Once when I was involved with a Boy Scout troop we did some community service at the county social services office. It was around early fall and they were clearing out the older food stocks to make room for the new stuff that would soon be arriving with the pre-Thanksgiving food drives. The closets were full from ceiling to floor almost exclusively with canned peas and green beans. None of it had reached the expiration date printed on the can. Our job was to throw it all away. Yep, it all went in the dumpster.

This was long before I was ever involved with prepping or the Militia. Had I known what I know today, I would have backed my truck up to the door and hauled it out myself. Maybe I'll volunteer this year to help clean off their shelves.


On equipment: You get what you inspect, not what you expect.
On training: Our drills are bloodless battles so that our battles are bloody drills.
On tactics: Cheating just means you're serious about winning.