G-Camp Logistics, by GuerrillaLogistician

by GuerrillaLogistician @glogistician on X.com

Ref – 17D

“How the hell are we out?” Mike asked incredulously as he stared at the young black man behind the desk. His rifle was slung over his back, and his civilian clothes were dirty from work.

“I don’t know, brother. My job is to keep stuff locked up and pass out the rationed stuff according to the rules, and when we’re out, we are out.” Sydnor replied, leaning back in a clean brown shirt, M-81 pants, and tan boots. On his hip resided his pistol, and against the wall in a homemade wooden rack, his rifle rested as calmly as Sydnor was.

Controlling his rage, Mike countered in a very slow, deliberate, but angered voice, “I just watched the medic leave with some body powder. I know we have more. I was on the raid that brought in four pallets.”

“Ohh, absolutely, the medic still has quite a load of it, but it has to be signed out by a medic,” Sydnor responded as even keel as he was when the conversation started.

“You mean to tell me four freaking cases of body powder just vanished while I was on patrol?” Mike slowly methodically said, his eyes hooded as rage burned and his rash itched.

“Look, brother, one pallet went for trade to another group for antibiotics, another got split up and cashed for safety and later use, and the last pallet and half got distributed freely on first come, first serve,” Sydnor replied as he flipped through his copy of TW-05 First Aid by Joe Dolio.

“So where…. Is the last…., “Mike enunciated very slowly as he stared down Sydnor, “freaking… pallet… I freaking… brought back…. Last…. Freaking…. Week?”

Sydnor sighed, “Look, brother, everyone else grabbed all of the body powder. It is summer; the medics got the last half a pallet, and you will need a medic to get to it.”  “I am glad you followed Rule 4 of the First Aid manual.” Holding up TW-05, he read aloud, “Anytime you come across medical supplies, pick them up.”  He put the book open face down, “I am sorry, but we’re out of the stuff we can just hand out. It isn’t fair, but ask the guys.” “Hell, the way you walked in bow-legged, I am sure a medic would get you some,” he added.

Mike threw up his hands and walked off, “Fine, I will go find a medic.”

Logistics is a pain in the rear; it isn’t just what you have. It is procurement and control of who has what.  People hate logistics because it isn’t flashy or bold, and most people neglect to realize that wars are won over logistics.  During WWI, Britain was almost defeated merely by Germany controlling the trade routes.  During WWII, the tables flipped for Germany, and even coal was an important commodity, so much so that board games were made to enforce the idea of saving raw materials for the war effort.  “Hunt, the Coal Thief” was one such game, but in the US, people saved bacon fat, cans, etc, to recycle into war materials.  That is why many people who lived through WWII in the US put grease into glass jars, which were given to the military to help create explosives.

So now we know logistics are essential, but how do we start dealing with this?  Do we save grease? Cans? What do we stockpile?  It can be a complex answer, but it starts with the individual survival requirements and expands to your group.  For a family or individual, your supplies are simple water, shelter, food, medical, security, and comfort items for the short term, but as things go on, this expands.  Despite religious beliefs, a good source of information is the Mormons.  I won’t go into the religion, or the truly messed up stuff involved in sections of the church, but take the time to look past that, just like I will tell you to look past Che Guevera’s propaganda and read his book on Guerrilla warfare.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/english/life-help/Personal-and-Family-Emergency-Preparedness-Planning-Guide.pdf

Start small and grow your supplies; first, get enough supplies for 1- 7 days.  If you can only work with a 1-3 day capacity, do that; everything helps, and many of us are going start with a budget anyway.  This is easy to do and maintain, even in apartments.  This means a lot of things can be excluded from the list, and this list will be based on our needs, not our survival group.  Like the old adage, save yourself before you assist others; this should be your primary goal.  The next step is to have a supply for 7 days to a month, where the rubber meets the road.  A month of supplies generally stretches medical supplies, etc. Beyond a month is when we get into sustainability and resource management work and also when you need to start looking into possible supply chains outside of personal storage.

So let’s make a basic list for the 1-7 day range

BASICS

• Water
• Food
• Cooking supplies (without outside logistics like power/gas)
• Medical (basic medicine, IFAK, etc.)
• Sanitation (if the water is out and the toilets don’t flush, do you have some backup supplies?)
• Security (this includes firearms, lights to observe NVG, thermals, etc.)
• Shelter (where will you stay, and is it survivable? Do you need an alternative shelter or a tent for your family?)
• Clothing (as time passes, this becomes very important. Modern clothes die fast when you can’t wash them and care for them)

Let’s give an example of one person stationary and not doing too much of a natural disaster-style concept.

EXAMPLE

• Water – The ability to acquire or have 7 gallons. 15$ containers and 30 dollars for aqua tabs, just in case (also good for long-term needs)
  • https://www.amazon.com/Reliance-Products-Aqua-Tainer-Gallon-Container/dp/B001QC31G6
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FFQN924/

• Food – Let’s say 14 MREs for seven days 63$
  • https://a.co/d/0eex2KeJ

• Cooking – Not needed with MREs 0$
• Sanitation – 5 gal bucket toilet setup 30-40$
  • https://a.co/d/09T2jJfo
  • https://a.co/d/02HUfjVG

• Medical – Pepto, aspirin, a small IFAK 85-150
  • https://brushbeater.store/products/m-fak-mini-first-aid-kit
  • https://brushbeater.store/products/supplemental-ifak-resupply-kit-gen-1

• Security – 1 pistol or rifle, a few hundred rounds, 500-800$
  • There are too many to list (Palmetto State Armory, Bear Creek Arsenal, etc)

This is a simple example of what you may need for a limited time, which should make sense for your average natural disaster.  Depending on what you are preparing for, this may change, and you won’t have to spend extra money on more weapons unless you need them. Many people believe they need dozens of firearms and millions of rounds, and they start there logistically. This is true regarding groups but not necessarily for an individual protecting their family, and unfortunately, many people dump thousands into this instead of items they really need.  We’re also talking about the logistics of an individual for this example, so how many gunfights, if any, do you plan to be in during a natural disaster?

Things like a 5-gallon bucket don’t work as a sanitation alternative as logistics grow, but it is sufficient for you and maybe a small family.  Add the need for toilet paper for a week, and sanitation is a trash bag away. It would help to look into more medical supplies and sanitation products to keep yourself healthy.  With more significant troubles and longer times without grocery stores, your food and water needs increase with time and personnel.  Below are a few limited links for reference to articles and possible resources. If we drop the firearm requirements, you’re looking at about $200.00 to survive a week in a disaster situation like a hurricane, flooding, etc.  As things progress, you will have to extrapolate what you need beyond the limits of a person or a family. You also need to realize that all of these items are things other people will need just as desperately as you are, which, hopefully, if you’re reading this, is already a “no duh” moment and not an epiphany.

Now we move onto extended times like the month to years, because if conflict happens, it will be years generally that you will be trying to survive. The essential stay-alive resources are covered above; now, we start getting into the fragility of our nation and the things we take for granted.  SWEAT-MC (https://www.americanpartisan.org/2023/09/run-silent-run-deep-the-insurgency-primer-to-submerging-under-your-enemy-by-guerrillalogistician/ ) Let’s review this a bit, and this is NOT in a particular priority but can be debilitating to you and get you killed in the long run.

• Sewer
• Water
• Electricity
• Access
• Transportation
• Medical
• Communications

This is where you ask yourself how you handle the loss of these things in a long-term situation and how this will affect you.  Sure, in a 1-7 day situation, some of this won’t be a significant loss if you plan well.  If we prepped for water and packed some batteries for headlamps, and maybe you have a portable solar-powered battery kit to keep small things running, you might be sitting comfortably.  What happens after a month or two without Sewer?  How much cat litter and contractor bags do you have?  Do you have enough toilet paper/baby wipes?  Are you in an area where you can get clean water that people aren’t using as a sewer? How many people upriver are using your water source to clean stuff?  Can you sanitize the water?  Does your vehicle have gas? Do you have bicycles to get around? Is travel even possible, or have gangs/the gov made that no longer an option?  What if someone is sick or breaks something? Do you know any place to get medical care that druggies won’t steal?  Last but not least, can you call for help at all, or even receive information from anyone beyond locals, or propaganda feed by local gov that is telling you everything is fine, and we aren’t in a recession because Bidenomics is working?  Do you have contact with a trusted person out of your region?

Overwhelmed?

You have a total right to be overwhelmed, but let’s start with building your needs.  So, let’s take the initial list and build out your requirements. You need to think about consumables and non-consumables (durables is the primary term I will be using). Durable goods are rifles, pots, pans (yes, you will need to consider these), and bed sheets.  Things that last a while and aren’t one-use items.  Things like shelters, tents, and tarps will obviously break down over time, and if you go deep in the weeds, you can play the what-if strategy, but still, they are durable goods.  It is durable if it can be repaired and used regularly.  So if Johnny has ten rifles and wants to form a team, in theory, he has the gear to create one; let’s move on to the real issue, which isn’t guns.

Consumables are the back breaker of every army and our survival; most of us in the US don’t think about consumables daily. We go to the store.  Consumables are the prepper’s main focus, and while Johnny might have ten rifles and a few thousand rounds, how long can he fight?  Want to know? Go to a SCOUT course, count the rounds you get and the fights you train for, and multiply that by the number of people in the class.  Nowadays, almost anything medical is consumable, which is a bit sad for us, but Joe Dolio writes an excellent primer for medical know-how dealing with this issue.  https://amzn.to/3rwOXFk  Yet, like all good people in the US, Johnny has fucked up.  Johnny has no bags of rice and no supplies like that, so Johnny’s team went from being a force for good to just another party raiding for food.  If we look at the survival guidelines, you can survive up until 3 minutes without air (luckily, you aren’t fighting on the moon), 3 hours without shelter in Extreme conditions, three days without water, and three weeks without food (some of you can go longer and need to go ruck).  Fighting isn’t just the bullets we burn; it’s the calories we consume, the water to stay hydrated, and the oils we need to keep generators running.

Now that is covered, let’s deal with the quantity we need.  While our diets have vastly improved, I will roll back the clock to the late 1800s to shock you and give you an idea of simple logistics.  These trips took 4 to 6 months, and resupply was done along the way at times, along with hunting and fishing when possible.  They fit everything in a wagon; if you have seen them, they aren’t significant.  The oxen towed your supplies, and the people walked.

https://www.thefoodguys.com/foodcalc.html One-year food calculator recipes not included.

Building a simple list like this is easy; adding the average cost is prudent, and building a good stockpile will help you.  I use the 1800s method because much of this was pretty shelf stable, but you will find better food from places like www.brushbeater.store and so many other good companies.  Just like in the 1800s, you may need resupplies, and this is where things can get tricky.  My recommendation is not to trust the idea of a resupply; you may be able to grow food, have a well, etc, if you can; great. You will need to have that in mind as well.  The problem is Murphy can and will get involved, so your well might fail.  If you can sustain consumables yourself, like water, don’t forget to store some just in case something happens.

he last thing you should know about is shrinkage, which is loss.  Loss can happen because your crew uses too much of something, animals get into it, improper storage, etc.  Part of logistics is storage, security, and maintenance of these items.  When you start making these lists, realize that whatever number you have, you will need to cushion your numbers. The US military does this with drinkable water, which is why the number seems so high.

Breaking It Down

First, we are going to make a list of durable items. You will want a pencil for this as you can erase and write down things.

MX stands for maintenance. Modify your list to suit your needs; this is merely a suggestion and not a perfect setup. You might want more information about specific food storage, animal care, etc.

Consumable list

PAX – is short for passenger or personal

NKR – No Known Resupply

As you can see, this isn’t hard, and you can get nitpicky, but I will recommend you work with the basics and move from that point on.  This hole can go deep, from simple food to water, etc., down to how much salt you use/need.  The more you dive into this, the worse it can get, so I recommend the references below and the list of ideas above to help.  Consumables lists can be logged in those military logbooks, keep a ruler and build it that way, or make a list on a computer and print it out for later use.  Things like pencils and these logs are also consumable, and you might want a decent supply for logistics, field recon, etc.  This isn’t as hard to do as people think; it just takes work and time.

The Forgotten

Everyone remembers beans, bullets, and bandages, but many forget the rest.  Maps: you can get highway maps at most rest stops, so if you travel on the highway out of state, come back in and grab one more. Local maps and info can sometimes be gotten for free from regional offices.  Paper pens and pencils are HUGE.  Need to leave a message you are going to need them.  That doesn’t mean you need 5000 pens, but enough to last a few years and are durable.  Construction pencils are nice to have, along with mechanical ones.  You may even want to get those fancy ones that leave marks on paper but don’t wear down.  Toilet paper is bulky, and baby wipes are heavy, but remember the panic buy for that stuff.

Hopefully, this has got you to a starting point with what logistics are and why they are important to you. I also hoped to produce a little traction in getting prepared with the simple stuff for a limited time. Obviously, you don’t have to have boxes of MRE storage. You could make dry food or even your own food, as many people do. Sometimes dietary restrictions require you to do some heavy lifting for the people you love, and in those cases, you need to know what food you have for that specific person, which may alter your consumables list. Regardless, I hope this has been a little bit of an eye-opener and will also allow you to understand not only your logistical situation but those of the community around you and the potential weaknesses of that community. SWEATMC is a common attack vector for both the military and insurgencies alike, so understanding this should help you make better plans not only for your everyday logistical needs but also for a tactical environment.

References

Water

https://www.americanpartisan.org/2023/12/water-water-everywhere-nor-a-drop-to-drink-dealing-with-water-as-an-individual-and-small-team-part-one-by-guerrillalogistician/

Food

https://brushbeater.store/collections/survival-food

https://www.thefoodguys.com/foodcalc.html – food calculator

Cooking

https://www.americanpartisan.org/2021/03/build-your-own-outdoor-cooking-equipment/

Medical

https://tactical-wisdom.com/books-tactical-wisdom-series/

Sanitation

https://www.americanpartisan.org/2023/08/why-should-i-care-about-field-hygiene-and-sanitation-part-one-by-liquoredrabbit/

https://www.americanpartisan.org/2023/08/wash-your-damn-hands-field-hygiene-and-sanitation-part-two-by-liquoredrabbit/

https://www.americanpartisan.org/2023/09/the-never-ending-problem-of-human-waste-field-hygiene-and-sanitation-part-three-by-liquoredrabbit/

Security

www.palmettostatearmory.com