12 Military Principles That Improve Our Preparedness Plan

Krista and I were talking the other day, and she asked, "What lessons can preppers learn from the military?" So we started doing some research, and we found 12 lessons that we can learn from the military, and we're calling this episode 12 Military Principles That Improve Our Preparedness Plan.

First of all, you should have a clear mission.

You know, in the military, every action supports a defined objective.

So preppers should clearly define their likely scenarios, like doing threat assessments, which for us would be natural disasters or grid failures, could be economic disruptions or even some sort of evacuation event.

You need to decide in advance whether the goal is to shelter in place or to evacuate.

And what's the trigger? When will you stay or go? The saying is you stay as long as it's safe, and when you can't, you leave.

Makes sense.

But what triggers that?

Mm.

If you're in a hurricane-prone zone, you need to have your line drawn in the sand, "Okay, I'm leaving if it hits a three," or, "I'm leaving if it hits a four," or whatever yours is.

My particular one is if it starts with an H, hurricane.

[laughs]

I'm leaving.

Yeah, right.

[laughs]

But we don't have them.

Uh, well we have had one here where we live.

But our gear should support a specific plan, not be accumulated randomly.

Well-

And I've done that as well back years ago.