Last night, my wife, son and I sat down with a bowl of popcorn and an evening of the undead as we watched

Does Jeff have a man-crush on North Korea’s Kim Jong Il? Say it isn’t so! See what all the buzz is about along

And the worst camouflage plan ever goes to (drum roll please)…. …North Korea! Judging from the picture below, they look like they’re planning

In a riot or civil collapse scenario, social chaos will cause people to behave as predators. In some cases, the social chaos event

The early American Indians didn’t have long range sniper rifles to bring home a meal from their hunting trips. With clubs, spears, and

Are you a terrorist? If you’re a fellow “survivalist” like me, the Department of Homeland Security thinks you might be. A disturbing report

Don’t laugh at me… One of my very favorite shows is “Storage Wars” – the reality show where they auction off storage lockers

Fuel is one of those things we all worry about, because for most of us there is only one place to get it:

One of the keys to surviving is to always be armed and able to protect yourself and family in the absence of law

One of the best survival kits is a kit you can carry with you, all the time. These pocket kits are available to

We all like to think we are prepared citizens.  This preparation brings us some real comfort, some peace of mind.  We like to

You may or may not be old enough to remember the old “duck and cover” days. There was a time when the average

They call it an “active denial system”. Some systems use electromagnetic waves to “humanely deter” everyone from enemy forces to political protesters. Ask

The worst outbreak of Ebola virus in history is happening right now in West Africa and has claimed more than 700 lives according

As an Emergency Manager in both federal and state Emergency Operation Centers and a member of FEMA’s Incident Command Staff, Richard Marshall has

I think most of us leave scenarios like being trapped in our car when it is submerged in water for movies and adventure

I have to warn you… What you’re about to see is pretty hard to watch. But it’s a very rare opportunity to see

The ability to build fire is an obvious survival skill.  You need fir for warmth and also to boil water to make it

Survival it’s always just about rubbing two sticks together or building a shelter out of pine needles and duct tape. Imagine this scenario…

Imagine a rotting hole in your hand that grows so fast you can watch it ooze.   At the center of that black, festering, swollen

Ok, so surviving a disaster is a LOT like what you’d imagine evading a horde of zombies would be like in an apocalypse,

Nothing says “No you hella won’t bust into MY home, mother f*#&-er!” than a bazooka aimed at a home invader’s forehead. But let’s

When you think of a big survival knife, you probably think of Rambo, and you may also be tempted to dismiss big battle

Imagine that you or a member of your family gets sick. Maybe it’s bacterial pneumonia…  maybe it’s the initial stages of what seems

I’d like to think that we live in a “civilized” society. I’d like to think that if we ever experienced a true “lights

You’re a guy walking with your wife in the city and you hesitantly walk past a group of “questionable” characters. You walk to the

He’s walking through the front doors… He’s just a few feet away from your family… He’s wearing a t-shirt that talks about the

When you think of how you’d survive TEOTWAWKI, you probaby think of things like stockpiling supplies… getting “off the grid”… gathering weapons and

There it was. Just sitting in the Florida woods. A wooden coffin, possibly homemade, filled with “survival weapons” such as a  crossbow… swords… a

Ok, I know that when you think about “survival weapons”, a shotgun probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind, right? Most

Back in the mid-80’s while assigned for some jungle training and counter-drug patrols in Honduras, my platoon was finally given a pass to

Don’t worry… Ok, it’s not that rifles like the AR-15 ALWAYS suck. It’s just that most survivalists don’t think practically about the total

Ok, this is gonna come as a shocker for you, but…I actually LOVE “FEMA camps”! Yes, I know that every underground conspiracy blogger

NASA issues dire warning about FIVE collapse scenarios they consider to be likely in the next 15-20 years!

Moore, Oklahoma is a small town filled with friendly folk – the kind you expect to see helping each other out during troubled

Today I have an important question for you… If you were forced to evacuate your home in a disaster and all you had

Looking for a way to put your survival knowledge to the test? Are you challenged with getting your spouse and/or kids on board

I’ve been really interested lately in methods for survival gardening and found this really great article from Survival Life on how to create

The survival food you pack in your bugout bag should be lightweight and calorie dense. It should be calorie dense while providing a

One of the biggest challenges for most families looking to prepare for a disaster is how to feed their family when the grocery

Every 11 years, the magnetic field of the Sun flips. This powerful force that drive sunspots, solar flares and huge explosions of solar

Everyone laughs at the redneck with a crossbow… until a zombie is chewing on your face! Thanks to badass Walking Dead icon, Darryl

Every soldiers knows that traveling for long distances on foot can really wreak havoc with your feet. When it comes to traveling on

With little to no law enforcement in place during a survival situation, or in a situation where the normal rules don’t apply and

“Survival knife.” What do you think of when I say those words? The first thing most people think of when they think of