[JihadJilson]

TR,

As I said the other day, Great thread!, I really do enjoy it. Now I confess to not have read it all yet, so some of what I'm about to say may have already been covered. I apologize for double-tapping if it has. My personal thought process has always been to use the same silly acronyms and cliches the army has instilled the first being:
Shoot, Move and Communicate. I figure these have always covered a lot of the basics in the past, no sense in deviating from them. But you have to break it down. You have to think about how you are going to be able to accomplish those 3 simple task if you can't go to the store and buy the required items to do so.
Next is taking these 3 and applying them to the next 3 factors: Static (base defense), Mounted and Dismounted. Can you cover the SM&C in each aspect, granted if your static your not moving, got it.
After this I think of the 10 Classes of Supply and what of these I would need and how I would/could procur them in a crisis situation, what I need prior to a crisis situation to procur them, and what I need to stockpile/save for a rainy day.
And even though I put this last it should always be thought of in the initial stages is METT-T. As corny as it may sound, it is very useful.
I try to think of these and how they would relate to a crisis situation and what steps I need to take prior to that situation to increase my and my dependants survivability.
Yes I left out EPA, sorry. where to go when the decision point has been made to go there, and what to take.
What I haven't seen on these post yet but wouldn't be surprised is the expectation of whats going to happen if the economy fails. We as a nation are a service based economy. Now I truly don't think the US will collapse and we will be reduced to banding together in small like-minded communities to survive. But I almost wish that would happen versus what I truly fear will happen, and that is we will continue to see a growth in Government both in manpower and control until we do end up as a Socialist nation. The new President on his speach the other night (Tues ?) began with "Only the Government can fix this crisis the country is in" To me that seems as a intro for a bigger, more controlling Federal Government. Just my .02 cents worth. Anyway as I stated in the beginning, love the thread. Keep up the good work.