Pictures from the Tennessee Jeep Jamboree 2019

We had three great days on the trail in Windrock and Royal Blue

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Preparedness Notes for Wednesday — January 22, 2020 January 22, 2020

On January 22 , 1944 Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 86 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The more than $12,000 worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A $3,000 gift certificate towards a Sol-Ark Solar Generator from veteran-owned Portable […]

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Practical Survival Radio Communications – Part 2, by G.H. January 22, 2020

CONTROL THE AIR Controlling the air often means transmitting, when necessary, large quantities of information accurately in poor conditions in a short amount of time. Even operators that are interested only in the hobby side of radio may fall into an emergency with the radio being the only source of working communications. Communications in an […]

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JWR’s Recommendations of the Week: January 22, 2020

Here are JWR’s Recommendations of the Week for various media and tools of interest to SurvivalBlog readers. The focus is usually on emergency communications gear, bug out bag gear, books and movies–often with a tie-in to disaster preparedness, and links to “how to” self-sufficiency videos. There are also links to sources for both storage food […]

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The Editors’ Quote of the Day: January 22, 2020

“Whatever disagreement there may be as to the scope of the phrase “due process of law” there can be no doubt that it embraces the fundamental conception of a fair trial, with opportunity to be heard.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Frank v. Magnum, 237 U.S. 309, 347 (1915) The post The Editors’ Quote of the […]

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Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — January 21, 2020 January 21, 2020

On this day in 1968, the siege of Khe Sanh began, as NVA regulars surrounded the USMC hilltop airfield near the Laotian border. Fearing a repeat of the French Army’s 1953 Dien Bien Phu debacle, the Pentagon assigned maximum round-the-clock air power to the region, including B-52 bomber strikes, to break the siege. According to […]

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