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Why Every Prepper Group Needs an Information Specialist (and How to Start Collecting Information)<\/a><\/h3>\n

Many preppers gather into groups of like-minded people to provide skills and equipment they themselves don\u2019t have. One position or skill that is often overlooked is that of the \u201cInformation Specialist.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone who wants senior command should cultivate a lively curiosity. Technical competence <\/em>(survival skills), even tactical competence <\/em>(planning and execution of survival and military skills), isn\u2019t enough. Strategy depends on intelligence (<\/em>access to knowledge [books, articles, blogs, databases, maps, military intelligence, etc.]), and that depends on asking the right questions.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0~ \u201cWinning Colors<\/a>\u201d by Elizabeth Moon (Comments in parentheses\u00a0 by the author of this article)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is a great deal of information that is available to preppers publically and legally today that most likely won\u2019t be available after the SHTF. Useful information that may help you survive and prosper during those bad times.<\/p>\n

About the\u00a0Information Specialist series<\/h3>\n

This article, the first of nine parts, does not discuss the basic prepper subjects of food (seeds, planting, growing, harvesting, cooking, saving, plus hunting and fishing), water, clothing, shelter, defense, first aid and medical, transportation, skills, gadgets, etc. This information is readily available in books and blogs. Prepper gadgets are available from numerous sources.<\/p>\n

These articles will discuss the many sources of \u201cimportant facts (that) are well known or may be gathered from public sources. This form of information collection is known as open source intelligence.\u201d (Source)<\/a>. We will be discussing Internet sources of information, with links that you won\u2019t find anywhere else, all free and legal.<\/p>\n

For the purposes of discussion in these articles, there are two kinds of information. \u201cSurvival Information\u201d (parts 1 \u2013 6) and \u201cThe History of Technology and its Use in the Restoration of Civilization\u201d (parts 7 \u2013 9).<\/p>\n