Close Menu
Join Us

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.

Newsletter
Explore Our Guides

Featured Articles

Supporting fathers is a readiness issue the Army can’t ignore

News

Over the last two decades, the Army and Defense Health Agency have made meaningful progress in perinatal care and support. Yet despite expanded screening, education and policy attention, a critical population remains largely invisible and unconsidered: fathers and nonbirthing partners, such as adoptive parents or caregiving partners, among others.This omission is not without consequence. One of the strongest predictors of birthing mothers’ mental health is partner support. That finding is not new, controversial or theoretical. A partner’s capacity to provide support is directly shaped by their own psychological health; when nonbirthing partners experience untreated distress, depression or anxiety this predictably…

Spotlight

All Articles

Prepping & Survival

This Happened to Me: I Butchered a Deer in My Brooklyn Apartment and the Cops Came

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This is a story in our This Happened to Me series, which is based on our long-standing adventure comic first published in 1940. I HAD ALL the primal cuts spread out on the table and countertop. I was only a few sips into my first can of beer. My knife was still shaving-sharp as I sliced away silver skin from a backstrap. What a nice way to spend an afternoon. Then I heard a knock on the door of my tiny Brooklyn apartment.  Surprised, and…

News

In plain sight: The Pearl Harbor spy

Early one morning in fall 1941 Takeo Yoshikawa encoded a brusque telegram for the Japanese foreign ministry’s home office in Tokyo. In its entirety, the message read: “Details unclear.” It was an admission of failure, and Yoshikawa’s apparent testiness is easy to understand. The 27-year-old intelligence officer had spent much of the previous evening submerged in the shallows of Oahu’s Mamala sey, attempting to study submarine barriers at the entrance to Pearl Harbor, only to come away with nothing but a deep chill.His superiors in Japan had ordered him to get information on the barriers’ dimensions, formidability, and operation. Lacking…

News

Hegseth defends strikes on alleged cartel boats

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended strikes on alleged drug cartel boats during remarks Saturday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, saying President Donald Trump has the power to take military action “as he sees fit” to defend the nation.Hegseth dismissed criticism of the strikes, which have killed more than 80 people and now face intense scrutiny over concerns that they violated international law. Saying the strikes are justified to protect Americans, Hegseth likened the fight to the war on terror following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.“If you’re working for a designated terrorist organization and you bring drugs to this country…

Prepping & Survival

Trump Threatened To Attack Colombia

United States ruler Donald Trump has threatened to attack Colombia as fears of a war with Venezuela escalate. Trump announced plans to expand anti-drug operations to include land-based strikes against Colombian cocaine labs, accusing Bogota of harboring drug producers. Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned the U.S. against “waking the jaguar”. According to Natural News, Petro invited Trump to collaborate in destroying cocaine labs but rejected U.S. military intervention, with Colombia’s Foreign Ministry condemning Trump’s remarks as “external aggression.” The U.S. is on a rampage toward war with several countries it deems guilty of “narco trafficking.” Much like with the war…

Prepping & Survival

Want to Kill a Great Late-Season Buck? Float a River

Sign up for This Happened to Me News on backcountry adventure and wilderness survival. This story, “Float a River, Tag a Buck,” appeared in the Sept. 1985 issue of Outdoor Life. Morning fog curled above the river like campfire smoke as Al Davis, in the stern of his 16-foot canoe, kept us on course with deft flicks of the paddle. From my bow-end advantage, I drank in the early-October beauty along the southern-Michigan river. Changing leaves offered a panorama of autumn colors. We were only 15 minutes downstream from our launch site, and I had already seen a great blue…

Load More

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.

  • Expert-Vetted Survival Guides
  • Gear Reviews You Can Trust
  • Always Ready, Always Free
Subscribe Now
Our Guides