Military Prepping
Prepping From a Military Standpoint
Friends, neighbors, and associates often times make assumptions about veterans when it comes to prepping, assumptions that may not necessarily be true. Some assume that if you have ever served in the military you know all there is to know about prepping and survival.
The skills, and experience gained from military service is a plus, a huge plus when it comes to SHTF scenarios, but when it comes to prepping in general when it's your family and friends' life at stake, veterans and active duty military have the same issues that many of you have.
Knowing how to use a firearm goes without saying. Virtually from day one in the military, you have your issued weapon with you. You trained with it, ate with it, and used the latrine with it. If you ever dropped your weapon in front of a senior enlisted or officer, you heard the familiar "get down with it". In other words drop and give me 50. You didn't drop your weapon.
You knew every part by feel, you knew if its fully loaded by the weight, you knew the kill range and effective range, you know what your zero is from basic training. Once out of the military all firearms are treated the same way. You know every part by feel, so no light, no matter …show more content…
Having a military mindset means, you will immediately look for cover and concealment whether you need it right away or not. You look for avenues of approach and escape, in your mind's eye you establish fields of fire, and calculate distances from the front door to the end of the driveway, end of the street or to ht big oak tree in the middle of the field. You look for sniper nests that can be used by you or by your adversaries. This is basic training for all military personnel and everything is filed away in the back of your mind. It's so natural you don't think about it, but the information is there when you need
Friends, neighbors, and associates often times make assumptions about veterans when it comes to prepping, assumptions that may not necessarily be true. Some assume that if you have ever served in the military you know all there is to know about prepping and survival.
The skills, and experience gained from military service is a plus, a huge plus when it comes to SHTF scenarios, but when it comes to prepping in general when it's your family and friends' life at stake, veterans and active duty military have the same issues that many of you have.
Knowing how to use a firearm goes without saying. Virtually from day one in the military, you have your issued weapon with you. You trained with it, ate with it, and used the latrine with it. If you ever dropped your weapon in front of a senior enlisted or officer, you heard the familiar "get down with it". In other words drop and give me 50. You didn't drop your weapon.
You knew every part by feel, you knew if its fully loaded by the weight, you knew the kill range and effective range, you know what your zero is from basic training. Once out of the military all firearms are treated the same way. You know every part by feel, so no light, no matter …show more content…
Having a military mindset means, you will immediately look for cover and concealment whether you need it right away or not. You look for avenues of approach and escape, in your mind's eye you establish fields of fire, and calculate distances from the front door to the end of the driveway, end of the street or to ht big oak tree in the middle of the field. You look for sniper nests that can be used by you or by your adversaries. This is basic training for all military personnel and everything is filed away in the back of your mind. It's so natural you don't think about it, but the information is there when you need