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As a blogger it is interesting to me that the topics that generate the most interest include gear. That is understandable, and don’t get me wrong – I get it. I love gear! I think a healthy interest in gear shows a professionalism to be better prepared to get the job done.The same goes for guns. Well, guns and gear are related. They are related because they are the things that equip an individual. They are the things that an individual can concentrate on in order to better equip himself for the fight. An individual can control his gear and weapon set-up, given the cash to pay for it.You can extrapolate that to tacti-cool square range style pseudo-tactical training. It is a line of individuals on a range firing at paper targets. They are individuals. But their gear is awesome, right?...
One of the big issues facing the ‘prepper’ community is the isolationist ‘OPSEC’ mindset. You need to throw that off. Yes, be careful who you talk to, but you need to be making some sort of plan to move from individual to team. Even having enough people to mount a watch / OP system requires more than one family unit. I know, finding decent trustworthy people is hard. But consider this – you don’t have to have a plan that necessarily involves all meeting at one persons retreat, or letting everyone know about your preps, or spending time canning good together. At the very least, if you have some sort of tactical team, or group, or hobby association in the area where you plan to bug out to, then you can at least meet after the SHTF to conduct operations. Such a thing would involve training together without necessarily being inside each others inner sanctums of retreat OPSEC. Maybe have a rally point for after SHTF if the comms go down. Take it from there.
I've been preaching that for years
