Prepping Academy

Send us Fan Mail The Prepping Acadmey welcomes Steven Bird on the show!  Steven Bird was born in Harlan, KY in 1973, where he lived until joining the U.S. Navy in 1992.  He spent the next thirteen years living in northwest Washington state, where he served on active duty for eleven of those years.  After leaving active duty, he completed twenty years of service with the Navy Reserve, retiring as a...

Send us Fan Mail This week on “The Prepping Academy” Forrest and Tenderfoot are going to be joined by Franklin Horton. Franklin lives and works from the mountains of southwestern Virginia. He’s a husband, father, and passionate outdoor enthusiast. His works include “Ashes of the Unspeakable,” “The Borrowed World,”, “Locker Nine” and his latest book "Ramdom Acts" Regardless of where you b...

Send us Fan Mail On the Prepping Academy Tenderfoot and I discuss the Preppers Prepping Journey...   Just two long time preppers chatting...  http://preppingacademy.com/ Join PrepperNet. Net - https://www.preppernet.net PrepperNet is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disasters of all origins. PrepperNet Support...

Send us Fan Mail Tenderfoot is back from traveling to Israel.  We are just hanging out discussing prepping, traveling and other fun stuff.  Also, some big announcements. Subscribe Now! Web Site Join PrepperNet. Net - https://www.preppernet.net PrepperNet is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disasters of all orig...

Send us Fan Mail Mutual assistance groups, or MAGs, can provide support in the event of a natural disaster, other emergency and SHTF events.  Lone wolf preppers will die. You need numbers. You need a group.  Join PrepperNet. Net - https://www.preppernet.net PrepperNet is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disaste...

Send us Fan Mail Here are a few ideas on how to prepare your kids to be ready for a SHTF event if it happens while they are in school.  Join PrepperNet. Net - https://www.preppernet.net PrepperNet is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disasters of all origins. PrepperNet Support the show Please give us 5 Stars! w...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the “The Prepping Academy Join Forrest  with Special guest Mark Goodwin. In any crisis situation, you will be hard-pressed finding the information you and your family needs to make it. There will be no Internet. There will be no phone service. It will literally come down to what you have within arm’s reach that will help you get through the chaos of Marshall law, havi...

Send us Fan Mail Coming up this week on “The Prepping  Academy” join host Forrest and Tenderfood for a little it of interactive fun. We’ll be taking a small break from all the regular programming to dig deeper in to the minds of the host by playing a little “Conflicted. If you’ve never heard of “Conflicted” it is a card game with a variety of emergency and Prepping scenarios. The objective of the...

Send us Fan Mail Glen Tate joins us on the Prepping Academy Live Monday night to talk about the need for a massive awakening. We discuss how prepper fiction can play a role in convincing folks to get involved politically and start prepping. Check out Glen’s website 299 Days at http://www.299days.com/https://preppingacademy.com/Mailing List / Newsletter    https://preppingacademy.com/subscribe/Face...

Send us Fan Mail When life expectancy is measured in seconds and help is minutes away, will you know what to do? Like we always say, "The time chooses you. Will you be ready?" Everyone needs to take a trama medical class.   Garvin will discus the Combat Medic class he took this past weekend.   And yes, Tenderfoot is back!https://preppingacademy.com/Mailing List / Newsletter    https://pr...

Send us Fan Mail Just a quick update. The Prepping Academy will continue!  We are not going anywhere. We just took a little break during Christmas and the holidays.  We will be back LIVE next week with Glen Tate the author of 299 Days.  In this podcast I discus traveling as a prepper and things to think about and some plans you need to work on.https://preppingacademy.com/Mailing List / Newsletter ...

Send us Fan Mail The Perfect Prepper Christmas 2017Do you have a prepper on your shopping list? The occasion doesn’t matter really. It could be Veterans Day, Father’s Day, Christmas or just because. But sometimes finding the perfect gift for the prepper who has everything can be tough. Why is that? Well, most preppers already have some of the gear they deem valuable and it may never have even cros...

Send us Fan Mail Winter Survival & Preparedness - This is a Repeat!  Sorry, Forrest has the Flu this week. Welcome to “The Prepping Academy.” Upcoming this week we’re going to be covering something essential for this time of year. Winter survival. Every year we hear about American’s going off the roads and getting stranded. Even worse, we hear about people freezing to death in their own homes...

Send us Fan Mail Scott Hunt is a sustainable living design engineer. He specializes in off-grid water and energy systems. His expertise in mechanical engineering combined with good old-fashioned know-how gleaned from experience “on the farm and in the woods” has enabled him to draw closer to that goal of a fully sustainable lifestyle. If he isn’t installing a prepper system for a client, speaking...

Send us Fan Mail Podcaster Micheal Kline joins the Prepping Academy and talks about SDR software defined radio. As a prepper, you need to know about SDR.Things You Can Do with Software-Defined Radio1. Receive broadcast radio:  HF, VHF, UHF, AM, FM.....  ALL!!!2. Listen to Amateur radio3. Radio astronomy4. Track ships via AIS transmissions5. Track aircraft via Mode S transmissions6. Download weathe...

Send us Fan Mail If you are thinking of terrorist attacks or some other kind of meltdown in the system when cities are just not going to be able to cope, then you may be in your Bug Out Location for an extended period of time. Maybe your Bug Out Location is just your place to get comfortable with nature over weekend and holidays – so you are going to need to make it more “livable” rather than an e...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the “The Prepping Academy Join Forrest and Tenderfoot will hit the bookshelves and pick their favorite prepping and survival books. In any crisis situation, you will be hard-pressed finding the information you and your family needs to make it. There will be no Internet. There will be no phone service. It will literally come down to what you have within arm’s reach tha...

Send us Fan Mail Mark Goodwin is a Christian constitutional author and the host of the popular Prepper Recon Podcast which interviews patriots, preppers, and economists each week on PrepperRecon to help people prepare for the coming storm. Mark holds a degree in accounting and monitors macro-economic conditions to stay up-to-date with the ongoing global meltdown. He is an avid student of the Holy...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the “The Prepping Academy” Forrest and Tenderfoot are going to be discussing getting back to preparedness basics. What are you getting prepared for? What skills do you need? What do you need to purchase? Over the past few years Disaster Preparedness (‘prepping’) has become a popular topic. A very large mix of people have begun preaching prepping, all having different...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Prepping Academy Radio Show Forrest and Tender Foot will be joined by Robert Bratyanski. Robert is a personal friend and fellow member of the Carolina Preppers Network. Robert is the author of the Amazon Best-Selling “Fewer Mouths To Feed” series of post-apocalyptic books set in Charlotte, NC and the inventor of the M.A.R.S. Tactical Mount, his patent pending devi...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the “The Prepping Academy” Forrest and Tenderfoot are going to be discussing if you have not skills during a SHTF scenario you are worthless to others. This will be hard for some to take but it’s true. Preppers have a bad reputation for hoarding gear, stocking up on a year’s-worth (or more) of food, and packing bug out bags that could supply a platoon. In almost all c...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the “The Prepping Academy” Forrest and Tenderfoot are going to be discussing one of the most talked about subjects in prepping, Prepping on a Budget. This subject has been on every blog and podcast out there. On this show we hope to share with you a whole knew thinking strategy with it comes to buying your prepping supplies. Being a prepper is all about setting priori...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the “The Prepping Academy” Forrest and Tenderfoot are going to be discussing one of the most important and difficult questions to answer, “How to know when it is time to bug out?”I know many people, would feel the urge to stay home and protect their property. But you need to weigh the choice of staying versus the risk to your life and health. For some folks, the risks...

Send us Fan Mail Prepper Camp 2017Join Forrest and Tenderfoot this Monday night as they recap Prepper Camp 2017.  Prepper Camp is the largest out door national event for preppers held in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. It takes place at Orchard Lake Campground located in Saluda, North Carolina. The campground venue allows preppers to experience preparedness information, survival skills...

Send us Fan Mail On this Prepping Academy Radio show we will discuss all things traveling as a prepper. One of the most dangerous things you can do in life is travel. A good prepper does not only accumulate goods, but also knowledge. When traveling, you retain your knowledge but what goods can you take with you. What goods can you acquire while at your destination. This balance of knowledge and go...