Articles by

Patrick Diedrich

Patrick Diedrich is the Editorial Content Director at Recoil Offgrid and a retired Army Sergeant First Class who spent over a decade in uniform as a Cavalry Scout and Recruiter, deploying twice to Iraq. Since hanging up the uniform, he's earned two master's degrees, served as a Search and Rescue Training Officer in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, run a consulting forestry business, a custom knife shop, and earned certifications in everything from incident command and aviation safety, to hazmat awareness and fiber optics. He brings a practitioner's perspective to every piece he writes.

Readers’ Survival Tips: Grim Workshop

We asked our audience to submit their best survival tips, techniques and procedures, and they did not disappoint!

Readers’ Survival Tips: The Bearded Burton

In the ever-evolving world of survival and preparedness, the wisdom of experience often provides the most valuable...

Staying Frosty: Winter Ready AR

There are unique considerations for firearms when the temperature plummets into freezing temps. Learn some tips for making a winter ready AR.

Corvus Survival: Winter Survival Training

Winter survival expert Jerry Saunders teaches Superior SAR volunteers the basics of staying alive during a cold weather emergency.

Outlast: Behind the Scenes

Executive producer Grand Kahler discusses the logistics, safety concerns, and filming challenges of Netflix's Survival TV Show Outlast.

Readers’ Survival Tips: Superesse

We asked our audience to submit their best survival tips, techniques and procedures, and they did not disappoint!

Review: Camp and Field Knives

Breaking a Pocket Preps tradition, we take a closer look at larger camp and field knives, potential game changers in the wilderness.

Cybertruck: Future or Failure?

With the long anticipated release of the Tesla Cybertruck, will we see a paradigm shift in electric trucks, or is this a one hit wonder?