I spent 20 years in communications in the Corps and you’re totally correct. The community is full of elitist jerks. The civilian communications community is even worse.
Truth. It’s from both fronts. In the Army, I owned my net ie you were gonna use the net the appropriate way or I was gonna eat you up. That said, I never triangulated someone’s location and then delivered that information to the enemy.
One of the many reasons I never bothered getting into HAM. Way too many rules nazis, gatekeepers and a-holes in that community, and way too many good alternatives.
Cannot begin to say how grateful I am for being able to have found your channel like 2 years ago. I truly and deeply appreciate your outlook, your consistency, consideration for the layman, your calm delivery in a crazy world. Thank you for your humility, and ability to convey clear straight to the point information, not too much, not too little. Keep up the amazing work. I've shared you with all who will listen. And they appreciate it as well.
Not many listen though, do they? ;)... it is part of the process... understand the process...one can understand why people are and act the way they are... Much Love and Light, Peace and Unity
This guy is just amazing. The Wire and all his other videos is just packed full of knowledge. S2 a BIG thank you for all the hard work and skills you bring to many out here.
Excellent video. I certainly don’t want to hijack your comment section but I recently had a class with Radio Made Easy and I highly recommend it for the average person who knows little about comms but wants to.
Risky chrisky + Admin Results (pre reveal)….with an intellectualism and grace that only Brother S2 can deliver. Thank you for your continued diligence, Sir AND…love the mix up in delivery. Blessings.
A thought provoking talk about leadership, risk management, in the context of radio communications under adverse conditions. We need more of this. Much more.
It's somewhat healing to know I am not crazy for thinking most of what he said for so many years. The gaslighting among leadership, even leadership tat claims to be "unradical" and "traditional", will gaslight you into madness if you for one second show you have a piece of information they don't, or have done something better than them in some way. I can only imagine how full the millenias have been of leaders in nations & armadas, just like this, and how many True Heroes have been exequted because of their gaslighting. Thersites, and the like, come to mind. No good deed goes unpunished, I suppose. :/
Thanks, S2. Don't let yourself get burdened down feeling responsible for those who don't/won't prepare for what's coming. The people that need to hear what you're saying are listening.
Better get in the game it's on. Its 5th gen, they come with fines fees, crimes, attack with proxies the police and feds are busing in fighting age men, giving them 3,000k on a card letting them become police, meanwhile they are pressing us with full spectrum warfare maybe 50k casualties (access deaths) on our side per year. Everything is a weapon from the schools drug testing and jailing abusing children, taking babies blood at birth with no consent, taking 30k children into "foster care" tickets for stockers, surcharges to mobs, drugs from cartel and feds, bio weapons from WHO and China, migrant invasion, raids on farms, raids on patriots and more! we need to fight back this isn't sustainable.
Yuppers... face to face or implied orders based on mutually understood intent.. or one time pads, or paper notes. Unless it gets super real, I just ignore it all and know all the algorithms are listening. PS- also have a faraday bag handy as well, you never know.
If there has been anyone that has found their calling and made this a better place, it’s you. Thank you for all of the information and effort in producing quality content and advice.
While ignorance is bliss, knowledge is pain and not everyone reacts to pain the same way. Some panic and start shoot holes in the lifeboat; others are cool enough to assess and become more humble. Lessons learned, the world ain't black and white, it's infinite shades of grey. Humbleness can be mistaken for a lack of confidence, when it's knowledge leashed by wisdom. You're touching on significant emotional and mental dynamics and it's good to hear. Well done, Sir. Keep up the great work. You're tracking like a tank.😊
18series/long time contractor here. Keep up the good work. Don't worry about "those" types who are stuck in certain mindsets or "know it alls." Most of them are unwilling to objectively look at things and are by default, not going to be the best at what they do anyway. Things are vastly different now. Sensors pick up bluetooth from tires, cameras record everything, vehicles transmit information all the time, and countless other things. Much of the small unit tactics taught just a few years ago will get you killed now. Principals remain, but how to deal with them are completely different, and there are some things you just can't deal with. You just have to mitigate them, but there is no way to erase them, just as you stated.
I think tend to think of risk, like privacy, it isn't a "Yes/No" switch, it's a slider. There are tradeoffs for convenience or goals. I like a lot of your videos for putting out kind of sensible "here's how to think about situations". I'm not military, but I like to at least try and make myself the best I can be (even if it's only in a tiny way), and seeing different and varying viewpoints on basically everything help build a more balanced picture.
Listen brother, you are doing good work. All of it from the wire to the ghostnet it keeps us going, training, thinking. Your content is awesome and you are reaching us. Thank you for the time you spend out of your life doing this for people you don't even know. You sir, are a Patriot and I'm proud to have the advantage of your knowledge. Great job!
So good! Personality matters. "Engineers versus Leaders". Condescension turns people away from a speaker. "Everything is a balance". I might add, "Everything is on a spectrum, and there are many of these strings with beads sliding along them in 3D". This doesn't mean that we are prevented from coming to conclusions or that we are paralyzed for action. It means that we can never stop collecting, appraising, collaborating, analyzing, and acting according to our best understanding. My career had a lot to do with integration. I worked with people from coast to coast, in Australia, and Russia. Sometimes there is the "One Right Answer" for a tactical problem such as a software problem or hardware replacement. Most of the time we need to understand the "customer", the team leaders, the project managers, the upper management, and the technical experts. This means we have to TALK to all of them "where they live". Face to face. There is no place for condescension, and being the "Little Professor" or "The Warlord" isn't very useful in real life. Thank you for making this video. I suspect many of your videos have been more helpful than you can know.
Perhaps the most resonant video, and my favorite. I was in a leadership position, that I lost through assholeness, rule-following, and politics. I've learned my lessons, and yes, you have to be "likable" because my warnings and suggestions were implemented after I was forced out. I'm back on the ascent now, but after I learned my lessons the hard way. You S2 team, hopefully this will find at least one other person with whom it resonates as deeply as it does with me.
🤔😜 Haven't seen one of these chats before, & I found it to be awesome Brother ⚔️A calm voice amidst the chaos, with great points ✌️💒 God Bless us All 🇺🇸🙏✝️
"....like a voice in the wilderness.." Keep it up, brother. We all need to step back and get a grip on our own minds and this is a wonderful start. I am an old (almost 80) martial arts teacher and it is one of my greatest obstacles to teach that there is no simple answer. Fear, when controlled, is a great asset. Thank you.
Thanks for what you do brother. I was reminded recently that no level of preparedness, amount of money, or personal skillset will provide the genuine peace and joy that we're all after. We all only have 60+/- years left in this life, but our souls will live forever somewhere....God already made a way through Jesus for us to have this centered peace regardless of what happens. Thanks again for your work!
I can't help but be reminded of Dolio. His Tactical Wisdom series is all about preparing the novice, building community and skills. With a good dose of humility. He's on this platform, but is more active on others. Worth the lookup. (For others, I'm sure you've seen him around.) Thank you for your genuine efforts and humility. You grace us with your knowledge.
A small group of preppers from our church have set up comms with several radios on different bands. AM, FM, and rebuilt military field phones. We us code words we set up and change frequently for meeting up, changing radios and frequencies and places to meet at. Several times a year at our bi monthly meetings we practice our radio skills so everyone can stay comfortable using the equipment. We also do weekly radio checks at preset times and just talk normally to help everyone stay proficient with how to fix problems that arise with the radios. We are always trying to improve and different ideas are always welcome to think outside the box. It's just a suggestion that can help others prepare for what's coming. Great channel love the wire and videos like this. I'm glad you talked about this subject.
You're right. If radios and comms in general are gonna do us in, it'll be because some by-the-books weirdo Karen listens in and hears chatter that makes them think someone is unlicensed. We really need to go out of our way to purge HAM, CB, and other amateur radio of all the Karens, if for no other reason than to make it a fun hobby again.
A good lesson about radio use that I think was evident during GWOT was that the enemy that ultimately defeated America had no problem communicating in the open, knew that their comms were overheard and compensated by using a difficult foreign language, difficult dialects and local slang. Hearing someones radio chatter doesnt matter if you can't understand it or if the person transmitting just doesn't care that you can hear them, because they're using their own fluency system.
Exactly! Radio community is rather frustrating. A lot of content creators lately have been pushing no radios .... I live in Wyoming and in order to communicate with a MAG for back up/rally the fellas you need coms. Glad you are in this space trying to talk sense into people that are confused/freaking out. Thanks! 🤘
Your knowledge of the and enunciation of the English language is a pleasure to listen to, and should make it easier for a wide range of people to listen to your message, I think you have a good understanding of the way the world acts and you have no problem of relaying that to your audience,thank you for all you do.
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
This is so many good points. Wel said. Yes the ham community in my experience and many of my buddies trying to learn basics of comms are talked to like we are special needs (we may be) but we are trying to learn. Radio Fudds are so difficult to deal with and get any basic knowledge from or have them give you a basic of why X, Y or Z isn't the way to do something. Like many of us who started with Baofeng radios who want to learn we have radio guys tell us Nope, piece of junk, you're not going to be able to use it. You need whatever $1500 radio to get started if we are going to take it seriously. Well we don't have that budget right now and the Feng is what we are working with for now. We want to be able to give basic information to each other and use our gear to train as we upgrade supplies. Many of us started with LBE vests,a Baofeng and a $500 AR with a few mags. We are learn and grow as we can. Absolutely I would love night vision. It's awesome but not even close to top priority over food sources, water and medical supplies. Not to mention just daily life. Related to radio fudds and other people who are looking to bash people. A guy I know who is a tech whiz showed an encrypted connection he came up with using a small Raspberry Pi system and a Baofeng for radio comms in a SHTF/Disaster scenario and so many comms guys LIT HIM UP. Even threatened to report his Instagram I believe. People saying it was illegal to encrypt ham and he shouldn't be showing this equipment, the FCC this and that. He explained it was a fun project to play around with and he wasn't actually running encrypted ham. It was for a disaster and him, and myself lived through multiple riots. That's why he wanted this for if groups looting had radios and certain groups are using radios FRS/GMRS channels To communicate on Baofeng and other radios he wanted to not have his comms intercepted to others moving to safety in the area. No care from the asshole who bashed him. We are still taking about mesh nodes and solar to keep them powered to have comms in a cyber or grid attack. I need to talk to him again soon and see how it's coming along. He's helped me be less of a ludite with this stuff. Very few others actually will help with learning comms. Other skills many are open and happy to teach others and even learn from students. Working in TacMed training I've picked up some cool stuff from students over the years. As well as other staff I work with. But in the gun community you do have some people who are the "buy this or have that, or you're going to die" I agree wholeheartedly this BS needs to stop. Work with everyone from new people with the bare bones to the guys with 50k in gear that actually train. Lastly I would agree no person should be hoping for war or to use their gear for anything besides training. It's all LARPing and fun, people want to justify their kits in a conflict until bullets come their way.
I went from a drafted squad leader to an O-3 in my European birth country (proud American for 25+ years). Everything you said about attitude and leadership is spot on, both from my personal experience and that of my American vet buddies.
I can get up my own ass some days and im glad you said some good truths. War, just as humanity, is ever evolving. The afghan war proved people pushed hard used whatever they could. Thats the best lesson, being versatile.
I also want to say thank you. You and several others are helping me bridge some of the gaps. Your remarks about a sort of citizen based DARPA is equally spot on...and I say that as an old prior service combat arms. Thank you...
Thank you. I don't know that this will change my day to day living much but living in fear doesn't help anyone. The struggle has been for and against the mind since ancient days. There is no war without mind control and deception. Stepping back and trying to clear ones thoughts is a good place to start.
THIS is why i don't hang with those who know just enough to be dangerous and have lost sight of how to deal with the untrained or inexperienced. The gun range, too, is filled with 'em.
Understandably, others in the community are at their wits end with the radio know it alls and it shows. But as usual, you are incredible at your ability to convey these points calmly and rationally. You have a gift in the capacity of your patience.
Fun fact, when the Marines got rid of my MOS in 2019 my company rolled my fellow 51s to an experimental scout unit. When the first MWX kicked off we had just been established like 2 months prior. We wanted our own internal comms, but we couldn't personally afford much. Since I was leading that effort I settled for some Motorola Talk About radios. A week after we got them and got familiar we went to the mountain warfare center. Being scouts we were well ahead of main. Guess what, our PRC-152s didn't work worth a shit in the mountains but my radios did. We called them blue gear, but since we reported right to our XO he grabbed one of ours and that's how we communicated until the scouts were disbanded in 2020, even during MWX with a lot of EW going on. Obviously these weren't encrypted radios, but our transmissions weren't ever intercepted because they're on the civi freqs and no other units we're listening for them. Long story short, you can play the game if you know what the game is.
Nailed it. One of the most frustrating things about the radio world is that nobody who knows anything wants to make it simple. You ask how line of sight radio works and a guy will give you an unwanted 3 hour lecture on the magnetics of the Earth. No BLUF. Even when they're not trying to intentionally gatekeep, they gatekeep by failing to succinctly describe the information needed to use coms.
I sense the frustration, but words cannot convey how grateful I am for all of the hard work your team puts into sharing this knowledge and helping us all become prepared citizens. We live in a world where polarized thinking seems to be the norm. Leadership not only requires knowledge, but also intuitive or, dare I say, spiritual insight.
I'm not sure how people cope with fear and uncertainty without some level of trust or hope in God. I wasn't always a Christian, but my faith now gives me a framework to make sense of the world. All this risk we face causes a lot less fear when the worst thing that can happen is to die painfully and then chill in heaven forever with a bunch of people who really love you. There's no downside.
Yes, every one of us knows it's possible that none of it is real, but we've looked at the evidence and come to a conclusion that seems most reasonable. Not everyone will agree with us.
Outstanding video! 29 years out of active duty but still in a heave risk management community. Your views on Leadership, personal integrity and credibility are great points for self assessment training and team building. Learn, listen and realize that lessons learned do not always translate into proper decisions for the now.
HELLO - I really appreciate your daily "The Wire" productions, as well as your extensive sharing of information concerning radios and communications. I got derailed from my originals plans a few years ago of traveling to Boston to get my HAM license, which I in addition to acquiring to legally permit radio transmission on the 2-meter band on the used R/S HTX handheld that I acquired, but to also allow video transmission on the 2.4GHz band, for custom RC models, such as drones, land vehicles, water craft and RC "craft" for FPV "piloting". I have immensely enjoyed and have been fascinated with some of the capabilities that you have described in your videos, especially in the domain of transmitting digital data. At this time, I tinker with CB radio, but it does not seem to be as popular as it used to be in my area, and I do not have a outdoor base station antenna at this time. Anyway, I wanted to commend you on your ongoing efforts and endeavors, and I hope that you continue to produce "The Wire" into the future. _John_
After leaving the Marine Corps and entering my career in Environmental/Health/Safety, I quickly realized (especially compared to some of my peers) how important leadership skills are to achieving the goal of my position within the management structure. I am thankful to have learned leadership traits from great leaders in the Corps which directly translated to my ability to get workers engaged in their own safety, while still understanding that nothing can be 100% safe, not to mention properly dealing with those who reject that culture and put others around them at an unacceptable/willful risk. The biggest problem I face within the industry is my own peers. When you aid in resentment from those you are put in place to keep safe, or become so risk adverse it prevents them from doing their job effectively, people will get injured, milestones will be missed, missions will fail and the enemy will exploit your weakness.
Outstanding message. Thank you for what you’re doing for humanity. You’re work, your approach, your style …. It’s timely, appropriate, and professional. Thank you. Don’t question any of it. I feel your frustration and the message resonates. Stay strong brother, keep being you. 👍🏼🙏🏻💪🏼
As someone who might be a bit older than the average viewer here. I've been in this type of community, which has changed somewhat, for approximately 40years. Everything he's mentioned I've run into. And dont forget the motto of every committee-"When all is said and done. More is said than done." You get a big group going consider Roberts Rules of Order.
You've opened my eyes brother,I used to be a guy that believed comms wasn't necessarily a necessity. After watching your channel my friend I've let that go. Comms is vital. And I'm learning. And I know that I'm behind.
Agree. Comms are essential at a strategic and tactical level. If you study the past wars, you'll see that among the first things we target against our enemy is Communications - the eyes and ears. Cut them off, and you create confusion, and break our enemy's command and control capability. It's critical to consider your communications plan- including chain of command, comms technologies to use for various situations and to have 'tested' alternate/contingency plans for if and when your comms are disrupted. Thanks S2 for the good tips.
Sad Hams have really hurt the amateur radio scene. However as a perfectly normal person, with access to RUclips and books, I seek out the forbidden knowledge of HAM radio that the sad hams try to protect with their gatekeeping, for I care not, what the sad hams thinks.
Ham-Bam Block-You-Ma'am-ers always threaten to track and report unlicensed users. THIS attitude is the MOST dangerous for eotwawki as they will be used to hunt preppers
You are a core pillar of reason on RUclips. Your consideration of all is inspiring. I hope we all move towards a world with more people like you in it!
Agreed. I'm an EE and a HAM. In the Engineering world egos always run high. The Ham world is hit or miss. We must remember to teach and have patience when bringing new people up to speed. Analysis paralysis is very real. Seen a lot of EE auger down on something for weeks just to go with the same conclusion they started with. Due diligence is important. Experience is knowing when to turn it off.
bahhaha I'm glad someone knows that reference. I am a happy ham. But a mostly private ham. I enjoy the theory and testing. aka Ham'n around. @@chuckfinley3152
Young EE without said experience here...even in my limited time in the field, it is painfully apparent how much ego can stall progress in any field in any circumstance, either from lack of experience or sometimes just too much of it. Though it could be classified as semantics, I suppose that could be the difference between "experience" and "wisdom"? The awareness of when to utilize a healthy ego or experience but also temper it with some people skills and/or just shutting up.
Well said. I’ve walked away from various clubs because of exactly what you’re talking about. I’ve even left a couple of jobs where that was going on. Risk aversion can get you killed as surely as too much risk can.
I think that it's not just the communication world, but just any highly technical field. It's been my experience (ranging from aircraft mechanic all the way to IT specialist), that the vast majority of people in that dedicated field tend to put off non-skilled individuals because they are the "keepers of sacred knowledge", while I have found out that most of this knowledge really isn't anything all that complicated. I think you are making great strides bringing this kind of knowledge to the community and are doing good work informing everyone in the community so we all can learn how to be better prepared and ready for any eventuality. Kudos brother!
I think you just touched on a future topic for videos. What can 1 person do? What can 4 families do? What can 10 people do? What can a neighborhood do? What can 50 people do when spread out all over a county? And simply keep scaling between families and individuals. This does get into any idea brewing in VA about community missions, which is everything that a militia used to be historically without the scary "M" word. What could a citywide backup comms plan look like if it were to be run by the citizens of the area within budget, usability, and access by the person who hates comms? Regardless of all that, keep up the fine work and I appreciate all that you do.
There is a book called "total resistance", published by the Swiss military in the 60s to counter a soviet invasion. Some of the stuff is dated like telephone wires. But the core of it I feel is solid, and part of it explains that being able to communicate with other groups or cells is critical not for tactical or strategic reasons, but for moral and not feeling like your fighting alone and quit. I would put it in the top 5 things the have a impact on success. I always say, if you attract the attention of a alphabet agency, get your own personal drone, or dedicated time from a super computer, you are doing something wrong
Sir you have helped me in my marriage, you’ve inspired me to get a Gulf baseball hat, and you make me feel very special for being one of the “few” who is keen on the topics you speak on. Cheers.
I think you nailed it man. People need to be careful who and what they are listening to from people. It seems like there is a lot of this is the only possible way to do this because whoever on Instagram or RUclips that claims they were a special forces/sniper/ninja said. There is always more than one way to skin a cat, and sometimes that special forces/sniper/ninja was never even in the military. People need to put in the time and research stuff themselves. Instead of just listening to what someone else says.
Excellent stuff as always. Re: "looking down their nose" types - never forget, the guy who thinks he's the smartest guy in the room....ain't. People: if I were recruiting, I'd look at people into shortwave listening. Let's face it, anybody can key up a transmitter. It take discipline and some smarts to consider "is this a good idea right now?" You can instill good habits in someone who doesn't already have a set of bad habits, esp. with a pre-existing interest in radios.
What you described is exactly the situation I'm in. I've been trying to become a prepared citizen for a decade+, but it's so hard to find people with the same interest level. I've tried to get into radios, but it's a challenge when I'm not ashamed and have no one to try it with. Same with the small unit tactics, no one to go out and test stuff. Even if I met someone, it's like you said, just because they have some mil experience doesn't make them an encyclopedia on all of it. Thanks for trying to start these conversations. Even the boring stuff is important
One more thing to add...if we have a community here...and we want to support one another...why are we NOT doing so??? Fear you spoke about?... just sayin the obvious outloud... Much Love and Light, Peace and Unity Brothers and Sisters...I could help bring us together to support one another ..anyone want to do that with me??? It starts here and now...no bias, open hearts ONLY with love for one another to survive this! And trust me...this is just the beginning of what you are about to learn...but...let's start with the basics...Support one another and talking, communicating to understand...!!!
How do people contact you other than through comments? What is so distinct about this channel is calmness and humility of yours. Big plus. Best soldiers I know are humble and calm. Regardles of occupation/MOS. Calmess is often sign of level headed person that does not break under pressure. Humility is a sign of open mind. Carry on !
Well said, young man!! Honestly, I pictured you a much older person! I’m pleasantly surprised!! There is hope for us yet! Thank you for all that you are doing? We really need more like you to step up!!
We’re always hearing the adage that we’re always planning and preparing to fight the last war rather than the next one, and this seems to be true from the very top military brass to the solitary citizen. I appreciate your perspective on this. The problem with trying to predict the best strategies for the future is that the real crucible of military doctrine has always been real world experience, and there’s always a costly learning process after a shift in paradigm. As citizens, I think the best thing we can do is acquire some basic tools and knowledge, build a network, keep our heads down, and prepare ourselves to be flexible and adapt to current conditions when they occur.
I find myself very eager to prove people wrong or put myself in a position to say "I told you so". I am not a radio expert. I have been working on ways to become more humble and love to hear ideas and success stories. This video may help some people see this kind of thing. Its important to be grateful, peaceful and kind to others. I do feel gratitude from helping and teaching people and should probably focus more on that rather then proving my point or being right or letting egos and emotions come into play.
- S2, your content is logical, balanced, and well planned. I can tell you have thought through your presentation. - I gather information from a lot of people, from a variety of backgrounds. - One thing I've learned is that some plans fall apart as situations evolve, while other plans emerge as more logical. - Our ability to adapt to uncertainty and unpredictable circumstances is vital for survival and coping. - Mitigating risk, while important, is not everything, and taking risks is sometimes necessary and prudent. - As this crazy year unfolds, I hope you are encouraged to share your perspectives and ideas. I, for one, appreciate what you are doing for us. God Bless, brother! 🤙🇺🇸🍻
I look forward to these videos. I can relate to the confusion that surrounds us currently, and like S2 Underground, I see no simple solutions, sometimes our best course is to hope for the best, and plan for the worst. Fight in the shade!
I like to think of Risk as a Slider bar between Capability and Vulnerability. More Capability usually equals increased vulnerability. However you cannot operate with Zero Capability.
The best advice I can give is, Wait on the Lord! It's written so many times in the Bible! No making huge decisions during these times coming up. No contracts, no moves. Just wait and see! He will guide His people that will wait, and listen for His still small voice! Great vlog!!❤❤❤
Another great video. Your channel keeps getting better and better. Imho, Pushing through the fear on radios is when I can tell the prepper is moving from the beginner to the intermediate level of prepping. Some people never get the bigger picture, some do. Keep up the good work.
Like any force is going to have the manpower and equipment to monitor, triangulate and track every person running around transmitting on a Baofeng. But just knowing they can track you down with pinpoint accuracy whenever you transmit should be something you think about every single time you transmit.
Communications is vital Understanding that is crucial Innovation is your friend Look towards using already available equipment to its full potential Situational awareness is primary
Great stuff. Another important aspect people often neglect. Just because someone is alone now doesn't mean they will be alone forever. This is good info to use in the civilian world too. Keep on keeping on
I spent 20 years in communications in the Corps and you’re totally correct. The community is full of elitist jerks. The civilian communications community is even worse.
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the non techies are always a problem in any field
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Truth. It’s from both fronts. In the Army, I owned my net ie you were gonna use the net the appropriate way or I was gonna eat you up.
That said, I never triangulated someone’s location and then delivered that information to the enemy.
One of the many reasons I never bothered getting into HAM. Way too many rules nazis, gatekeepers and a-holes in that community, and way too many good alternatives.
Cannot begin to say how grateful I am for being able to have found your channel like 2 years ago. I truly and deeply appreciate your outlook, your consistency, consideration for the layman, your calm delivery in a crazy world. Thank you for your humility, and ability to convey clear straight to the point information, not too much, not too little. Keep up the amazing work. I've shared you with all who will listen. And they appreciate it as well.
Not many listen though, do they? ;)... it is part of the process... understand the process...one can understand why people are and act the way they are... Much Love and Light, Peace and Unity
Definitely One of the Real Ones... 💯🇺🇲🙏
This guy is just amazing. The Wire and all his other videos is just packed full of knowledge. S2 a BIG thank you for all the hard work and skills you bring to many out here.
You sure its same guy? The wire sounds like a different person
@@Mack_Dingo likely the difference is between a desk mic and a wearable mic.
Just from my experience.
@Mack_Dingo, yeah, same guy as the wires
Excellent video. I certainly don’t want to hijack your comment section but I recently had a class with Radio Made Easy and I highly recommend it for the average person who knows little about comms but wants to.
Can't believe S2 finally confirmed he has a face and a body. Who woulda thunk.
Ai generated get with the times bozo
Risky chrisky + Admin Results (pre reveal)….with an intellectualism and grace that only Brother S2 can deliver. Thank you for your continued diligence, Sir
AND…love the mix up in delivery. Blessings.
A thought provoking talk about leadership, risk management, in the context of radio communications under adverse conditions. We need more of this. Much more.
It's somewhat healing to know I am not crazy for thinking most of what he said for so many years.
The gaslighting among leadership, even leadership tat claims to be "unradical" and "traditional", will gaslight you into madness if you for one second show you have a piece of information they don't, or have done something better than them in some way.
I can only imagine how full the millenias have been of leaders in nations & armadas, just like this, and how many True Heroes have been exequted because of their gaslighting.
Thersites, and the like, come to mind.
No good deed goes unpunished, I suppose.
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Thanks, S2. Don't let yourself get burdened down feeling responsible for those who don't/won't prepare for what's coming. The people that need to hear what you're saying are listening.
Better get in the game it's on. Its 5th gen, they come with fines fees, crimes, attack with proxies the police and feds are busing in fighting age men, giving them 3,000k on a card letting them become police, meanwhile they are pressing us with full spectrum warfare maybe 50k casualties (access deaths) on our side per year. Everything is a weapon from the schools drug testing and jailing abusing children, taking babies blood at birth with no consent, taking 30k children into "foster care" tickets for stockers, surcharges to mobs, drugs from cartel and feds, bio weapons from WHO and China, migrant invasion, raids on farms, raids on patriots and more! we need to fight back this isn't sustainable.
Ladies and gentlemen, risky chrisky has been reincarnated and he is wayyyy calmer now.
I don't think we will see an S2 schizo rant in a hockey mask.
Where is risky at by the way I haven't seen him in a while. Shadow banned or worse?
@@callmesomething1425 he is on X and rumble… pepe got scwacked by yt algo robot demons
😂 ok, that was funny.
@@callmesomething1425 somebody got his page shut down from what I understand
The fact is...NO COMMS ARE SECURE...so..risk be damned all you can do is minimize risk you can NEVER eliminate it.
Yuppers... face to face or implied orders based on mutually understood intent.. or one time pads, or paper notes. Unless it gets super real, I just ignore it all and know all the algorithms are listening. PS- also have a faraday bag handy as well, you never know.
@@mark.J6708 I call it 1899. The last pure American conflict with no electronics. 3rd world people, otherwise you glow!
If there has been anyone that has found their calling and made this a better place, it’s you. Thank you for all of the information and effort in producing quality content and advice.
While ignorance is bliss, knowledge is pain and not everyone reacts to pain the same way. Some panic and start shoot holes in the lifeboat; others are cool enough to assess and become more humble. Lessons learned, the world ain't black and white, it's infinite shades of grey. Humbleness can be mistaken for a lack of confidence, when it's knowledge leashed by wisdom.
You're touching on significant emotional and mental dynamics and it's good to hear. Well done, Sir. Keep up the great work. You're tracking like a tank.😊
18series/long time contractor here. Keep up the good work. Don't worry about "those" types who are stuck in certain mindsets or "know it alls." Most of them are unwilling to objectively look at things and are by default, not going to be the best at what they do anyway. Things are vastly different now. Sensors pick up bluetooth from tires, cameras record everything, vehicles transmit information all the time, and countless other things. Much of the small unit tactics taught just a few years ago will get you killed now. Principals remain, but how to deal with them are completely different, and there are some things you just can't deal with. You just have to mitigate them, but there is no way to erase them, just as you stated.
I think tend to think of risk, like privacy, it isn't a "Yes/No" switch, it's a slider. There are tradeoffs for convenience or goals. I like a lot of your videos for putting out kind of sensible "here's how to think about situations". I'm not military, but I like to at least try and make myself the best I can be (even if it's only in a tiny way), and seeing different and varying viewpoints on basically everything help build a more balanced picture.
Listen brother, you are doing good work. All of it from the wire to the ghostnet it keeps us going, training, thinking. Your content is awesome and you are reaching us. Thank you for the time you spend out of your life doing this for people you don't even know. You sir, are a Patriot and I'm proud to have the advantage of your knowledge. Great job!
So good! Personality matters. "Engineers versus Leaders". Condescension turns people away from a speaker. "Everything is a balance". I might add, "Everything is on a spectrum, and there are many of these strings with beads sliding along them in 3D". This doesn't mean that we are prevented from coming to conclusions or that we are paralyzed for action. It means that we can never stop collecting, appraising, collaborating, analyzing, and acting according to our best understanding.
My career had a lot to do with integration. I worked with people from coast to coast, in Australia, and Russia. Sometimes there is the "One Right Answer" for a tactical problem such as a software problem or hardware replacement. Most of the time we need to understand the "customer", the team leaders, the project managers, the upper management, and the technical experts. This means we have to TALK to all of them "where they live". Face to face. There is no place for condescension, and being the "Little Professor" or "The Warlord" isn't very useful in real life.
Thank you for making this video. I suspect many of your videos have been more helpful than you can know.
Perhaps the most resonant video, and my favorite.
I was in a leadership position, that I lost through assholeness, rule-following, and politics.
I've learned my lessons, and yes, you have to be "likable" because my warnings and suggestions were implemented after I was forced out.
I'm back on the ascent now, but after I learned my lessons the hard way.
You S2 team, hopefully this will find at least one other person with whom it resonates as deeply as it does with me.
🤔😜 Haven't seen one of these chats before, & I found it to be awesome Brother ⚔️A calm voice amidst the chaos, with great points ✌️💒 God Bless us All 🇺🇸🙏✝️
That Gulf ball cap reminds me of my Grandpa.
WWII B-17 Pilot, Gulf Oil exec. Houston TX.
Loved that man.
I am in the camp with the people who think this conversation is so desperately needed, you’re doing it. Great Job
We read you loud & clear... Thank you for your support.
"....like a voice in the wilderness.." Keep it up, brother. We all need to step back and get a grip on our own minds and this is a wonderful start. I am an old (almost 80) martial arts teacher and it is one of my greatest obstacles to teach that there is no simple answer. Fear, when controlled, is a great asset. Thank you.
Thanks for what you do brother. I was reminded recently that no level of preparedness, amount of money, or personal skillset will provide the genuine peace and joy that we're all after. We all only have 60+/- years left in this life, but our souls will live forever somewhere....God already made a way through Jesus for us to have this centered peace regardless of what happens. Thanks again for your work!
Amen, brother.
I can't help but be reminded of Dolio. His Tactical Wisdom series is all about preparing the novice, building community and skills. With a good dose of humility.
He's on this platform, but is more active on others. Worth the lookup. (For others, I'm sure you've seen him around.)
Thank you for your genuine efforts and humility. You grace us with your knowledge.
A small group of preppers from our church have set up comms with several radios on different bands. AM, FM, and rebuilt military field phones. We us code words we set up and change frequently for meeting up, changing radios and frequencies and places to meet at. Several times a year at our bi monthly meetings we practice our radio skills so everyone can stay comfortable using the equipment. We also do weekly radio checks at preset times and just talk normally to help everyone stay proficient with how to fix problems that arise with the radios. We are always trying to improve and different ideas are always welcome to think outside the box. It's just a suggestion that can help others prepare for what's coming. Great channel love the wire and videos like this. I'm glad you talked about this subject.
You're right. If radios and comms in general are gonna do us in, it'll be because some by-the-books weirdo Karen listens in and hears chatter that makes them think someone is unlicensed. We really need to go out of our way to purge HAM, CB, and other amateur radio of all the Karens, if for no other reason than to make it a fun hobby again.
Thank you very much. 🙏 All the information you can put out there would be appreciated. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
A good lesson about radio use that I think was evident during GWOT was that the enemy that ultimately defeated America had no problem communicating in the open, knew that their comms were overheard and compensated by using a difficult foreign language, difficult dialects and local slang. Hearing someones radio chatter doesnt matter if you can't understand it or if the person transmitting just doesn't care that you can hear them, because they're using their own fluency system.
Exactly! Radio community is rather frustrating. A lot of content creators lately have been pushing no radios .... I live in Wyoming and in order to communicate with a MAG for back up/rally the fellas you need coms. Glad you are in this space trying to talk sense into people that are confused/freaking out. Thanks! 🤘
Your knowledge of the and enunciation of the English language is a pleasure to listen to, and should make it easier for a wide range of people to listen to your message, I think you have a good understanding of the way the world acts and you have no problem of relaying that to your audience,thank you for all you do.
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
Very practical and timely advice. I strongly agree with your message.
This is so many good points. Wel said. Yes the ham community in my experience and many of my buddies trying to learn basics of comms are talked to like we are special needs (we may be) but we are trying to learn. Radio Fudds are so difficult to deal with and get any basic knowledge from or have them give you a basic of why X, Y or Z isn't the way to do something. Like many of us who started with Baofeng radios who want to learn we have radio guys tell us Nope, piece of junk, you're not going to be able to use it. You need whatever $1500 radio to get started if we are going to take it seriously. Well we don't have that budget right now and the Feng is what we are working with for now.
We want to be able to give basic information to each other and use our gear to train as we upgrade supplies. Many of us started with LBE vests,a Baofeng and a $500 AR with a few mags. We are learn and grow as we can. Absolutely I would love night vision. It's awesome but not even close to top priority over food sources, water and medical supplies. Not to mention just daily life.
Related to radio fudds and other people who are looking to bash people. A guy I know who is a tech whiz showed an encrypted connection he came up with using a small Raspberry Pi system and a Baofeng for radio comms in a SHTF/Disaster scenario and so many comms guys LIT HIM UP. Even threatened to report his Instagram I believe. People saying it was illegal to encrypt ham and he shouldn't be showing this equipment, the FCC this and that. He explained it was a fun project to play around with and he wasn't actually running encrypted ham. It was for a disaster and him, and myself lived through multiple riots. That's why he wanted this for if groups looting had radios and certain groups are using radios FRS/GMRS channels To communicate on Baofeng and other radios he wanted to not have his comms intercepted to others moving to safety in the area. No care from the asshole who bashed him.
We are still taking about mesh nodes and solar to keep them powered to have comms in a cyber or grid attack. I need to talk to him again soon and see how it's coming along. He's helped me be less of a ludite with this stuff. Very few others actually will help with learning comms.
Other skills many are open and happy to teach others and even learn from students. Working in TacMed training I've picked up some cool stuff from students over the years. As well as other staff I work with. But in the gun community you do have some people who are the "buy this or have that, or you're going to die" I agree wholeheartedly this BS needs to stop. Work with everyone from new people with the bare bones to the guys with 50k in gear that actually train.
Lastly I would agree no person should be hoping for war or to use their gear for anything besides training. It's all LARPing and fun, people want to justify their kits in a conflict until bullets come their way.
I went from a drafted squad leader to an O-3 in my European birth country (proud American for 25+ years). Everything you said about attitude and leadership is spot on, both from my personal experience and that of my American vet buddies.
Everything is a trade-off.
Some understand one risk vs.another risk.
Thanks for trying to pull the extreme into the reality of practical application.
I can get up my own ass some days and im glad you said some good truths. War, just as humanity, is ever evolving. The afghan war proved people pushed hard used whatever they could. Thats the best lesson, being versatile.
I also want to say thank you. You and several others are helping me bridge some of the gaps. Your remarks about a sort of citizen based DARPA is equally spot on...and I say that as an old prior service combat arms. Thank you...
Thank you. I don't know that this will change my day to day living much but living in fear doesn't help anyone. The struggle has been for and against the mind since ancient days. There is no war without mind control and deception. Stepping back and trying to clear ones thoughts is a good place to start.
THIS is why i don't hang with those who know just enough to be dangerous and have lost sight of how to deal with the untrained or inexperienced. The gun range, too, is filled with 'em.
Sometimes we've got to share with each other, even though we risk our egos.
Stay strong Americans, We The People will overcome all challenges.
Understandably, others in the community are at their wits end with the radio know it alls and it shows. But as usual, you are incredible at your ability to convey these points calmly and rationally. You have a gift in the capacity of your patience.
Thank you for your patience and for continually pouring into your countrymen.
Truth! Thanks for your hard work and encouragement. It is extremely appreciated.
Fun fact, when the Marines got rid of my MOS in 2019 my company rolled my fellow 51s to an experimental scout unit. When the first MWX kicked off we had just been established like 2 months prior. We wanted our own internal comms, but we couldn't personally afford much. Since I was leading that effort I settled for some Motorola Talk About radios. A week after we got them and got familiar we went to the mountain warfare center. Being scouts we were well ahead of main. Guess what, our PRC-152s didn't work worth a shit in the mountains but my radios did. We called them blue gear, but since we reported right to our XO he grabbed one of ours and that's how we communicated until the scouts were disbanded in 2020, even during MWX with a lot of EW going on. Obviously these weren't encrypted radios, but our transmissions weren't ever intercepted because they're on the civi freqs and no other units we're listening for them. Long story short, you can play the game if you know what the game is.
One of the Best of the Best S2. THANK YOU. Very timely and needed at THIS time in History.
This is the most common sense I ever heard in a long time.
Thank you.
Outstanding talk. Thank you, very professional, very down to earth. This is an example of great practical non arrogant leadership!
Nailed it. One of the most frustrating things about the radio world is that nobody who knows anything wants to make it simple. You ask how line of sight radio works and a guy will give you an unwanted 3 hour lecture on the magnetics of the Earth. No BLUF. Even when they're not trying to intentionally gatekeep, they gatekeep by failing to succinctly describe the information needed to use coms.
I sense the frustration, but words cannot convey how grateful I am for all of the hard work your team puts into sharing this knowledge and helping us all become prepared citizens. We live in a world where polarized thinking seems to be the norm. Leadership not only requires knowledge, but also intuitive or, dare I say, spiritual insight.
I'm not sure how people cope with fear and uncertainty without some level of trust or hope in God. I wasn't always a Christian, but my faith now gives me a framework to make sense of the world.
All this risk we face causes a lot less fear when the worst thing that can happen is to die painfully and then chill in heaven forever with a bunch of people who really love you. There's no downside.
Yes, every one of us knows it's possible that none of it is real, but we've looked at the evidence and come to a conclusion that seems most reasonable. Not everyone will agree with us.
Excellent point, regarding condescension.
Prayers and many thanks!!!!
Well Done Patriot Brother. "the Chair is Against the wall. the cow is in the Barn." We use tin cans with string, unhackable.
Outstanding video! 29 years out of active duty but still in a heave risk management community. Your views on Leadership, personal integrity and credibility are great points for self assessment training and team building. Learn, listen and realize that lessons learned do not always translate into proper decisions for the now.
HELLO - I really appreciate your daily "The Wire" productions, as well as your extensive sharing of information concerning radios and communications. I got derailed from my originals plans a few years ago of traveling to Boston to get my HAM license, which I in addition to acquiring to legally permit radio transmission on the 2-meter band on the used R/S HTX handheld that I acquired, but to also allow video transmission on the 2.4GHz band, for custom RC models, such as drones, land vehicles, water craft and RC "craft" for FPV "piloting".
I have immensely enjoyed and have been fascinated with some of the capabilities that you have described in your videos, especially in the domain of transmitting digital data.
At this time, I tinker with CB radio, but it does not seem to be as popular as it used to be in my area, and I do not have a outdoor base station antenna at this time. Anyway, I wanted to commend you on your ongoing efforts and endeavors, and I hope that you continue to produce "The Wire" into the future. _John_
I appreciate you and the service you're providing young prepared citizens like me. Cheers to you friend, and keep fighting in the shade.
After leaving the Marine Corps and entering my career in Environmental/Health/Safety, I quickly realized (especially compared to some of my peers) how important leadership skills are to achieving the goal of my position within the management structure. I am thankful to have learned leadership traits from great leaders in the Corps which directly translated to my ability to get workers engaged in their own safety, while still understanding that nothing can be 100% safe, not to mention properly dealing with those who reject that culture and put others around them at an unacceptable/willful risk. The biggest problem I face within the industry is my own peers. When you aid in resentment from those you are put in place to keep safe, or become so risk adverse it prevents them from doing their job effectively, people will get injured, milestones will be missed, missions will fail and the enemy will exploit your weakness.
Amen brother, keep it coming. We're all here for your rational perspective.
God bless you, S2…thanks for all you do. Keep the faith.
Outstanding message. Thank you for what you’re doing for humanity. You’re work, your approach, your style …. It’s timely, appropriate, and professional. Thank you. Don’t question any of it. I feel your frustration and the message resonates. Stay strong brother, keep being you. 👍🏼🙏🏻💪🏼
Thank you for doing what you do. It is appreciated and necessary.
As someone who might be a bit older than the average viewer here. I've been in this type of community, which has changed somewhat, for approximately 40years. Everything he's mentioned I've run into. And dont forget the motto of every committee-"When all is said and done. More is said than done." You get a big group going consider Roberts Rules of Order.
You've opened my eyes brother,I used to be a guy that believed comms wasn't necessarily a necessity. After watching your channel my friend I've let that go. Comms is vital. And I'm learning. And I know that I'm behind.
You are CRUSHING it dude!!!!!!! People gatekeep because they are threatened!!
Agree. Comms are essential at a strategic and tactical level. If you study the past wars, you'll see that among the first things we target against our enemy is Communications - the eyes and ears. Cut them off, and you create confusion, and break our enemy's command and control capability. It's critical to consider your communications plan- including chain of command, comms technologies to use for various situations and to have 'tested' alternate/contingency plans for if and when your comms are disrupted. Thanks S2 for the good tips.
I have been surprised at how many things I have learned and acted on based on your videos alone. Keep them coming.
Sad Hams have really hurt the amateur radio scene. However as a perfectly normal person, with access to RUclips and books, I seek out the forbidden knowledge of HAM radio that the sad hams try to protect with their gatekeeping, for I care not, what the sad hams thinks.
Ham-Bam Block-You-Ma'am-ers always threaten to track and report unlicensed users. THIS attitude is the MOST dangerous for eotwawki as they will be used to hunt preppers
You are a core pillar of reason on RUclips. Your consideration of all is inspiring. I hope we all move towards a world with more people like you in it!
Agreed. I'm an EE and a HAM. In the Engineering world egos always run high. The Ham world is hit or miss. We must remember to teach and have patience when bringing new people up to speed. Analysis paralysis is very real. Seen a lot of EE auger down on something for weeks just to go with the same conclusion they started with. Due diligence is important. Experience is knowing when to turn it off.
Are you a sad ham or happy ham?
bahhaha I'm glad someone knows that reference. I am a happy ham. But a mostly private ham. I enjoy the theory and testing. aka Ham'n around. @@chuckfinley3152
@chuckfinley3152 sad ham? Randy would be proud, LoL. S2 is another person who sees past the arrogant sad hams. And engineers. LoL
Young EE without said experience here...even in my limited time in the field, it is painfully apparent how much ego can stall progress in any field in any circumstance, either from lack of experience or sometimes just too much of it.
Though it could be classified as semantics, I suppose that could be the difference between "experience" and "wisdom"? The awareness of when to utilize a healthy ego or experience but also temper it with some people skills and/or just shutting up.
In the Engineering world egos always run high.
-Understatement of century.
Especially the Leadership in it!
Well said. I’ve walked away from various clubs because of exactly what you’re talking about. I’ve even left a couple of jobs where that was going on. Risk aversion can get you killed as surely as too much risk can.
I think that it's not just the communication world, but just any highly technical field. It's been my experience (ranging from aircraft mechanic all the way to IT specialist), that the vast majority of people in that dedicated field tend to put off non-skilled individuals because they are the "keepers of sacred knowledge", while I have found out that most of this knowledge really isn't anything all that complicated.
I think you are making great strides bringing this kind of knowledge to the community and are doing good work informing everyone in the community so we all can learn how to be better prepared and ready for any eventuality. Kudos brother!
I think you just touched on a future topic for videos. What can 1 person do? What can 4 families do? What can 10 people do? What can a neighborhood do? What can 50 people do when spread out all over a county? And simply keep scaling between families and individuals.
This does get into any idea brewing in VA about community missions, which is everything that a militia used to be historically without the scary "M" word. What could a citywide backup comms plan look like if it were to be run by the citizens of the area within budget, usability, and access by the person who hates comms?
Regardless of all that, keep up the fine work and I appreciate all that you do.
There is a book called "total resistance", published by the Swiss military in the 60s to counter a soviet invasion. Some of the stuff is dated like telephone wires. But the core of it I feel is solid, and part of it explains that being able to communicate with other groups or cells is critical not for tactical or strategic reasons, but for moral and not feeling like your fighting alone and quit. I would put it in the top 5 things the have a impact on success. I always say, if you attract the attention of a alphabet agency, get your own personal drone, or dedicated time from a super computer, you are doing something wrong
Sir you have helped me in my marriage, you’ve inspired me to get a Gulf baseball hat, and you make me feel very special for being one of the “few” who is keen on the topics you speak on. Cheers.
Thank you for this video! The last part is so important.
I think you nailed it man. People need to be careful who and what they are listening to from people. It seems like there is a lot of this is the only possible way to do this because whoever on Instagram or RUclips that claims they were a special forces/sniper/ninja said. There is always more than one way to skin a cat, and sometimes that special forces/sniper/ninja was never even in the military. People need to put in the time and research stuff themselves. Instead of just listening to what someone else says.
Excellent stuff as always.
Re: "looking down their nose" types - never forget, the guy who thinks he's the smartest guy in the room....ain't.
People: if I were recruiting, I'd look at people into shortwave listening. Let's face it, anybody can key up a transmitter. It take discipline and some smarts to consider "is this a good idea right now?"
You can instill good habits in someone who doesn't already have a set of bad habits, esp. with a pre-existing interest in radios.
You showed great maturity and wisdom here, keep up the great work!
What you described is exactly the situation I'm in. I've been trying to become a prepared citizen for a decade+, but it's so hard to find people with the same interest level. I've tried to get into radios, but it's a challenge when I'm not ashamed and have no one to try it with. Same with the small unit tactics, no one to go out and test stuff. Even if I met someone, it's like you said, just because they have some mil experience doesn't make them an encyclopedia on all of it. Thanks for trying to start these conversations. Even the boring stuff is important
God says alot of time Take Courage and Fear Not
Great work as always. What you do is priceless and much appreciated.
Just outstanding,thank you.
One more thing to add...if we have a community here...and we want to support one another...why are we NOT doing so??? Fear you spoke about?... just sayin the obvious outloud... Much Love and Light, Peace and Unity Brothers and Sisters...I could help bring us together to support one another ..anyone want to do that with me??? It starts here and now...no bias, open hearts ONLY with love for one another to survive this! And trust me...this is just the beginning of what you are about to learn...but...let's start with the basics...Support one another and talking, communicating to understand...!!!
How do people contact you other than through comments?
What is so distinct about this channel is calmness and humility of yours. Big plus.
Best soldiers I know are humble and calm. Regardles of occupation/MOS.
Calmess is often sign of level headed person that does not break under pressure.
Humility is a sign of open mind.
Carry on !
I’m curious if there is a community group to discuss heady topics. Like a discord maybe?
Keybase chat
Well said, young man!! Honestly, I pictured you a much older person! I’m pleasantly surprised!! There is hope for us yet! Thank you for all that you are doing? We really need more like you to step up!!
We’re always hearing the adage that we’re always planning and preparing to fight the last war rather than the next one, and this seems to be true from the very top military brass to the solitary citizen. I appreciate your perspective on this. The problem with trying to predict the best strategies for the future is that the real crucible of military doctrine has always been real world experience, and there’s always a costly learning process after a shift in paradigm. As citizens, I think the best thing we can do is acquire some basic tools and knowledge, build a network, keep our heads down, and prepare ourselves to be flexible and adapt to current conditions when they occur.
I find myself very eager to prove people wrong or put myself in a position to say "I told you so". I am not a radio expert. I have been working on ways to become more humble and love to hear ideas and success stories. This video may help some people see this kind of thing. Its important to be grateful, peaceful and kind to others. I do feel gratitude from helping and teaching people and should probably focus more on that rather then proving my point or being right or letting egos and emotions come into play.
- S2, your content is logical, balanced, and well planned. I can tell you have thought through your presentation.
- I gather information from a lot of people, from a variety of backgrounds.
- One thing I've learned is that some plans fall apart as situations evolve, while other plans emerge as more logical.
- Our ability to adapt to uncertainty and unpredictable circumstances is vital for survival and coping.
- Mitigating risk, while important, is not everything, and taking risks is sometimes necessary and prudent.
- As this crazy year unfolds, I hope you are encouraged to share your perspectives and ideas. I, for one, appreciate what you are doing for us. God Bless, brother! 🤙🇺🇸🍻
S2 looks like a 2000s Peter Parker
I look forward to these videos. I can relate to the confusion that surrounds us currently, and like S2 Underground, I see no simple solutions, sometimes our best course is to hope for the best, and plan for the worst. Fight in the shade!
Always love listening to your perspective. Keep up the solid work!
I like to think of Risk as a Slider bar between Capability and Vulnerability. More Capability usually equals increased vulnerability. However you cannot operate with Zero Capability.
The best advice I can give is, Wait on the Lord! It's written so many times in the Bible! No making huge decisions during these times coming up. No contracts, no moves. Just wait and see! He will guide His people that will wait, and listen for His still small voice! Great vlog!!❤❤❤
Another great video. Your channel keeps getting better and better. Imho, Pushing through the fear on radios is when I can tell the prepper is moving from the beginner to the intermediate level of prepping. Some people never get the bigger picture, some do. Keep up the good work.
Like any force is going to have the manpower and equipment to monitor, triangulate and track every person running around transmitting on a Baofeng. But just knowing they can track you down with pinpoint accuracy whenever you transmit should be something you think about every single time you transmit.
You mean keep thinking about? Tx can be dangerous for sure.
Good video. Thank you for the clear headed non rhetorical speak. Keep this kind of content coming!
Self respect, free thinking, follow your heart.
Thomas sowell said "theres no solutions only compromises" it applies to many situations.
Communications is vital
Understanding that is crucial
Innovation is your friend
Look towards using already available equipment to its full potential
Situational awareness is primary
Great stuff. Another important aspect people often neglect. Just because someone is alone now doesn't mean they will be alone forever. This is good info to use in the civilian world too. Keep on keeping on