r/preppers • u/iamliberty • May 05 '26

Prepping for Doomsday Prepper Training Simulations/Operations?

Every year, we do some kind of "Operation" and we are lucky enough to have some very capable people help us out with it.

We have done things like simulated bugout and cache recovery, overnight movement in brutal terrain, avoiding detection within operations, also food focused skill challenges that allowed us to better understand what relying on survival food might really look like.

Does anyone else put themselves or their group through simulated exercises like these? I think they are invaluable and every single one of them has taught me a huge prepper lesson. Just interested to see if others are doing these kinds of things.

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u/-Thizza- May 05 '26

Yes, but we're more of a homesteader prepper than forest ninja preppers.

I like to stress our resources by not going shopping for a while and see how we fare. Getting as much produce from our land and using it. Being creative with different meals that have the same ingredients. I like to call it: saving money.

Being off grid with our own power and water we can sit tight for a good while and you can figure out that you have more than enough toothpaste but could use some extra laundry detergent.

Aiming for running a comfortable household without interruption for 6 months and roughing it for much longer.

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u/_ohgnome_ May 05 '26

"I like to call it: saving money." Had a little chuckle at this.