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Mutual Assistance Groups
In the world of preparedness, and life in general, having community is important. Important for not only your mental wellbeing but also for sharing knowledge, labor, and fellowship. As time progresses, we would think the “system” would be more able to help the citizenry. Unfortunately, in many places across the country there has been strong…
Pace Count
In the world of land navigation, you will hear about pace counts. If you do a lot of dead reckoning, you will be constantly working on counts. Even if you focus on terrain association, it is an extremely useful tool, when properly applied. A pace is the length of your step or stride. By finding…
Realistic Expectations – A Post Deployment Brief
Every once in a while, you get some advice that is completely contrary to what you expect yet is 100% accurate and timely. I got some of this advice from the battalion Sergeant Major when we were returning home from my first deployment to Iraq. In his address to the battalion as we were getting…
Have gun, Will Travel – Truck Guns
I’ve been on the road a fair bit for most of my life. And the last few years it seems even more so. We’re traveling again right now, so this idea is fresh in my mind. Now I am not expecting or wanting trouble, if I was i wouldn’t go to place that seemed like…
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