I found this statistic to be pretty shocking… Did you realize that you can currently be found in approximately 200 different databases? And

Are you married or dating someone who DOESN’T share your love for firearms, survival, or self-defense training? Well, you’re not alone… In a

Come take a drive with me… I was in my car thinking long and hard about my last broadcast with Jim Cobb on choosing

There was NO mercy… When I was in the Army’s elite 10th Mountain Division light-infantry for almost 4 years, we had a lot

This always kills me when I see planning out their bug-out bag contents… Every wanna-be “armchair prepper” seems to enjoy adding item after

Do YOU have a “survival team” yet? A survival team is what allows you to pull together the resources and skills of your fellow team

Let’s face it… we take clean, drinkable water for granted, don’t we? Well, that is until a disaster hits – knocking out water

I know… “guns, guns, guns!”, right? If you’re like most people, when you think about what makes up the best weapons arsenal, the

A sudden snowfall or blizzard can paralyze a city and make travel by vehicle a life-or-death venture. Each year, people become trapped in

One of our readers, Ed Davis, sent me an interesting account from a man in Baltimore who went to the local WalMart in order

Do you own a gun? If so, you need to take decisive action to protect “who” knows “what” about the firearms you own,

Are you someone who genuinely lives life in the “Yellow Zone”? In other words, do you pride yourself in being tactically aware of

Last year, I held a special private workshop on “survival bartering” after a collapsed economy scenario. About 250 people attended and we discussed real-world

In 2008, the majority of America realized our electrical grid was held together with duct tape, bubble gum, and hope. Guess what… Eight

We can learn a lot about how to survive hard times from the early settlers, wouldn’t you say? I mean, we talk about

Ever wonder if the “super-rich” of Wall St. are preparing for a SHTF collapse? I promise you they most definitely ARE! I have

It’s what our founding fathers feared most… The tools of “war” being used to whittle away at the freedom of our own citizens.

What if wide-scale collapse gripped our country? Without rule-of-law, your town could quickly transform into something that MORE resembles a 3rd world territory

She was stalked by a 37-year old pervert… Ambushed outside of her Salt Lake City, Utah home as she was leaving for work,

The media’s done a good job of covering this secret up… But after seeing the devastation of Russia’s Chernobyl meltdown… and Japan’s Fukushima

No, the specter of nuclear war is NOT over! The threat of a nuclear disaster is very real and it wasn’t so long ago that

Imagine for a moment… not having clean water for your family to drink… … worrying if every drink your child takes is the

150 gun-toting “occupiers”… On Jan. 2nd, led by the sons of the infamous Nevada Rancher (and stand-off winner), Cliven Bundy, a “peaceful-yet-armed-and-ready” militia

This weekend my wife and I saw the movie “The Revenant” with Leonardo DiCaprio. (AWESOME movie by the way!) The one thing about

The Los Angeles riots, which took place in 1992 after the infamous Rodney King trial, are one of the best modern-day examples of

We’ve talked again and again about how critical it is to be ultra-prepared when the country shuts down – but WITHOUT letting anyone

What if the #1 source of your very survival – your water supply – is actually slowly KILLING you? Worse… What if your

Hopefully you’ve already at least started putting together a survival team to face a crisis. But what’s the right number of people you

Is the United States turning into a total and complete “police state”? There’s a world-recognized 10-stage process every police state in history has followed to induce

“Mad Max: Fury Road” nearly broke the Internet when it came out not so long ago. As great as the movie is, it suffers

Most of the time, we think of survival as something you do until you’re rescued. But what if you DIDN’T want to be

Did you notice this about your turkey this Thanksgiving? If you did the shopping, you discovered that prices jumped up this year –

All it takes is the wave of a hand… All of your personal information and credit card details are no longer just yours

You’d have to be living under a rock not to notice that there have been a LOT more natural disasters in recent years.

This little-known fact really blew me away… Did you know that two-thirds of the soldiers that died during the Civil War, DIDN’T die

In feudal Japan during the 15th century, warring Lords and aristocrats hired a deadly class of hired mercenaries to do their dirty work…

Life is strange. And with it comes lessons – sometimes even “tactical lessons” from events and experiences you wouldn’t expect. This week, I

=== From The Editor=== According to Scott Bolan, an expert on the topic of “mental warfare”, victimization begins in the mind and long before

Have you ever seen the movie “Dante’s Peak?” It’s a pretty good flick starring a Suburban. No, I’m not kidding — Pierce Brosnan

Another attack! This time in Germany where another radical terrorist slammed through a crowd of men, women and children. These continued attacks on

A lot of survivalists talk about “survival mind-set” – that intestinal fortitude to survive at all costs, using whatever means necessary. But there’s

By now you already know that storing away a “survival food cache” is an essential part of any crisis plan, right? If not,

When a disaster is headed your way, you quickly see who in your town is prepared and who isn’t. What naturally happens is

I know there’s a bunch of controversy right now about our ability to keep our warm, live fingers on our weapons before they’re

Does your wife, husband, or “significant other” think you’re crazy for prepping or owning guns? Wouldn’t it be great if they shared your

It’s always amazing to see what people can do with paracord, isn’t it? I once saw a woman’s bikini made entirely out of

Imagine the worst thunderstorm you’ve been through and then jack it up on steroids. 200 mph winds ripping your roof off… trees ripped

Who says that prepping for combat isn’t fun? One of my favorite pastimes (and bonding excursions with my son) is our trip to

It’s really sad to see, isn’t it? You know those television commercials asking you to give money for kids living in African garbage

Are you a sucker for cool everyday carry survival gear gizmos? Yeah. Me too. But the secret to your EDC gear is (again)

On the night of September 11th, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya, an armed mob of militants attacked the US State Department Special Mission Compound

When you’re forced to tap into your survival food stockpile following a disaster, living off of bland, boring canned goods can actually cause

In a disaster or collapse scenario, there’s always an element of danger. This is because violence is all around in such a situation.

Did you know that in recent years, blackouts have increased a whopping 124% due to our failing electrical grid? And that’s just your

When law enforcement is overwhelmed with keeping law and order down at the food riots and anti-police demonstrations, who will watch over the neighborhood

Recently I was asked about the biggest mistake I see when it comes to DEFENDING YOURSELF following a disaster or a collapse. One of

This isn’t meant to start an argument… But with as much reliance as many have with using firearms for protection during a disaster

When a disaster or crisis strikes, the best place for you to be is most likely going to be in your home where

First, let me start out by saying that I believe in absolute FREEDOM. I don’t care what religion you follow… what color you

Like me, many parents and grandparents out there are answering the call to raise more self-reliant children who can face any danger with

Who wouldn’t want a shiny little sports car armed with oil slick dump tanks… machine-gun headlights… and surface-to-air missiles in the pop-up trunk? (It was

So you have cases of MRE’s and enough beans to power a small methane plant all ready for the apocalypse… … but what

One of the hard realities you must face during a collapse is the potential loss of the emergency support we take for granted

More and more knife companies are offering tactical tomahawks or hatchet-like weapons to their lineups these days. The tactical tomahawk is, in fact,

A survey once done with American households found that about 75% of all households only have about 3 days of food available if

An armed man, dressed in camouflage and carrying an assault rifle, waits for darkness to fall. When it does, he finds the building

In 1992, when police officers  who beat Rodney King were cleared of wrong-doing, the Los Angeles area erupted in violence. As chaos consumed

Woo-hoo! This is our 52nd Modern Combat & Survival podcast episode, marking one full year of an amazing journey that has pulled together

We all know you need to prepare for disasters and unexpected crisis. Food… water… self-protection… evacuation plan… gear… But what if you’re… um…

When the one shot you get could mean the difference between death or survival – whether a deer in your sights for your

Not all personal defense knives are designed for the reality of deadly knife combat. The right knife – from grip to blade –

I’m all about “getting along” and, having had boots on the battlefield, I can promise you that I’d opt for peace over war

When the world gets turned upside-down and law and order have come to a screeching halt, your home may no longer be the

Whether it’s a search-and-rescue mission to locate a lost child… or evading the desperate masses of zombie citizens after a collapse, your ability

Having been in real survival scenarios where bugging out was the only option – as well as facing the reality of long-term, long-distance

Your wife, your children, everything that matters to you, is less than two football fields away… … AND YOU CAN’T GET TO THEM!

Yes, we all know the government is spying on us – as well as hackers and other nefarious characters who want your information

There are a lot of myths and misinformation surrounding the practice of meditation. But did you know that meditation – when practiced the

While you and I may both realize that we live in a dangerous world, far too many of us are actually what I

I always get questions about what I carry on me for my everyday carry survival gear (or EDC). This is an important question

This past weekend, I joined my son’s scout troop for a camping trip. Now, my son and I look at “camping” a little

Of course we’d all like to think of our home as a “castle” that will protect us from the outside world… especially if

Let’s face it… “Super storms”… natural disasters… pandemic threats… rolling blackouts… More than ever, we face a number of ugly threats outside of

This is a real threat we face – right here… right now. For nearly 50 years, the U.S. government and media have been

We don’t take “zombies” too seriously at MCS HQ – but there ARE certainly valuable lessons we can get by studying our favorite

It’s no secret that you’re being spied on… right now… by at least 3 different sources you’re not even aware of. It could

In the United States, it’s easy to forget how close we are to a nuclear disaster. All the incidents we’ve heard reported are

Every prepper knows that of all the skills you need to master for wilderness survival, fire-starting is right up there at the top. Being able

This weekend, I was screwing around on the internet doing some research on “improvised weapons” and found one that I never thought would

I recently saw an article from the television survival show host, Creek Stewart where he went over how to make an improvised “LifeStraw”

Too many people dismiss the tactical tomahawk as some kind of “fantasy weapon” that has no practical purpose in a survival arsenal. I

You might think that “martial law” – the temporary (or permanent) takeover of an area by government-controlled police and military – is just some doomsday

We constantly stress the need for all survivalists to consider pandemic survival medicine skills a critical element of any survival plan and news is

Do you want to be able to defeat any “bully” – whether it’s the drunkard at the bar or the self-serving co-worker at

As the continued warning signs of a collapse unfold, more and more people are waking up to the realization that NOW is the

While you were watching the Super Bowl last weekend, someone else was watching the fans… Spread throughout the rafters and for blocks around

Even the government agencies in charge of protecting our population admit that we’re long overdue for a devastating pandemic disease that could wipe

I just saw a news story that blew me away. I think any survivalist would be. A 7-year-old girl walked away from a

Remember the Fukushima nuclear meltdown that happened in Japan not long ago? The people who lived near that plant never saw it coming… and if

Making sure you have the best survival gear to prepare for any disaster, crisis or attack means a hell of a lot more