The Prepared Mindset Podcast

Communication. It's part of almost everything we do. Somehow though, in the tactical space, it has become one thing so many of us miss. For this weeks discussion, I sit down with Lyndsey Do, owner of LKD Communications and Cadre at Orion Training Group, to talk about just that. Lyndsey spent ten years in the Army National Guard working specifically as a radio specialist, and has a passion for brin...

November's SITREP is here, and as usual, I dive into a few select pieces of current affairs, and give my thoughts and opinions. This month, as usually, unfortunately, we are talking about more suggested gun control, as well as the flaws that accompany those suggestions. I talk about responsibly armed and prepared citizens, and give a few insights around why we're seeing these steps in D.C. to try...

Fresh off several back to back night vision courses, Jon Dufresne joins me once again on the pod. This time, I have the chance to pick Duffy's brain on getting into night vision, and the learning curve that comes with these tools. While's there certainly several barriers, including price, which can make access to these kind of tools difficult, it's important we continue to make ownership and usage...

For many of us, buying a large piece of land, with some place to shoot, is a goal and a dream. For others, potentially even the faint idea of opening our own range or training facility as a side job is a fond concept we think about in our free time. In this weeks episode, I sit with Ryan, one of the owners of Ben Franklin Range, who's brought both of those ideas together, and more to provide every...

Chance is back! After having the opportunity to finally meet Chance at last months HTA Range Day event, and hearing the rave reviews on his vehicle combatives class he gave, I wanted to catch up with him and hear his take on what's otherwise a very popular topic in the shooting space. We've all seen videos of dudes blasting out ports in windshields and fighting out of a vehicle to their trunk to r...

With everything that is quickly developing with the conflict in Israel, I thought it important to share the facts and some of the research I conducted. As the United States has become a strong international partner with Israel, the implications of this situation could have effects on much more than just that country. I give a high level timeline of what's been going on, talk a bit about gorilla fi...

Success is something we all strive for, and simultaneously the one thing many of us feel like we never quite achieve. With this being our two hundredth episode, I wanted to take the opportunity to share how we found our success, and how The Prepared Mindset has gotten to where it is today. I spend a good amount of time talking about how and why this project was started, but I also give a rare look...

Josh is in, and we finally have the opportunity to sit down together to recap for all of you, our group trip out to Pennsylvania. The HTA Range Day is a charity event to benefit Human Trafficking Awareness by sending all the proceeds of the weekend to Deliver Fund. Aside from this being a fantastic experience, it obviously supports a tremendous cause. Josh and I share the details around how this t...

As we jump in to October, we have a lot of news to discuss, and talk about how it impacts our community. In this SITREP installment, I talk about the passing of Senator Feinstein, and what implications it could carry with it, as well as looking into the creation of yet another anti-2A office. We also unpack the recent court ruling in California, regarding the ban of detachable magazines over ten r...

Joe Pistone is a former Marine, current Law Enforcement, and a member of the cadre at Orion Training Group. When I traveled to the HTA Range Day event, Joe was one of the instructors running my class, and I had the privilege of learning from him throughout my day and half spent at the event. As someone who's been involved on the learning side and done a good amount of development in the realm of C...

This week, I have a very unique conversation with Mr. Sam Boyer Groff, or as many of you probably know him, Prep Medic. Sam is a flight medic and also works with a local sheriff's department as a SWAT medic. As such, he has a lot of experience dealing with a variety of medical emergencies that many of us could hardly ever dream of encountering. We spend time talking first about what brought him in...

Matt Thomas is a Arizona native who has spent the last 30 years working as a Pinal County Sheriff's deputy, and currently holds the role of Chief Deputy. Over the course of his career, he has worked in Detention, Patrol, Narcotics, S.W.A.T., Undercover, and more. Given his position, and experience combating the cartel activity that comes through his jurisdiction, I took the opportunity to pick Mat...

Josh and I sit down for a discussion around the importance of discomfort, and mental toughness when evaluating your personal growth. One of the biggest setbacks we all face with our individual development is one we are least likely to acknowledge, and can be the most difficult to face. Our own individual aptitude for overcoming the adversity which we encounter. We talk at length about how placing...

Hard to believe we're already in September, as the summer continues to wind down for 2023. Since it's a new month, it's time for another SITREP as we bring you current events and political news, while sharing thoughts and feelings around their impacts. In this installment, we talk again about the growing concern with the southern border of the United States, the health status of our country, our e...

Trey Rosenbaum joins me again for this weeks episode as we dive into one of his life's great passions, Disaster Relief work. Like myself, Trey's first experience with relief work, similar to myself, was assisting with the nation wide effort to send supplies to Hurricane Katrina victims. Living in Arkansas, Trey has experienced a lot of Tornadoes, flooding, deep freezes, and as a result devoted a l...

I am joined this week by Chris Dwulet, who is a writer for ammo.com . Chris and I get into several points of discussion, but primarily focus on prepping in a suburban setting versus rural, and his personal experience of helping his mother-in-law flee Ukraine and escorting her safely to the United States. Many pieces of prior guest conversations can be found in our chat, but the story itself is inc...

As I find myself amidst another year of getting off the grid, and heading out to teach camp, and shape the minds of future musicians, I thought it a great opportunity to talk about teaching. It's a interesting relationship between teacher and student, and one that I think is often misunderstood. Personally, I've spent a immense amount of time trying to deepen my understanding, in order to be a bet...

It's been a hot minute, and then some, since we had a dedicated discussion to everyday carry. As a prepared community, this concept is baked into our daily lives. The tools and gear that we carry with us to enhance our capabilities, it what makes up our E.D.C. With that said, I share thoughts around what your should carry, provide some caution when selecting holsters, talk medical, carry bags, kni...

Another month, and another round of updates, as we jump into current events, and some good ole fashioned political commentary. We have the ongoing investigation into the current president's possibly illicit business dealings, another arraignment of our former president, the vice president serves up another word salad, and more. We try and release these at least once a month, to bring you all our t...

Human trafficking is probably one of the most well known, and least acknowledged problems that plagues society today. It exists globally and is an industry that generates revenue beyond what most markets can achieve in their greatest of years. To bring awareness and education to this cause, I sit down with Kara Smith, a consultant and Air Force veteran to talk about this. As someone who has spent...

I'm joined this week, by former Marine, and Air Force veteran, Alex Manor. Alex is one of the instructors at Maneuver Training Solutions, as well as the face of both Leaderless Gentlemen and Tactical Lifters Guild on Instagram. We have the opportunity to sit down and have a deep conversation about life, balance, fitness, nutrition, personal accountability, raising children, and more. This was one...

Bryan Veliz is the owner and founder of Slytac Training. In addition to that, he's spent years instructing as a full time LE officer and working with Centrifuge Training. As a result, Bryan brings a unique combination of experience from both the training/teaching forefront, and the real world participation as a police officer. We sit down, and chat about what got Bryan started, how he got where he...

White Lights. We all carry them, either on a firearm, on our person, or ideally, both. It's hard today to have a discussion around the flashlight game and not have the name Cloud Defensive brought into the conversation. Cloud has been around for about a decade and has turned heads with its products, pushing the limits of what's on the market. In this weeks episode, I have the chance to chat with S...

In this latest installment of our SITREP series, I talk about some of the geo-political crisis that are happening over in Europe. There are several strong parallels to be drawn between some of our own experiences here in the U.S. and what we're seeing in the news in both France, as well as the Netherlands. Greater understanding of these overall issues is indicative of many underlying and symptomat...

As we celebrate the fourth of July, I thought it important to talk about not only why it's a true holiday worthy of our celebration, but the responsibility we as American's we have to uphold it's meaning. I talk about current events and the erosion of the Second Amendment community, and how the behaviors that allowed for that same damage can further lead to dramatic swings in our country. Everyone...