Today’s neighbors can morph into tomorrow’s marauders in the blink of an eye.
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson is the Nom de plume of a retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces (Airborne). Mr. Johnson was a Special Forces Medic, EMT and ACLS-certified, with comprehensive training in wilderness survival, rescue, and patient-extraction. He is a Certified Master Herbalist and a graduate of the Global College of Natural Medicine of Santa Ana, CA. A graduate of the U.S. Army’s survival course of SERE school (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape), Mr. Johnson also successfully completed the Montana Master Food Preserver Course for home-canning, smoking, and dehydrating foods.
Mr. Johnson dries and tinctures a wide variety of medicinal herbs taken by wild crafting and cultivation, in addition to preserving and canning his own food. An expert in land navigation, survival, mountaineering, and parachuting as trained by the United States Army, Mr. Johnson is an ardent advocate for preparedness, self-sufficiency, and long-term disaster sustainability for families. He and his wife survived Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Cross-trained as a Special Forces Engineer, he is an expert in supply, logistics, transport, and long-term storage of perishable materials, having incorporated many of these techniques plus some unique innovations in his own homestead.
Mr. Johnson brings practical, tested experience firmly rooted in formal education to his writings and to our team. He and his wife live in a cabin in the mountains of Western Montana with their three cats.
A Green Beret’s Guide to Improvised Home Defense Strategies
If you can’t defend it, you don’t own it. Learn from a green beret how to defend your home in an emergency with these essential tips.
4 Reasons Why Drinking Coffee Is Great For Your Health
The next time someone tells you to stop drinking coffee, have them read this article.
Some Basics on Living a Self-Reliant Lifestyle, Part 2
In order to live a self-sustained existence, you must prepare, and practice what it is that needs to be done…so that you can actually do it and not just have it stored away in a book or in your files.
Off-Grid Travel: The DIY Survival Bike
The bike can get you through tough times, as well as providing you with exercise and enjoyment prior to the SHTF. You’ll find it a challenge, but that’s what makes it worth it in the long run.
This is Why Our Anonymity is a Thing of the Past
Everywhere you walk you’re subjected to an array of cameras monitoring your every movement; and little by little, taking your anonymity away with it.
The Incredible Edible Dandelion: Using This Weed to the Fullest
With so many gifts to offer, it would be wise to take advantage of the dandelions growing wild in your yard.
Land Navigation: Finding Your Way in an Urban Environment SHTF Style
An urban environment is the most challenging of all places, because of the amount of people you’ll have to deal with and the number of confusing (and dangerous) situations that will arise when the SHTF.
Fit to Fight: Preparing the Body and Mind
Mental discipline and concentration are premium for any fighter to succeed; but you must train.
