It’s Sunday December 4 and I woke up around 2am in the morning when my phone started vibrating over and over. I just wrapped up a 2-Day wilderness survival course...
Everyday carry changes from one person to the next. Depending on our daily duties and responsibilities as well as our experiences and training, what we carry varies wildly. There are...
A correlation exists between what is easy to access and how many people you will see there. Think about it, you may run into a dozen people on a particular...
My first experience giving blood corresponded to a day we have collectively agreed not to forget. On September 11th, 2001, I was a senior at Fairfield University and I watched...
Cordage skills are perhaps only second to fire in terms of difficulty. Attend one of our wilderness survival courses and you’ll likely hear me say that at some point. After...
During the Vietnam Conflict, the United States military developed various hammocks for use in the field with the most popular being the M1966. These hammocks provided US servicemen the ability...
“Jesus, that’s Jason Bourne.” That quote from the popular Robert Ludlum series has become a derogatory smear online when someone makes a comment about “gray man” or “op sec” or...
SIG Sauer MPX-K Setup and Review If you happen to catch me at a survival course I’m teaching, I will often make reference to self-defense options since a major survival...
It’s funny how something so small can ruin your day. I’m talking about the creepy crawlies that seem to be everywhere in the camp. Mosquitoes, flies, and ticks are the...
