Today we’re starting our brand new Pocket Survival Kit Review series on ITS Tactical with a look at the Survival Kit in a Sardine Can from Whistle Creek.
I’m sure most of you have seen this type of kit before, they’re inexpensive, lightweight and easy to carry. While they advertise the kit to have a good amount of survival supplies packed in there, I’m sure you’ve wondered how useful the items are and if they work at all.
If you’re like me, you’ve probably never opened yours for fear of not having a watertight container of survival goodies when you need it. Today I’ll be sacrificing my kit in the name of curiosity. [Read More…]
I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce a new series we’re starting on ITS Tactical all about survival kits.
Rather than review typical full-blown survival kits, we’ll be focusing on the survival kits that fit in your pocket.
Most of these are given as stocking stuffers and we want you to know which kits are qualified to be called true “survival kits.”
Over the next few months you’ll see overviews and opinions on a number of kits. Some of these kits may look like simple novelties, but we’ll be answering this important question.
“Can you depend on them for your survival and that of your loved ones?” [Read More…]
Meal Ready to Eat… Meal Refusing to Exit… however it is that you refer to them, there’s no denying that they’re a morale booster in the field.
When I was in the service you hit pay dirt if you got blackberry jam or Skittles and my buddies would bend over backwards to trade me for them.
The New York Times has recently done an outstanding job putting together an interactive compilation of the various MREs from around the world, and what’s inside them.
In the article they mention a few of the different recipes that can be made with MRE ingredients like Ranger Pudding and Combat Espresso, and I thought it would be fun for everyone to leave a comment and share your favorite recipes!
Apple Cobbler is my all time favorite. Heat a pack of spiced apples, add one pack regular crackers (pound cake can be used as well), add 1-2 packets creamer, 1-2 packets sugar and stir. You can throw some water in too if things aren’t mixing well. Just like Mom used to make!
If you haven’t seen them yet, there’s some great MRE info in our articles on How To Field Strip an MRE in 12 Easy Steps and The Pros and Cons of MREs.
Have you ever spent the weekend enjoying a camping trip or went for a hike off the beaten path to a less traveled trail?
Perhaps you live near a state park or national forest and enjoy your off time out in areas far away from the modern world.
Let’s hope that while enjoying the great outdoors nothing serious ever happens but if it does, here are some tips to do the best you can when you have next to nothing. [Read More…]
We’ve received numerous questions in the past pertaining to MREs (Meal Ready to Eat), namely what commercial MREs are the best to purchase.
If you remember our MRE Field Strip article, where we went into how to repack an MRE for space and weight savings, you’ll know we’re all pretty big fans of the venerable MRE.
Having eaten them more times in the service than any man should, I still strangely love eating MREs, and always pack a few with me just in case.
Today, we’ll jump into some pros and cons of MREs, and list some good resources of where you can go to find out more. [Read More…]
It was 30DEC99 and my son was a patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He had been born in September with a serious heart defect. My wife and I were very anxious for several reasons, since he was stable my biggest fear was being stuck in the ghetto of Baltimore for Y2K.
I had secured leave from the police department so that I could take my family to my parents house and watch the world from a safe distance. What worried me then, as it does now with major social events, is not the danger of the events themselves, but the actions of those who are unprepared and desperate.
As we know, Y2K turned out to be a non-event. Either way we had been discharged from the hospital and traveled to my parents house to enjoy the new year. The interesting thing about Y2K was that unlike any other event it was scheduled. We knew the exact time and date and were given time to plan for it. For many, it was their first time dabbling in the survival community, which is now known as the preparedness community. [Read More…]
Whether you’re lost in the woods, bugging out, or simply need to get a fire going, these alternative fire starting techniques could come in handy in the event you don’t have matches.
Even if you have matches, it’s likely that they may not even do the job. Windy or damp weather, depending on the type of matches you have, could mean a no-go.
These techniques we’ll show today are not all encompassing, as there are plenty of resourceful ways of starting a fire.
Here are a few of what we feel to be the most alternative. [Read More…]
We wanted to give our readers a heads up about an event that you may or may not have heard of before called Dirt Time.
Dirt Time is a yearly Survival and Self-Reliance event that will take place in Wyoming this year, June 13-18, 2010.
Instructors from various backgrounds and skill-sets converge for the week-long gathering to teach their respective skills to attendees and participate in all the information sharing-activities.
ITS Tactical is proud to sponsor Dirt Time 2010 and will be donating our ETA Kits to be raffled away at the event.
With winter already upon us, it’s time that we all evaluate just what we have in our vehicles, and if it’s enough to handle an emergency situation.
The list we’ve come up with today is what we feel that, at a minimum, you should have with you in your vehicle.
Most of our readers are probably already prepared with these essentials, but it never hurts to share this information with those you care about. I’m sure we all people we know and love that hardly even carry a jack with them.
Instead of getting into a huge article on all the things you could potentially need in an emergency situation, we’ve decided to come up with a simple, basic list that creates the foundation of your Vehicle Emergency Kit.
We’ll definitely be expanding on this list and topic in the future, but it’s time that you at least get this stuff in your vehicle! [Read More…]
Field stripping an MRE (Meal Ready to Eat) is a common technique used by soldiers to reduce the weight and bulk of the standard U.S. Issue MRE.
An MRE is packaged with a lot of unnecessary things that can make trying to carry them in your pack heavy and cumbersome. The solution? Field strip them!
Field stripping is usually done just prior to a situation where you’ll be in the field for an extended amount of time and have to carry multiple meals, or in a survival situation where space savings is mandatory. [Read More…]
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