Master the Art of
Preparedness and Survival
Master the Art of Preparedness and Survival
Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews,
and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.
Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews, and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.
The Army is now “pre-piloting” apps and dashboards for its popular holistic health system, and leaders are facing tough decisions about what performance data to show soldiers and leaders to motivate them without overwhelming them or turning information into noise.Holistic Health and Fitness, or H2F, launched as a pilot in…
Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, “Livernose’s Lost Lake,” appeared in the November 1951 issue of Outdoor Life. I looked up in frightened awe at the 300-foot waterfall, tumbling in lacy and fearful beauty down the rocky escarpment. “I wouldn’t…
Cell towers go down eventually. He lays out what still works.
Drones are how war gets fought now. Worth understanding them.
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Iran went after our bombers. Hookstead reads what followed.
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Jungle, Legion, and a SEAL willing to describe it.
Pistol from the beginning. Short, and no harm in it.
Pack for the day you are hurt, not the good one.
The first thirty days is the part most plans skip. He doesn’t.
One of them threw down the challenge. Both men can shoot.
Sign up for the Deer Camp Newsletter Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. This story, “My Most Memorable Deer Hunt,” appeared in the July 1971 issue of Outdoor Life. Archibald Rutledge was the author of more than 50 books and named the first South Carolina Poet Laureate. In my long and happy life, I have killed many bucks. My most thrilling deer hunt occurred in December of 1942. At the time, my son Middleton, his wife Flora, and their nine-year-old daughter Elise were spending a month on the plantation with me.…
Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Few fish are more impressive than big tuna when it comes to power and athleticism. Their fight can leave anglers with numb arms and busted tackle. And when it comes to trophy quality on the plate, few fish compare with tasty tuna, whether deck-side as sashimi with a little soy and lemon juice or grilled rare as ahi steaks. Here’s a look at the biggest tuna of all time, as recorded by the International Game Fish Association. Bigeye Tuna, Atlantic: 392 pounds, 6 ounces Bigeye…
Working from behind cover. There is a right way.
The ObservIR, put to use rather than just described.
The tactics changed. He lays out what that means now.
Sight alignment. Simple enough to say, harder to do right.
The war reached the pump and the grocery aisle.
He calls it the truth about carrying. Hear him out.
Deport him or try him. Neither answer is clean.
Lightest and most powerful, they say. He’ll check.
A pistol past the distance most men would try.
Old saying, two requirements. He names both.
The Lakewood tape, and a Green Beret’s read on it.
Capone’s pistol turned up. They took it to the range.
Getting down prone. Turns out most of us do it wrong.
Building a fire with one arm working. Worth knowing.
A preview, and a name most people remember.
How you stand when a stranger closes in.
Cut shells, and why almost nobody makes them now.
Master the Art of
Preparedness and Survival
Master the Art of Preparedness and Survival
Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews,
and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.
Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews, and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.
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