A fully stocked pantry and the best survival gear on the market won’t mean a thing if you don’t have the skills to stay ahead of danger. Too many preppers focus on what they have instead of what they can do. When a crisis spirals out of control, resources run out, and chaos takes over, survival isn’t about gadgets, it’s about your ability to outthink, outmove, and outlast...

Thanks to the modern world, food preservation is effortless. We have packaged products with preservatives that last for years on the shelf, as well as freezers and refrigerators. However, what occurs if such comforts are no longer accessible? Supermarkets and instantaneous power were not available to our great-grandparents. Instead, they developed long-forgotten survival food preservation methods that enabled them to preserve food for months or even years in...

Survival frequently depends on your knowledge and readiness to respond when the unexpected occurs. For many Americans, being able to survive a catastrophe is about defending themselves and their loved ones in times of need, not just about having fun. The fact is, you don’t get a heads-up from emergencies. The capacity to remain composed and rely on practical abilities can be the difference between life and death...