires, and filled the engine compartments with foam.

The next morning, when the owners found the damage, they called the RCMP who smugly reported that they did in fact sneak onto private property to disable the vehicles to prevent them from being used in the protest. These vehicles cost over a hundred thousand dollars each and they disabled three of them, without a court order, on a third parties property. This is equivalent of the police arresting you in case you MIGHT start selling drugs. Be aware of this.

You might think this would never happen in the US with our 4th Amendment, right? Well, Canada has a similar provision. Also, I’ll point out that the courts ruled that the initial shootout between Randy Weaver’s group and federal agents that left a US Marshal dead was LAWFUL self-defense because the US Marshal Service unlawfully snuck onto Weaver’s property and there was testimony that it was a standard USMS practice to illegally enter rural properties.

Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.

Proverbs 25:26

The lessons for us are this: The law enforcement agencies at all levels exist to protect government interest, not the citizens. You might think that’s extreme, but it’s actually from a US Supreme Court decision which said that the police have no duty to protect anyone. This is why we are seeing police throw parents out of school board meetings for disagreeing with the government position.

We prepare to be self-sufficient, not take any particular side. Therefore, we must realistically realize that the more polarized society becomes, whichever party is in charge gets to use the police to enforce their will on the others. It’s wrong no matter which side does it, but for US, the effect is the same.

We must rely on ourselves for security and understand that badges don’t automatically make one virtuous or right. There is a video today of a police officer in Ottawa striking a woman for filming him. There is horrendous video of horseback officers running over a woman using a walker on Friday.

These actions in Canada increase the risk of civil conflict and civil disorder. We must prepare to deal with those effects and continue to observe what new powers increasingly desperate governments give themselves.

What sounds like defending democracy can often actually be creating tyranny.

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While working on Tactical Wisdom Volume 4, I got a lot of questions about how to apply and organize the steps and information in the first three volumes. An idea was hatched by the smartest person on the team (which is clearly not me) to create a companion book. A Contact and Notes organizer for people to begin planning and organizing their team and their defense. A way to keep it all in one place.

Write therefore the things that you have seen,

those that are and those that are to take place after this.

Revelations 1:19

That’s not bad Tactical Wisdom. In a WROL of situation, you’re going to want to write things down, so why not have a place to start with planning out your team and your defensive operations?

The book has sections to list all your preparedness contacts, whether they are team members or allies. It also has specific pages to begin filling out your team. There is a page for your overall team, and then pages for each of your sub-teams like medical, security, supply, etc. Here’s a sample:

There are also blank lined pages for recording notes and observations, along with dot grid pages for sketches, and Range Card pages for planning out your defense. At the very back is a handy quick reference with all of the abbreviations and acronyms from the first three books to help you remember.

This book is designed to go out into the field and use daily. I recommend using a pencil, so that you can make changes later. Also, getting it ring-bound is not a bad idea. the publisher didn’t offer that as an option, or I would have made them come that way.

A caution is included: Any time you write down your plans, protect them. Once filled out, the book should be treated as highly confidential and never left unattended or unsecured.

Aside from our notebook, you should also have other notetaking materials. I personally recommend the outstanding Rite In The Rain tactical notebooks. They are in a convenient size, and waterproof. You will need one of their pens or a pencil to write on the paper, however. I have a ridiculous number of these books.

They also sell waterproof range cards, which I use, even for hunting. They are index card size folded closed and fit in an armband available from my friends at battleboard.us. I have a pretty good supply of Rite in the Rain Index Cards for general notetaking as well.

As I keep saying, don’t underestimate your need to write things down or even to keep a journal in a WROL situation. Both Fernando Aguirre (Argentina) and Selco Begovic (Balkan War) took the notes that they wrote while living in WROL societies and turned them into books to help others, after they got away from the situation. Their lessons learned have helped countless others prepare.

As far as TW-04, Scouting & Patrolling, writing is underway as well as research. We are taking materials from the usual US doctrine, like the USMC Scouting & Patrolling Handbook, The Ranger Handbook, NSW SEAL Tactics, & Infantry Squad & Platoon Operations, along with various Commonwealth of Nations materials (Canadian Patrolling, Canadian Ambush/Counter-Ambush, British Small Unit Patrols, Australian Patrolling), and various historical books like the original Scouting and Patrolling by Col Rex Applegate and then modifying them to meet our reality. For example, all of those military volumes have as responses calling for artillery or armor support, but you & I will not (most likely) be in a position to do that. We won’t be able to wait for a larger QRF in armor to come and save us.

So, the book will modify the tactics to represent what we, as self-defending civilians, will have the capability to do. HINT: It isn’t making an immediate assault on a bunker complex. Sure, I could write that into the book and take your money, but I wouldn’t be helping you be REALISTIC. Yes, there will be plenty of offensive tactics, because the best way to protect your redoubt is to deal with hostile activity farther away from it.

I know, I hear it all the time, “But I don’t want to play soldier”. Well, we don’t want Western Civilization to totally collapse either, but we have to play the hand we are dealt. If you want to survive in a WROL situation, you have to play the game that is on the field, not the one you want. You can’t play baseball by football rules (although it might be interesting).

Developing and having the skills, and then never needing them is FAR PREFERABLE to never developing the skills and having 25 looters show up.

Also, don’t rely on the federal government, either. They are more likely to arrest you for “Hoarding” and seize your stuff. The government showing up to rob you is even worse than looters or bandits doing it.

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My friend Mike Shelby over at Forward Observer (find them at: forwardobserver.com) talks a lot about Gray Zone Conflict. The Gray Zone is that space between peace and war that we used to refer to as a “Cold War”. Gray Zone is a much more fitting name, because in many aspects, Gray Zone Conflict can be quite hot. Attempting to burn down an occupied federal building for 100 nights straight, for example, is not exactly “Cold War”, is it?

America finds herself in a Gray Zone civil conflict now, with at least three sides. On one side is the United States Government, which like all governments, wants mostly to protect itself and it’s budget. On another side are the Marxist Revolutionaries. Oh, you’ve never heard of them? That’s because they are hiding behind clever names like Black Lives Matter and Anti-Fascist Action. Make no mistake, both call for a violent Marxist Revolution to overthrow the United States (I’ve heard them say it myself). On the third side are American Conservatives fed up with the disregard for the US Constitution.

Notice I didn’t call them the “right” because most are actually CENTRISTS. That’s right; they’re not the far right the MSM keeps telling you they are. I keep encountering former both right- and left-wing people in this third group. The far right has it’s own issues and is honestly not more than a fringe party in this.

Woe to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees

Isaiah 10:1

Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security issued a National Threat Advisory System bulletin. In it, they reported an increase in the domestic terror threat. They introduced a new term “MDM” or “mis, dis, or mal-information”. Boy, this encompasses a lot. It’s so broad as to be undefinable, and that’s intentional. They mentioned specifically conspiracy theories and misleading narratives. They say that this is the biggest threat, because it decreases faith in the United States Government.

I would like to point out that the United States was conceived and founded by men who DEMANDED that you not put blind faith in the government, but I digress.

The bulletin goes on to specifically call out misleading information related to the 2020 election and COVID-19 control measures and makes the claim that this problem led to several domestic terror attacks in 2021. I, personally, wasn’t aware that the Waukesha vehicle attack was related to election fraud, but what do I know?

Here’s the danger: calling free speech about COVID 19 measures and the potential for election fraud “incitement to terrorism”, which this bulletin does, violates the United States Constitution. If someone feels that COVID 19 measures are not effective, they should be allowed to say so. Same with election fraud. Review that piece of Tactical Wisdom above that Isaiah laid on us. This bulletin is an oppressive decree as it asks people to report anyone “spreading MDM”.

Yeah, but what does that have to do with us, training for preparedness? EVERYTHING.

This man, Christopher Arthur, runs Tackleberry Solutions. They are a training company in North Carolina that will train you to defend your home in the event of a WROL situation. They offer classes in home defense, protection dogs, and “engineering”. He was arrested today and charged with providing training manuals that could be used to booby trap your home with bombs in case the FBI or police raid you.

While that seems logical on it’s face, I wrote a book on how to defend your home from looters (but I didn’t include bombs). What’s the difference? Admittedly, I haven’t seen all the evidence, but again this smacks of entrapment. There are instructors and classes like this all over the US.

Interestingly, books on how to build bombs, like the Anarchist Cookbook, have been around for decades and have traditionally been protected by the Supreme Court under the First Amendment.

I don’t tell you this because I think this guy is a stellar character, I’ve literally never heard of him. I tell you this because it’s yet another sign of our downward spiral and our setting aside of the US Constitution to push a narrative about domestic threats.

On the flip side, outside the home of the Minneapolis Mayor over the weekend, a Black Lives Matter protestor called for open warfare, bombings, arson, and looting. He said that the only reason Chauvin was in prison was because they burned down a police station. He urged people to not merely protest, but “go to war”. He told them to not march but to burn and bomb buildings and loot, and to “abolish” police. That person has not been arrested, because it was “free speech”.

We must remember that we ARE in a period of Gray Zone conflict and that we cannot rely on Constitutional protections anymore. Just today, a congressman reported that his staff came across three US Capitol Police Intelligence Section going through their office disguised as a construction crew. I get it, some people said it happened back in November, but that doesn’t change the facts of the case.

I urge you to be careful. It’s very easy to get caught up in the moment and say something, especially online, that could quickly be turned into something else. Guard your tongue, mostly.

Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,
    but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

Proverbs 13:3

Be careful when sharing details of training classes you’ve attended or your overall preparedness plans. We know that one indicator listed by the DHS as a sign of potential domestic extremism is an interest in preparedness. Guard your lips. Everyone loves to post photos in discussions about gear and that is giving others evidence for an affidavit. I know, the Second Amendment is a thing, but I’ve read so many indictments that mention online photos of guns and gear as evidence of “extremism”.

The affidavit against Stewart “Fed” Rhodes lists dozens of lawful firearms, ammunition, and gear purchases as evidence that he was going to overthrow the government. Be careful what you share.

Understand that there is a concerted to effort to paint anyone who does not 100% support the current administration or COVID 19 rules forever as a terrorist and therefore remove more and more of your rights.

At the same time, other forces are preparing to push for more violent direct action that has the potential to impact your life directly. You need to balance self-defense with the understanding that the laws are no longer on your side.

Confusing, right? Hard to know what to do, isn’t it?

That is Gray Zone Civil Conflict. Protect yourself by protecting your information.

Build a tribe of like-minded people that you know personally. Don’t invite in outsiders whose real motivations you don’t know. If anyone starts talking about taking direct action against specific targets, talks about making bombs or altering weapons, or things like that, cut all ties with them immediately and publicly. There is a reason I publicly nuke Nazi’s on my Twitter feed who try to attach themselves to me. I want the world to know that I DISAVOW and DISAGREE with their worldview. Do the same with these people.

Friends, be very careful.

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One of the issues that I get frequent questions about relates to gathering supplies after rule of law has collapsed and how that is done. There is no easy answer, but we can look to history and common law to guide us.

First, I want to point out that your first responsibility is to PREPARE by learning to produce food, not rely on foraging or gathering abandoned things. But, we have to be honest with ourselves and admit that at some point, we might run out of food or other supplies and may need to gather. Another point is that if something is truly abandoned, it never hurts to gather more if you happen across it.

Under common law, property is considered abandoned if it is left unattended by the owner with no apparent attempt to reclaim it. Now, in our current environment, that’s a bit of a gray area. For example, police generally tag a vehicle on the side of the road, and if it’s not removed within 24 hours, it’s considered abandoned. In a WROL environment, there will be abandoned cars and property everywhere, and the case could be made that in that situation, the owner would have to know that anything left in it would be considered abandoned and therefore subject to being taken for others to use.

For our purposes, we also need to look to the practices of Louisiana police departments in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The area was in a true WROL environment, with looting and burglary rampant. There are documented cases of police chiefs telling their officers that if a business had already been broken into or looted, and the owner had not secured it, that they could enter and take what was needed for community use, OR THE OFFICER’S FAMILY USE. Let that be your guide.

Interestingly, that is the same position I outlined in TW-03 Defensive Operations, in relation to gathering fire extinguishers, axes, ladders, and first aid supplies. The use of abandoned property for community defense is firmly established throughout history.

Interestingly, the National Guard, post-Katrina, forced their way into a Church and used it as an operating base, when they couldn’t reach the Pastor to get permission. This violates the 3rd Amendment, but they said the magic word “emergency”, right? They confiscated guns, too, because “emergency”.

Let me say this again: We are NOT actively seeking out these situations or creating them. We would only do this if the situation arose on it’s own. Your first responsibility is to prepare for yourself and your family,

Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:8

There it is…right from the ultimate tactical handbook.

Some people might consider picking up abandoned property as stealing. If I did not create the situation, I am not stealing. Even if our group engaged a group of robbers and then found other food and supplies that the robbers had taken from others, it is not stealing. The bad guys stole it. From a Biblical perspective, there are verses in Leviticus and Deuteronomy that say that it is right for a “sojourner or needy person” (that’s YOU, post-WROL) to take produce and food from alongside the road, even if it’s a farmer’s crop. Farmers are specifically told to leave that area for those traveling the road. Let that guide you if you find abandoned supplies.

Additionally, leaving food and supplies that have been abandoned but still good is wasteful, and in a WROL situation, waste kills. If you don’t want to use it yourself, take it and keep it as charity supplies, to give out to others.

My final note on abandoned property: Make it your group SOP to never leave operable weapons or ammunition any time you find them. You don’t know who else will pick them up and what they will do with them. As I point out in TW-03, you may need to arm your neighbors to help you defend or you could use them for barter.

Foraging refers to having the ability to find food. Most often, we are referring to developing the skills and knowledge to identify and collect edible food sources like roots, berries, plants, and mushrooms.

Get out and learn what edible wild foods exist in your area. While you are used to getting all your food in neat little packages from the store, man survived for tens of thousands of years gathering what grew wild. Even agriculture and harvested crops is a relatively new concept when you consider the entire history of Man.

Books, like the SAS Survival Guide or Survival Mindset, are great resources for this.

One of the problems with this becomes our ability to carry things. If we’re following my guidance from TW-01, the Baseline Training Manual, we’re wearing our belt kit, and carrying our Patrol/EDC bag, so where would I put anything we found while patrolling? Collapsible duffel bags are a great option for this. They take up very little space.

I recently found another option, the SOG Mission Medium Duffel. It’s a collapsible duffel bag that fits inside it’s own MOLLE pouch. This actually gives you two bags that you can fill with anything you’ve found, the duffel and the pouch. This bag being MOLLE Compatible allows you to attach it to your Patrol/EDC bag or Full Ruck for carrying without it removing key gear.

In current world operations, I have Gray Man Tactical MOLLE panels in my car, and I keep the Mission Bag mounted there. That’s certainly also an option for post-WROL vehicle operations.

I hope this article spurs some thinking for you on gathering abandoned items or foraging and how your team can prepare for it.

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I woke up this morning with snow coming down pretty heavy and decided it was time for a little refresher on selecting winter clothing and winterizing the year-round gear. I don’t really recommend dressing like super-secret agents Austin Millbarge and Emmitt Fitz-Hume above (a classic film). I know a lot of you live in warm areas, so we’ll only discuss winter gear in part of today’s article; we’ll finish with some more cautions from today’s events.

First, let’s talk shoes. I’ve been told I own more shoes than a man should. In my defense, each pair of shoes has a specific purpose. In the winter, you need some type of waterproof boot. I know, your stylish work shoes are killer, but if you’re stuck walking home in ice and snow in them, they may literally kill you. Have some type of waterproof boot with an aggressive tread at least available in your car for emergency use. One of the Goons on Twitter mentioned leg gaiters as well and they’re a great addition to your gear.

Closely related to boots are ice treads or traction devices. Just like a four-wheel drive truck doesn’t make you immune to ice, boots are the same way. The ones above are YakTrax, meant to give you better traction on ice. Snowshoes may also be appropriate if you are in a rural area.

When picking clothing, layering is the key. Clothing should also be loose-fitting. A lot of people buy super-snug coats and snow pants, but they defeat the purpose. You want clothes to be loose fitting to trap warm air that radiates off your body and keep it close to you. If your clothes are tightly fitting, the heat radiates out through them, since there is no air pocket. The tight-fitting stuff might look cool and be OK from the car to the store but trying walk a mile in them.

Start with a silk-weight base layer against the skin, which should be tighter and moisture-wicking to keep sweat from cooling you down in the cold. Then add loose insulating layers, depending on the temperature and your activity plans. If you are planning on significant foot movement, you may want to keep your upper body area with just a light, waterproof outer garment, to prevent sweating. If you stop, you can put on an extra layer from your pack.

A great system is the US Military Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (ECWCS). Millions of dollars of your tax money went into research to develop this outstanding gear, and you should take advantage of it, particularly if you are talking about preparedness gear. Generally, it consists of a Gore-Tex outer layer that can be worn as raingear year-round. It then has liners of a couple of different thicknesses, depending on how cold it is. Both the parka and the pants have fleece liners.

For extreme cold conditions, the system has a Primaloft over-parka and Primaloft insulated pants that go over everything else. Army versions are gray and Marine Corps versions are coyote brown.

The system also includes several layers and types of long underwear, switched out or layered depending on temperature. I’d also recommend a military wool sweater (yes, real wool, because it retains its warming ability even when wet).

There’s a lot of talk about 3 season and 4 season tents. In all reality, the only difference is that a 4-season tent is made from sturdier material with less mesh venting. You can either just use a 4-season tent year-round, or “fortify” your 3-Season tent with additional tarps to keep snow off the tent in a survival situation.

My personal choice is that I’m a minimalist. I want the lowest profile so I will just fortify my bivy-sized tent with an additional tarp layer. I normally use a thermal tarp that is camo on one side for warmth as well for shielding against thermal imaging (you know, in case the Chinese invade, right?). The tent is so low to the ground that wind won’t be as much of a concern, as long as I site my overnight site properly.

Your sleeping gear faces the same issue of 3-season versus 4-season. I own a 4-season sleeping bag, but I’m not carrying that heavy, bulky thing in my ruck anywhere. What I do is take my 3-Season USMC issue sleep system (which makes its own low-profile tent if you want) and add to it depending on the weather. First, I line it with a wool blanket. A wool blanket will keep you warm, even when wet.

If I need additional warmth, I place a thermal reflective layer like a survival blanket or survival tarp in between the wool blanket and the sleeping bag. An excellent choice for this is a Life Bivy. It comes in green or orange, and I prefer the green (tactical). Some people worry about the noise a thermal blanket makes, and that’s a valid concern, but by placing it between the other layers, you muffle that sound. A Life Bivy is a good survival item to keep in your Get Home Bag as well. It even has a loud whistle on the drawstring.

For winter use, I line my Ruck with a SEAL-Line dry bag. They make them (again, US Military Surplus) in several sizes. I have ones specifically made to line my USMC ILBE Ruck and Assault Pack (my Patrol/EDC bag). The SEAL-Line Assault Pack dry bag has the inside orange, so that if you wanted to signal for help, you could turn the dry bag inside out and display an orange signal panel. You want your gear water-proofed in the winter because wet gear is cold gear.

Another little trick I use year-round but is especially important in winter is that I put a carabiner rated at 125-200 pounds on the top drag handle of every pack I own. This way, while camping, if the ground is wet, I can hang my pack on a piece of line or on a branch, keeping it off the ground. My favorite is the Heroclip, pictured above. The thick part swings out and makes an S-Hook for hanging from any surface. Below is the Fire Escape Multi-Tool is got in my BattlBox this month (outstanding service… http://www.battlbox.com). It features a 125-pound rated carabiner with a sparking wheel, a window breaking tool, a small hex wrench, an O2 bottle wrench, a bottle opener, and a cutting tool. I am in the process of testing it and it throws sparks quite well.

Now that we’ve covered some winter gear ideas, I want to talk about a pair of recent events that should concern those involved in preparedness, regardless of your political leanings.

But first, in light of the increasing tyranny and fearmongering, I want to share something from the Ultimate Tactical Handbook. This morning, I was researching Jeremiah for Tactical Wisdom Volume 4. I came across this verse and it’s relevant because I hear so many people telling me that they are scared to protest and scared to speak out. Take courage from it:

Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them…

Jeremiah 1:17

Don’t let them win; they WANT to terrify you away from opposing them. God wants you to stand up.

Yes, the first one is the allegedly “leaked” video from the Patriot Front showing someone doing a Nazi salute. First, the video is obviously staged, since they all take off their sunglasses, but not their face-covering masks at the end and the dialog sounds forced and scripted. Besides, it’s a weird time for a Nazi salute. Note the inclusion of the Betsy Ross flag to link it to Nazism.

I’ve warned before that these guys are literal Nazis and it appears that they are now co-opted by the Federal government to become the designated “boogeymen”.

The problem for us is that the carefully produced videos that are being released show men in khaki tactical pants, and in hats with a Velcro patch pad on them. Let’s be honest, that’s practically the preparedness-minded person’s uniform. Selecting this combination was meant to associate these Nazis with anyone even remotely right wing or involved in preparedness. It’s not an accident. Be aware that YOU are being painted with the same brush as these Nazis, ON PURPOSE.

In their videos, you can also see INTENTIONAL close-ups of their Baofeng radios (including one very close up). Again, these are practically standard prepper-gear, and it is by design. This one ties with the next warning.

In the indictment against Proud Boy Matthew Greene, the US Government presented as evidence of a conspiracy the fact that Greene programmed several Baofeng radios for several members of the group. Now, that’s not illegal, but they are PAINTING it that way. Understand the risk, if you are all programming your radios from a common file, the Federal government, who already considers anyone into preparedness as a potential extremist, MAY consider that evidence of a criminal conspiracy.

I present this as proof of our nation’s quickening slide into a collapse. The more tyrannical a government becomes, the more likely it is to consider everything a conspiracy.

I hope all this information helps you get a little more prepared and a little more aware.

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As massive formations from four additional Russian Army Groups are heading to Ukraine, President Biden gives a speech calling anyone who opposes his radical agenda a domestic enemy, a mysterious wall goes up around the White House, and the FBI arrests 10 members of the Oath Keepers, I thought it was good time to catch up. Let’s talk about indicators.

Before we get to that, let me remind you of one of our guiding pieces of Tactical Wisdom:

if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head.

Ezekiel 33:4

Now, I know, I predicted a Russian invasion of the Ukraine for Christmas Eve, but I also said no later than the Olympics. I have never been happier to have been wrong, but it’s worth noting that Russia DID invade a country on the Eastern Orthodox Christmas, it just wasn’t Ukraine.

The truth is that the force surrounding the Ukraine has GROWN, not gotten smaller. The forces sent to Kazakhstan are already on their way back, and as we know, that includes the ready battalions from Russia’s spearhead 76th Guards Airborne. Additionally, troops and armor from four different Army Groups from the Far East Military District are on trains and heading west, causing massive traffic tie ups. They’re not headed for weekend liberty in Sochi.

Ukraine remains a global war threat for us, and we need to not pretend that it isn’t.

In the meantime, an odd event happened on Tuesday that the Mainstream Media glossed over. They reported it simply as a North Korean Missile launch. The truth is far scarier. North Korea did hold an announced missile test, but the missile, once in the air, performed a radical turn towards the US and accelerated to Mach 10, becoming a hypersonic missile.

This set off alarm bells, because official Washington had mocked a prior test on Friday, calling the DPRK’s hypersonic missile program a failure, and now, it looked as if the DPRK was striking the West Coast of the US with a hypersonic missile. Both NORAD and STRATFOR confirmed this. An unprecedented ground stop order and immediate land and hold order was issued for all air traffic in the western US.

Several other things happened behind the scenes that only some of us paid attention to. Two nuclear-capable stealth bombers and four tankers immediately took off and headed towards North Korea. One of our NEACP (National Emergency Airborne Command Post) aircraft got into the air, and one plane of the same class as Air Force 2, meant to hold either the VP or a successor to the Presidency, took off and got airborne, all within a few minutes.

Yes, the DPRK test launch almost triggered a nuclear war that you were never told about. The United States was caught completely by surprise with a weapon that could strike us in minutes.

Next, the President of the United States gave a speech in which he said that anyone opposed to the Voting Rights Act, which violates Constitutional guarantees of State’s rights and federalizes elections, was a domestic enemy. That’s pretty harsh rhetoric, in a nation in which we are allowed to express publicly our dissent.

Immediately after that speech, observers on the internet began to report heavy equipment installing a large wall between the White House and the Pedestrian Fence. Some government sources pointed to a recent Taliban threat as the reason, and others to a repair of the fountain. Neither story makes sense. Rather than address the controversy, the White House has cut the camera feed that shows the wall on the internet.

The final piece to our threat matrix was the announcement of a new “Domestic Terror Unit” at the Department of Justice, followed immediately by the very public arrest of Stewart Rhodes and 9 other Oath Keepers for Seditious Conspiracy, which is a ridiculous charge, given the evidence.

Make no mistake, these arrests and the DOJ announcement are timed to SUPPLEMENT the President’s speech and put you on notice that if you loudly disagree with the government, they are going to come and arrest you. A wild claim, you say? Take a look at this “evidence” against Rhodes:

First, I’ll point out that all of this happened AFTER the alleged Sedition on 1/6/2021. Second, every single item listed here as evidence of wrongdoing is PERFECTLY LAWFUL BEHAVIOR. On a related note, Rhodes needs to find better places to buy his gear, he’s overpaying.

Sure, they list some comments he made on Signal, but again, none of them discussed overthrowing the government or violently preventing the enforcement of federal law. It was protected free speech.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not here to defend Rhodes; I’ve long maintained that Rhodes was a federal informant and I still think he is. Even in the Michigan case, all the informants got picked up with everyone else.

But what does all of this mean for us in preparedness?

The prudent see danger and take refuge,
    but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

Proverbs 22:3

First, realize that your purchases of backpacks, gear bags, optics, ammunition, and firearms, as shown above, can be considered as evidence of Seditious Conspiracy under the current DOJ and FBI Leadership. DHS says that “being concerned with preparedness” and a “belief that the US Government must adhere to the Constitution”, as well as “being concerned about exercising their Constitutional rights” are all signs of potential domestic violent extremism. Be very careful in advertising your preparedness.

Understand that we are not out of the woods yet as far as the potential for a major European Land War, either. Sweden is increasing patrols on islands they possess in the middle of the Barents Sea, because they’ve committed troops to defend the Ukraine and they fear a general war from the Black Sea to the Barents Sea.

The domestic rhetoric on both sides is heating up and both the left and the right are openly calling for a “peaceful divorce”, while the government is openly calling the right “enemy”. It’s not a healthy environment.

There is nothing at all you or I can do to get others on both sides to tone down the rhetoric, and to be honest, we are well beyond the point of no return. Understand that there are two options left. The first option is that one of the two sides must completely surrender their agenda to the other, which is never going to happen. The other is conflict.

Prepare accordingly.

As always, I don’t publicly advocate for anything other preparing to be able to defend and preserve your family, first and foremost. Beyond that, I swore an oath to defend the Constitution, not the leaders. Any leader, on either side, who upholds the rule of law and the Constitution, has my support.

Please heed the warnings, get out my books, and start preparing in earnest.

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I frequently get called an alarmist. When I discuss our current situation, people say, “That will never happen here” or “This is America, they can’t ever do that”.

It frustrates me to no end, because in America before March of 2020, if someone said, “The state governments here in America are going to order all businesses to be severely limited and order citizens to remain in their homes, for a prolonged period, unless they have some valid reason to be outside of their home”, anyone would have said “That will never happen here”, yet it has. We are well beyond the realm of “That can’t happen here”, yet people say it to me day after day.

As an example, Javier Goya (not his real name) and I began talking months ago about how issues with the supply chain and disturbing indicators in the commodities markets were pointing towards a looming food shortage. We were roundly laughed at & told that we were being alarmist. Today, the Twitter feeds are full of pictures of empty shelves, and the press is telling us to get used to it because it’s the new normal. Normally, this time of year, grocery stores are brimming with turkeys. This year, if you are lucky to find one, it’s double the price of last year.

Why do I mention this? To say I told you so? No, it’s to warn you about normalcy bias. Normalcy bias is the tendency to deny that something is happening, despite evidence to the contrary. Normalcy bias is what causes people to say, “I just don’t see that happening”. Did you see complete and total lockdowns happening and did they happen even though you didn’t?

Closely related to normalcy bias is hope. Hope causes people to believe things that just aren’t realistic. There are many who hope that things will just go back to normal in America, so they suggest just “waiting and seeing” what is going to happen. This is the “don’t make waves” group. Many people hope that by “going along to get along”, the extremists on both sides will magically moderate their positions and everything will default to the “normal” setting.

If anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning

and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head.

Ezekiel 33:4

The socialist progressives, every time that the conservatives compromise, rather than moderating, have then made an even more extreme demand. Winston Churchill once warned about the Munich Agreement compromise, which handed an entire nation to the National Socialists without a fight, but Chamberlain did it anyway “to preserve peace, no matter the cost”. Did Chamberlain prevent World War 2? Did his appeasement of the demands of the far left (Yes, Hitler was Far LEFT not right) lead to peace? No, it led to more demands and eventually war.

Here’s where history provides my next example. Despite the glaring example of the Munich agreement, what did the Soviet Union, another far left nation, do? They entered the Non-Aggression Pact with Germany and banded together to divide up Poland (boy, does history repeat or what).

Once Germany got what it wanted (a unified front against Poland), did it then say, “Thanks for the compromise, let’s get back to normal”? No; as soon as they got what they wanted, they attacked their ally in Operation Barbarossa and the only thing that saved the Russians was her size and the weather (winter).

This isn’t exclusive to the left, the far right does the same thing. When granted compromises on illegal immigration, it led to the formation of even more extreme groups and political parties that demanded an end to ALL immigration, which is unrealistic.

On a side note, for the leftists that love to read my articles and comment, I’m not talking about Neo-Nazi groups: those belong to YOU. When you read the platform of any Neo-Nazi group, their platform is ALWAYS socialist. They ALWAYS call for nationalization of banks and businesses, they call for social welfare programs, and other things that only the left demands. Their racist policies towards Jews and other minorities are the same restrictions that the leftist woke mob wants to put on white people. Two sides of the same coin. And if you doubt my opposition to these groups, check out my very public expression of revulsion at one such group on Twitter a few days ago.

So, what does this history lesson have to do with today’s events and preparedness? Well, it tells us that compromise and going along are not guarantees of safety. We must continue to plan and not rely on compromise.

Jack Lawson, the author of the Civil Defense Manual recently authored this article: https://civildefensemanual.com/the-sky-is-falling/. In it, he points out these same issues. For the record, buy his books.

The most important takeaway is to stop thinking “It can’t happen here”. Civil War has already happened here once, and now there is open talk on both sides of secession and “peaceful divorce”. Let me just tell you: A national divorce will NOT be peaceful. Both sides would see it as validation of their worldview, and we live too inter-twined lives to just all separate and go on our merry ways.

A national internal conflict here will play out like the Balkan Conflict, but on a far larger scale. It would be unprecedented.

Pay attention to the indicators around you and understand that it CAN and MAY VERY WELL happen here and get prepared. Stock up on food, no matter what. Mountain House is currently having 15% off, so use my affiliate link below (I make a few pennies to support the site) and get some. Keep the car fueled up.

Be aware that the extreme BLM/ANTIFA crowd are every bit as anti-Joe Biden as the right. Look at their websites and Twitter pages. They believe that a violent Marxist revolution is the only solution.

It’s just been revealed that the FBI is indeed opening counter-terrorism investigations against parents who speak out at school board meetings. The other night, a socialist parent threatened conservative parents with “1000 armed soldiers, ready to go”. If everyone else is preparing for a civil war, shouldn’t you?

Lastly, the one-two punch of the Rittenhouse and Aubrey cases ending at the same time is BOUND to cause mass street violence. By the way, those two closing at the same time is most likely BY DESIGN. We’re already seeing both sides in the streets, ready to fight. Prepare.

Oh, and don’t think the FEDS aren’t stirring the pot. This vehicle has all the markings of a false flag to raise tensions. The vehicle belongs to a paper copany and what Nazis are driving around in Japanese trucks?

I hope this has opened a few eyes and helps a couple of you start seeing the world as it IS, not as we would like it to be.

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Earlier today, video emerged of a large man punching a small woman in the face on the subway, and literally no one intervened. To be fair, one man shouted at the guy AFTER the assault, which accomplished nothing. Some pointed out that she had just told the man that he needed to take a chill pill. Fair enough…. but that doesn’t justify an assault.

I put out a post challenging men. I asked why so many men would allow a woman with her children to be assaulted in their presence. I pointed out a piece of Tactical Wisdom from the Ultimate Tactical Handbook:

Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked

Psalm 82:4

That’s a clear and direct command, straight from God via King David, telling you to defend those who cannot defend themselves.

If you will not stand for your principles, you don’t have any.

I got a lot of responses from men, explaining all the reasons that they could not come to this woman’s defense. “My job”, “my family”, and fear of prosecution all were among the excuses offered.

Now, I wasn’t asking men to take up arms and resist the ever-encroaching federal government or resist a Chinese invasion, I was asking them to step up and protect someone from a criminal attack. A small woman.

I would like to point that if someone had intervened when the man began shouting and acting in a threatening way by speaking up and letting the man know that others would not tolerate his abuse, the ENTIRE ASSAULT PROBABLY WOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED AT ALL.

Professionally, I was at a shopping mall a few weeks ago, when a man who stealing was confronted by store staff. He shouted that if she didn’t leave him alone, he was going to assault her, remarkably like what happened today. I stepped up and said “You know I’m not going to let that happen, right? You need to calm down.” Rather than escalating the situation, it instantly diffused it. He returned the items he stole and fled, but no assault happened. If I had chosen to worry about my job and not gotten involved, she would have pushed the issue, and he would have assaulted her. DO SOMETHING.

The whole thing reminded me of the opening scenes of The Patriot, when Benjamin Martin says that he cannot fight, because he must worry about his family. Another member of the Assembly says that family can be a convenient excuse for cowardice. He’s right. I know what you’re thinking, but surely Benjamin was the Hero of the movie, so he must have been right. Well, what Benjamin got for his forbearance, was the State arresting one of his children, killing another, destroying his business, and burning his house to the ground (sound familiar?). Benjamin then MUST fight. All he did was delay the fight, while causing even worse things to happen to his family.

Why do I bring up a fictional movie to make a point? Because the point made is that delaying taking a stand doesn’t mean you get to avoid it forever, and had he STOOD UP EARLIER, maybe the other tragedies could have been avoided.

This piece of Tactical Wisdom is convicting of men who think like this:

If you falter in a time of trouble,
    how small is your strength!

Proverbs 24:10

A similar phenomenon occurred a few weeks prior, when a woman was raped on a train in the presence of many witnesses. I also pointed this out after an Islamic terrorist shot up a Denver grocery and no one ran to the aid of the victims. I got the same responses in both of those.

I challenge that these same men, if THEIR wives were attacked on the subway, would be demanding to know why no other men protected their wives. They can deny it all they want, it’s true. Just because you don’t like it, doesn’t mean it’s not true.

Men, you are called and Biblically commanded to TAKE ACTION:

Rescue those being led away to death;
    hold back those staggering toward slaughter.

Proverbs 24:11

The fact that men are able to justify not getting involved over fear of losing their jobs or being arrested for defending a victim is why America is in the predicament that she is in. Men are unwilling to take a stand against anything out of fear of “rocking the boat” or making their lives uncomfortable in any way.

THAT IS CALLED SURRENDER. A few weeks ago, I quoted Patrick Henry’s famous speech. In that speech, he said, “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?”. It’s a good point.

Crime is increasing because we are allowing it to flourish. No one is opposing the criminals, so they feel emboldened to attack, rob, and steal with impunity. The police aren’t the answer, they come AFTER the crime. We are the answer. Do you think that doing nothing will make it better? Again, Patrick Henry says it best: “Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?”

The ironic part is that the same men who explained why they couldn’t resist, spend their evenings on Twitter complaining about vaccine mandates, federal over-reach, and the reduction of their freedoms, yet they are unwilling to do anything about it. They will complain, and demand that “someone” do something, just not them.

Some of them even talk about their “red lines”. I tell you this: If you would not step up and defend an innocent attacked in your presence, YOU HAVE NO RED LINES. There is nothing the government could do that you would resist because you need your job. If they show up and demand to inject your kids with experimental vaccines and threaten to take the kids if you don’t consent, YOU MEN will consent. If they demand you get on the train, YOU MEN will do it.

Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
    Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?

Psalm 94:16

For those who told me they couldn’t resist because “I have a responsibility to my family” I say this: You are putting your family at risk by not taking action. Every criminal act unopposed breeds more crime. That’s just a fact.

Men, the time is rapidly approaching where you will have a choice: Surrender or fight for your family’s freedom.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Banjamin Franklin

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