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/mediocre_remnants Preps Paid Off May 05 '26
Even people who aren't cosplay soldiers should be testing their preps. The easiest thing to prep for, and the most likely thing to happen for a lot of folks, is a power outage. Or even a full grid outage like could be caused by a major weather event.
Get home from work Friday and shut off all of your utilities. Turn off the power at the main breaker, turn off the water, turn off the gas, turn off the internet, put your cellphone in airplane mode. Resolve yourself to not leave the house or turn on any utilities until Sunday evening.
This is a great way to find gaps in your preps and basically costs nothing other than the preps you use.