Field notes
Lessons, gear notes, and preparedness thinking from Forrest Garvin and the Carolina Preparedness team.
A bug out bag can help during an evacuation, but it isn’t a complete preparedness plan. Learn what to pack, what to skip, and why home supplies and practical skills come first.
Youth survival skills training can help children build outdoor confidence through calm, supervised practice. Learn what kids may practice and how parents can support the experience.
Practical personal safety habits for home, in the car, in crowds, and outdoors, plus what beginners can expect from a personal safety class.
Learn how a mutual assistance group can stay useful after a member moves away through check-ins, shared contacts, rotating hosts, backups, and community planning.
Firearms training for beginners should be calm, practical, and safety-focused. Learn what to expect in a first class and how hands-on instruction builds responsible confidence.
Emergency gear is useful, but it cannot replace practice. Learn how emergency preparedness training helps individuals and families build practical skills for communication, water, shelter, navigation, and more.
A practical, layered system for improving home security before a crisis. Inspect your perimeter, remove vulnerabilities, harden entry points, improve lighting, and practice with your household.
Emergency gear is useful, but it cannot replace practice. Learn how emergency preparedness training helps individuals and families build practical skills for communication, water, shelter, navigation, and more.
This article explores my personal thesis on the yen carry trade, Japan's debt crisis, XRP, Ripple, tokenization, and the future of global liquidity. I connect ideas from James Rickards, Jake Claver, EGRAG Crypto, and others to explain why I believe the world's financial system may be entering a historic transformation.
Learn how to teach your kids essential survival skills. From fire safety to navigation, build a resilient next generation with our age-appropriate guide.
A practical, beginner-friendly guide to survival skills training that covers the core pillars of fieldwork, from shelter and fire to water and navigation, with a focus on hands-on learning over classroom theory.