As challenging as it is to be prepared for a SHTF moment here at home, imagine the difficulty if it happened when traveling abroad or even just to another location away from your normal home environment.

Everything you planned for at home is now operationally useless to you, you do not know the environment as well as your home environment and you do not have a network (presumably) of friends or family on whom you can trust and rely upon.

As with every situation, though, proper preparation is vital to mitigate most of those issues.

A key first step is to closely monitor the local news where you are traveling and to brief yourself on any regional or country-specific issues through sources like the CIA Fact Book.

We list critical suggestions for this exact scenario on the next page!

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