Your local area has to be the base of anything else that you plan to do. Your local area should afford you many advantages over your opponents.
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Everyone can have a role in your home defense force. As you develop your potential roster of folks start assigning folks to different categories.
You’ll need:
- Armed security folks
- Internal defense – capable of defending the perimeter both mounted and dismounted. Older folks and even children can be useful in this role.
- External defense – capable of responding to threats inside and outside the perimeter; capable of short distance recon along avenues of approach and potential threats. Generally higher skilled and requires a higher degree of physical fitness.
- Logistics
- Communications/Intel – Monitoring local, regional and nationwide news. At a basic level, it’s monitoring radio nets (internal and external) and goes all the way up to more advanced HF radio comms
- Food and field sanitation – Procuring, preparing and distributing food supplies.
- Medical
- Routine
- First Aid
- Emergency
- Vehicle maintenance
- Weapon maintenance
- Resupply folks
h/t Ken L
