Category: Prepare
Swim For It, But Can You Make It?
If you go overboard for any reason it’s usually safest to stay put regardless of water temperature. Hanging on to a capsized boat, a seat cushion, or anything else floating in the area is a good best idea. But what about when you’re close, or think you’re close, to shore? What if the water is [...]
How to Prevent Water Damage to Your Smartphone
One thing that Maritime Operators have learned is that water is a very harsh environment and quite unforgiving on our gear and equipment. This goes for our personal items too. In today’s world, something that most people have on them at all times is a good ol’ smartphone. It’s just a staple of human nature. [...]
Random Facts About HR 822 Right to Carry Act
This week, the house passed a vote that would amend US code in order to allow a person who has a valid CCW in one state, (and can lawfully posses a handgun), to be allowed to concealed carry in another state. Naturally, there are many firestorm debates on this issue. Anti-gun groups are going crazy about it [...]
HR 822: Who is for and against it.
HR 822 stipulates that any lawful holder of a concealed carry permit in one state will retain the right to carry in any other state which also issues concealed carry permits or does not prohibit concealed carry. What it doesn’t do is authorize federal interference in state gun laws. The state permit-issuing laws will remain the [...]
Learning via Podcasts, iTunes U, & Safety Solutions Academy
As a connoisseur of internet surfage, I am always looking for ideas and knowledge. While Phil may be a book guy, I prefer more modern ways of learning and building a functional knowledge base. By that I mean videos and audio presentations/discussions. Recently I began to discover a wealth of unused information that most of us have [...]
Tactical Field Care
Tactical Field Care is defined as “The care rendered to the casualty once the casualty and rescuer are no longer under effective hostile fire. This term also applies to situations in which an injury has occurred on a mission but there has been no hostile fire.” In the Tactical Field Care Phase the immediate tactical problem [...]
How to Respond to Terrorism Threats and Warnings
In this week’s Geopolitical Weekly, George Friedman wrote that recent warnings by the U.S. government of possible terrorist attacks in Europe illustrate the fact that jihadist terrorism is a threat the world will have to live with for the foreseeable future. Certainly, every effort should be made to disrupt terrorist groups and independent cells, or lone [...]
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