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…
This post is written for the Special Operations Police in Ankara, Turkey as a follow-up module to the long/extreme range, soft-target interdiction course I taught them, which covered ranging, wind, moving targets, downing drones, loop-hole, and other techniques used for long-range and extreme range shooting. Since the dawn of automobiles, Law-enforcement officers have been required to exchange fire with armed…
The Black Rifle and Situational Awareness The purpose of this short article is to ensure you contemplate what you’re doing with a black rifle. Let’s begin with situational awareness. Many people discuss situational awareness and its meaning. Simply stated, situational awareness is knowing what is going on around you. From a more detailed analysis however, it is recognizing temporal (time)…
The preparedness section focuses on issues that will help you prepare for almost any crisis. It focuses on background issues about hazards from technological, natural, and man-made causes – from terrorism to food shortage, to massive civil unrest and so much more. This section gives survival tidbits; courses are comprised of 6 phases and more than 42 module courses that…