Day: May 13, 2025

Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — May 13, 2025

On May 13, 1916, the Lafayette Escadrille, an American aviation unit under French command comprised of volunteers to fight for France, saw its first combat at the Battle of Verdun. — May 13th is also the birthday of firearms engineer Theodor Koch (born 1905, died 1976.) Koch, along with Edmund Heckler and Alex Seidel salvaged tooling from the bombed-out Mauser factory at Oberndorf, and with it founded Heckler und Koch. — We are pleased to welcome our newest text advertiser, the Stakeholder Prepping Podcast. Fascinating stuff with some expert advice. Listen in! – JWR — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we …


Communications Options for the Common Man – Part 1, by Tunnel Rabbit

We live in uncertain times where tens of millions of foreign invaders comprised largely of military-aged males have recently and in organized fashion crossed our borders. They were assisted by U.S. government-funded NGOs south of the border. We certainly should wonder about their intent. And there are many other significant threats that we should be concerned with particularly as the world is rapidly becoming unstable, both economically and geopolitically. At some point in the near future, World War 3 will break out and the economy at home will suffer greatly, causing riots in the streets that would further destabilize this …


SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt 

This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. We also mention companies located in the American Redoubt region that are of interest to preppers and survivalists. Today, news about a bison goring incident at Yellowstone.  (See the Wyoming section.) Idaho Idaho Army National Guard’s 116th to transition from armored to mobile combat team. o  o  o Young man arrested with Meridian Police officer’s knee on his neck is found guilty.  JWR’s Comment:  …