The environment plays a large role in your success as a medic in survival settings. If you don’t take weather conditions and other factors into account, you hav...
In the August 2016 issue of American Survival Guide, I provided a partial list of the gear I intended to take with me while hiking in Alaska on a five-week trip...
WHEN A TRIP RELIES ON SMART DECISIONS, THERE ISN’T LITERAL OR FIGURATIVE ROOM FOR FLUFF
By the time this article of American Survival Guide releases, I’ll be...
Mental issues in survival scenarios can be just as deadly as the physical challenges brought about by any natural or man-made disaster. The ultimate factor, how...
Concealed carry holster choice is one topic where everyone has an opinion. Carry locations are found all over the body, and the holsters placed on any of those ...
At the risk of sounding a bit like a popular series of credit card commercials, we at American Survival Guide have to ask, “What’s in your pocket?”
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Carel Struycken has long been interested in the principle of “permaculture,” not only as it relates to growing fruits and vegetables, but also because of the pe...
"What would you take with you for an extended stay in the wilderness?” This is a question that has been asked and answered countless times around the glowing em...
"Force Multiplier" in military jargon refers to a factor or a combination of factors that gives personnel or weapons the ability to accomplish greater things th...
