Prepper Skillsets & Assets

Skillsets:

If you have experience as a Boy Scout, member of the military, police officer, firefighters, or in the medical profession then you are fortunate to have experience with first-aid, self-defense, survival, using tools, etc.

Soft Skills vs. Hard Skills:

Soft skills are skillsets that will most often keep you out of trouble. Think awareness and observation. Soft skills are passive in the sense that no one will ever know that you are practicing them.

Hard skill are used when the situation gets loud and painful (shooting skills, combative skills, etc.).

Soft Skillsets:

Mundane soft skills might include:

Understanding the OODA Loop and Cooper’s Color Codes
Thinking proactively when it comes to simple equipment and travel plans
Comprehension of the Attack Cycle
Risk midigation
Ability to perceive improvised weapons — where they are and a willingness to use them.
A basic understanding of surveillance (so that you will know when you are being watched).

More esoteric soft skills might include:

Establishing multiple rally points (RP) and counter-surveillance measure with your whole group.

Hard Skillsets:

Basic Skills:

You should attempt to master the items on the following basic prepper skills list:

Basic first-aid and CPR
Drive a vehicle with a manual transmission
Basic self-defense
How to use a fire-extinguisher
How to read a map
How to change your car tire
Jumpstart your car battery

Advanced Skills:

The following skillsets will make you a valuable to any prepper group.

Advanced medical training
Advanced self defense
Mechanical, plumbing, or electrical
Speak another language
How to grow and can food
How to raise livestock
How to communicate with HAM radio equipment
Gun-fighting and security tactics
Wilderness survival
How to drive a boat
How to drive a motorcycle
How to fly an aircraft

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Assets:

Assets — Tactically Squared Away:

Coming soon.

Assets — Order of Importance:

Rule of Three: “You can survive three minutes without oxygen. You can survive three days without water. You can survive three weeks without food.”

Based on the Rule of Three I would recommend that you base your preparations in this order:

water
food
shelter
medical
shelter
security

Assets — Magnitude of Asset Allocation:

Three days, one week, one month, three months, six months, one year.

FEMA recommends that each household have enough supplies to last three days. This is an absolute minimum, but it is where you should start. This would include bottled water, canned food or MREs, flashlight(s), first-aid kits, etc. A 72 Hour Bag / Bug-out Bag Checklist can be found on the Savannah Arsenal Checklist Page. Pack the items in backpacks so that if you have to leave in a hurry (“bug-out”) it will be easily portable. Once you have a three-day kit assembled, start working on assembling enough supplies to last you one week without a trip to Wal-Mart. Gallon jugs of water, canned food, Sterno or camp stove and fuel to heat it…more later.