What do you think is the most important short-term survival skill? It is first aid and basic medical knowledge. The ability to provide immediate medical assistance in an emergency situation is crucial for saving a life or lives. You must be able to reduce the severity of an injury or injuries. Skills like CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), wound management, and knowing…
Are you ready? The reader has likely already been following the news and is witnessing upheavals everywhere, from increased violence and bank failures, to threats of collapsing energy and food infrastructures, as well as potential WWIII and many other issues. It is time to carefully consider your survival strategy. There are a great many who are telling you that you…
This article is about the release of a new survival book that is featured in the image above. Click here to buy the book or, in about one month it should be in book stores near you so that you can look through it. I am a firm believer in go-bags, survival skills of all kinds, security, and other preparedness…
One of our CIVARA Academy students asked me to write about on guerilla warfare, which I was taught the beginning stages when I was five years old and which I have continued learning and have taught to others often, including paramilitary and military organizations in South America, as well as private courses. Why would we want to know about this…
Have you ever thought about what your chances of survival would be in a do-or-die scenario such as in an active shooter, street attack, earthquake, global pandemic, or wilderness trip gone bad encounter or, if the national power grid went down and your city turned into civil chaos? Do you associate a price with your life or that of your…
Have your ever been in an accident or precarious situation? If you have then you know that 100% of the time the ramifications could have been avoided. Why? Because regardless of where you are or what you are doing, you should have been aware and vigilant of the various form’s danger can take. In a very real way, taking preventive…
Since January 1 of this year, through the end of September, about 29 million guns were bought by the American public; 2020 has been the biggest year for gun sales in our history. Why? You all know the reason, people are afraid of the violence that is going on, seemingly supported by our own government since they will not stop…
I am a firm believer in go-bags, survival skills of all kinds, security, and other preparedness needs. The climate in the U.S. in terms of future outlook, violence, security, politics, and especially long-term survival has changed rapidly these past few months and will continue to change. The cumulative effects of the Covid-19 virus, which is no different than a common…
What is YOUR OPINION on global food trends and PRODUCTION? – From Noori R. of Tehran, Iran. The world population took 102 years (1825 to 1927) to reach 2 billion, in 1960 we reached 3 billion (in only 33 years) and we added consecutive billions in 1974, 1987, 1999. In 2011 the global population reached 7 billion. Almost all of…
In 1859, a huge geomagnetic storm called the Carrington Event, struck Earth. It took down telegraph machines and melted some telegraph wires, a few almost ½ inch in diameter. Solar storms are a huge source of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) generation. Solar storms are potentially always a threat and recent research shows one of the first maps of areas in the…