List of Lists - Tactical Living

I'm getting toward the end of our list of lists posts and today I'll go over the tactical living section. This section lists some items you'll need to live and operate in an environment that may not be as secure and comfortable as a secured home.

550 cord

Camouflage clothing & hats

Combat style boots

Cold weather clothing

Wet weather clothing

Mosquito nets

Sleeping bags

Red lense flashlights

Range cards and sector sketches

Topographical grid maps of the local area

Compass

Protractor

All weather dome tents

Camoflage netting

Binoculars

Ponchos

Waterproof tarps

Chem lights

Camelbaks

Pistol holsters and long gun cases

These items can also be very important once the S has HTF and you feel the need to do some recon and scouting of the area around your bug out location (BOL). Having a topographical grid map of you area along with a compass and protractor will allow you to move through or around terrain. The US military uses 1:25,000 or 1:10,000 scaled maps. I recommend going to a website such as www.mytopo.com and purchasing a map with your BOL close to the center of it. I also recommend buying topo maps for the surrounding areas. I will be acquiring one with my BOL and one map for each area surrounding it, N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W and NW. That will give me a large map board made of three rows of three maps with my BOL map at the center.

Excellent information on how to make a range card can be found here: http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/Leadersbook_information/Combat_Leaders_Guide/defend-range-card-prepara-2.shtml