OIF1 followed by Hurricane Katrina deployment, then reading “One Second After” will do it...
Better hurry, the revolution has begun, eh?
Also - watch out for “friends” who will want to piggyback on your preparedness.
We have some acreage; a buddy told me one day that if the SHTF she would leave the suburbs, come out to our farm, and live with us. This is how that conversation went:
ME: Okay, you can help us with the livestock; cleaning the barns, giving shots...
PAL: No, ewwww, they poop, shots - ewwww...I couldn’t do that!
ME: Then you can help us grow food.
PAL: No, ewwww - I sunburn so easily - I hate bugs...I couldn’t do that!
ME: How about learning to spin and helping me weave cloth and take care of the clothing supply?
PAL: No, I’m not “crafty”, and I hate doing that stuff.
ME: Well, how would you contribute?
PAL: I could put out cat food for the barn cats.
I told her she’d best plan on hunkering down where she lives now.