Over the past several weeks, we’ve shipped copies of SHTF Intelligence to hundreds of readers in the Patriot and Prepper community. The response has been overwhelming, and I’m deeply appreciative of the support.
I’m not married. I have no kids. I didn’t write this book to help my family, I wrote it to help yours and to shed light on a poorly covered topic in the preparedness community. Intelligence is such an important piece of surviving conflict, yet it’s completely overlooked on nearly every preparedness website. Do you know why? Because relatively few individuals have real experience in doing the work of intelligence in conflict.
That’s why I’ll be hosting a couple of webinars in support of the book. If you purchased the e-book or the print version (or both), then you’ll be receiving an email to register for webinars in January and February. I’ll do one each month to talk about some of the concepts in the book and to answer your questions. It’s my way of saying ‘thank you’ for allowing me to do what I love: teaching intelligence in our small but growing community.
I’ve jam packed SHTF Intelligence with the how-to’s for building and running an intelligence section for community security in a SHTF situation. In an emergency, the ability to gather and utilize critical intelligence information is going to make or break your security. If you don’t have relevant intelligence before SHTF and no way to get it during SHTF, then you’re going to be screwed. You’re going to be stressed and probably scared because you won’t know what’s going on. I know what that feels like first-hand because the Taliban once breached our perimeter on my second tour in Afghanistan. They were able to cut a hole through the fence one night because someone was asleep on tower duty and all our eyes and ears were focused outside the wire to prevent an attack inside it. It doesn’t feel good.
