A blogger I read regularly had some post-mortem on the VA Rally, and mentioned ‘What now?’ regarding what to do. He then noted a set of posts he did back in 2018 where he listed a serious set of basic training lessons that individuals could use to get themselves prepared for well, anything. I’ve seen a meme kicked about recently that looks at the predisposition of ‘preppers’ to just get stuff and not worry so much about skills. I don’t always agree with Aesop, but you could certainly do much worse than just reviewing the posts on the list below and at least taking stock of where your current physical and mental skill \/ capacity levels sit.
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Needful Things<\/a> Nota bene: I tried to post this list in pieces as comments on his blog, but the mass of links ran afoul of whatever comment spam filter he’s got set up, so I decided to post them here and put a single link in the comment there. I normally lay a little lower as it regards politically charged interactions on teh intarwebz, but this is good info, and worth passing on to a wider audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A blogger I read regularly had some post-mortem on the VA Rally, and mentioned ‘What now?’ regarding what to do. He then noted a set of posts he did back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4673,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672\/revisions\/4673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galaxieman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGround Rules<\/a>
\nCourse Syllabus<\/a>
\nBasic References – <\/a>
\nPT – Physical Training<\/a>
\nNutrition, Hydration, Electrolytes<\/a>
\nFirst Aid – Intro and Overview<\/a>
\nFirst Aid – Airway, Breathing, and CPR<\/a>
\nWounds – Stop The Bleeding, Protect the Wound<\/a>
\nFirst Aid – Shock<\/a>
\nFirst Aid – Bandaging<\/a>
\nFirst Aid – Orthopedic Injuries and Splinting<\/a>
\nFirst Aid – Burns<\/a>
\nHygeine and Rest<\/a>
\nPT – Day Two<\/a>
\nFirst Aid: Environmental Emergencies<\/a>
\nFirst Aid: TCCC I : Care Under Fire<\/a>
\nFirst Aid: TCCC II – Tactical Field Care<\/a>
\nFirst Aid: TCCC III – Tactical Casualty Evacuation<\/a>
\nFirst Aid: First Aid Kits – IFAK and Beyond<\/a>
\nFirst Aid: IVs<\/a>
\nFirst Aid: Medications<\/a>
\nFirst Aid: Nuke-Chem-Bio<\/a>
\nFirst Aid: Improvisation<\/a>
\nFirst Aid: Prevention<\/a>
\nBasic Training: Marksmanship – Preamble<\/a>
\nBasic Training: PT<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Rifle I<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Pistol I<\/a>
\nBasic Training – PT<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Rifle II<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Pistol II<\/a>
\nBasic Training – PT<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Rifle III<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Pistol III<\/a>
\nBasic Training – PT<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Rifle IV<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Pistol IV<\/a>
\nBasic Training – PT<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Rifle V<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Shotgun<\/a>
\nBasic Training – PT <\/a>
\nBasic Training – Fieldcraft Intro<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Fieldcraft: Gear and Levels<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Gear (cont.)<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Gear SOPs and Location Standardization<\/a>
\nBasic Training – On The Move<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Patrolling<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Team Formations<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Hand & Arm Signals<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Danger Areas<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Reaction To Contact\/Ambush\/ Break Contact<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Camouflage, Concealment, and Cover<\/a>
\nBasic Training – PT<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Your Pace Count<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Magnetism<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Compass and Protractor Basics<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Maps and Map Reading I<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Maps and Map Reading II<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Basic Celestial Navigation<\/a>
\nBasic Training – GPS<\/a>
\nBasic Training – PT<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Patrol Base<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Noise, Light, Litter Discipline<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Sanitation<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Challenge\/Password<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Fighting Positions<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Range Cards<\/a>
\nBasic Training – The Ambush<\/a>
\n“But Aesop,\u2026!” Basic training question<\/a>
\n“But, But, But\u2026” Part Deux<\/a>
\nBasic Training – PT<\/a>
\nBasic Training – Phonetic Alphabet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n