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.
Survival
Readers’ Survival Tips: Grim Workshop
We asked our audience to submit their best survival tips, techniques and procedures, and they did not disappoint!
Survival
Readers’ Survival Tips: The Bearded Burton
In the ever-evolving world of survival and preparedness, the wisdom of experience often provides the most valuable...
Preparation
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.
Survival
Corvus Survival: Winter Survival Training
Winter survival expert Jerry Saunders teaches Superior SAR volunteers the basics of staying alive during a cold weather emergency.
Survival
Outlast: Behind the Scenes
Executive producer Grand Kahler discusses the logistics, safety concerns, and filming challenges of Netflix's Survival TV Show Outlast.
Survival
Readers’ Survival Tips: Superesse
We asked our audience to submit their best survival tips, techniques and procedures, and they did not disappoint!
Gear
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.
Transportation
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?