Base Line Training Manual: Tactical Wisdom Series

This informative book is skillfully constructed with clear-purposed chapters and a pleasing visual format with summary bullets. I found value on every page of Tactical Wisdom. Author Joe Dolio has an impeccable reputation as a trusted leader in the personal and corporate safety and security communities. He is a skilled communicator and brings depth to facts with parables and personal in-vivo stories. In his book, Dolio describes building a member check network, or how to work with a trusted network, to identify “indicators” of change and to gather, consolidate, and winnow information into intelligence. While this sounds complex, it’s straightforward when you follow guiding principles noted in the book. (P. 74) “Writing is a way to calm yourself in an emergency.” Absolutely. And, writing creates records of events and helps overlay a timeline when, during chaotic situations, the sequence of events is often confusing. Writing also is a transitory mental activity - it helps move you forward during a crisis. Tactical Wisdom has much sound psychology to couple with more mechanical activities of assembling assets and survival gear - which might include a change of clothes to help you “blend in” as you move toward a safer area. Dolio helps to prepare you for the power grid failure or the gradual collapse of essential services such as supplying grocery stores. The book does a great job at giving you practice fielding balls hit to any part of the field. While prepped for dire societal conditions, you'll also be better-equipped to work through more common crisis events, such as vehicle accidents. The book has diverse applications for readers. Few authors are able to write nonfiction that doesn’t eventually feel like a drawn-out recipe for Huntsman Pies. Joe’s blog and social media appearances have long-served as gifts to people interested in personal and community preparedness. Now, Tactical Wisdom has asserted itself into necessary narratives about personal responsibility for preparedness. As a school and community safety expert, I’m familiar with most of the sentinel works of the landscape. Tactical Wisdom is a contemporary guidepost or easement for anyone (which should be everyone) seeking to break free from the ubiquitous preparedness books and kits and instead calibrate their mindset to taking meaningful action.

This whole series is useful for preparing for disasters and also making personal improvements to your life and health.

ꔷ Well organized and very readable. ꔷ Appropriate for every level of prepper. ꔷ Each chapter ends with a “Baseline Standard” of specific steps to take. ꔷ Sturdy construction, well made with good quality paper. Should hold up well. ꔷ This book has been added to the Volusia County Prepping Quick Start Guide. ꔷ In short, it is an essential resource – buy this book. I bought this book with the idea of loaning it out to friends and family who might be ready to start taking preparedness seriously. Frankly, I didn’t expect to get much out of it, having been an active “prepper” for decades. I expected to find yet another basic prepping book. I was wrong. Yes, it is meant as a basic preparedness manual, but there is plenty in there for everyone from the beginning prepper and beyond. As with any book, you’re going to find things you disagree with – and that’s OK. Preparedness is a fairly individualized process. What is appropriate will vary depending on your location, situation, age, and a host of other variables. Baseline Training Manual does a great job of covering the fundamentals that apply to most people. It’s where you want to start, and then perhaps tweak it to suit your specific needs. Each chapter ends with a Baseline Standard – a short list of action items and objectives to make sure that you have the basics covered. This is where the book really shines. It doesn’t let you be content to simply read about preparedness – it takes you to the next step of taking action. Prepping has plenty of armchair preppers who read about it, think about it, but that’s as far as it goes. If that’s where you are, then this book is going to push you to go farther. Each chapter begins with a passage from “The Ultimate Tactical Handbook” – The Holy Bible. Taking survival lessons from God’s word adds another layer of learning, and these are not in there just “for effect” – they are well thought out, and used to illustrate a point. Some random observations about the book: ꔷ Especially for a self-published book, it is well edited. ꔷ The author’s approach to preparedness very closely follows our approach here at Volusia County Prepping. ꔷ No fluff, no long lists – just solid, real-world information throughout. ꔷ Pay attention to his recommended books – Sheep No More will probably be our next book review. ꔷ This book completely avoids the arrogant and condescending tone that far too many ex-military authors seem to take. The reader gets the feeling that this is someone sharing knowledge among friends. It is truly a joy to read. I suspect that his Christian testimony has much to do with that. ꔷ This is planned as the first in a series of Tactical Wisdom books. We’re looking forward to adding those to our preparedness library. (This review is published on the website of Volusia County Prepping)

Excellent! You give a by the numbers, progressive map to common sense, responsible preparation. As a former infantry medic I very much enjoyed the attention to detail. Thank you!

A very good "baseline" book. It doesn't get into anything advanced, but the basics are a great start. Not ideal for people who have experience as much of the info is covered in other freely available resources, but it is great for beginners, or to hand out to people new to the idea of preparing for natural disasters and such.

Great book, sat and read it all in one take and made notes. It gave me homework to do. Will read it again I'm sure. I appreciate the biblical nature. Keep up gods work.

4.5 stars, very good, gave me some ideas I had not thought of.

This is an excellent hand book to start from hits all the basics a little better for this scenario than other books . withour rule of law. This book will give you a direction to travel with and how to prepare.

This is probably one of the best starting points for people concerned about the way the world is headed. Joe is an actual professional, giving you the basics of assembling your kit, your mentality, and your planning.