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A Navy SEAL's Bug-In Guide: How to Turn Your House into the Safest Place on Earth

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There are a lot of survival books out there on how to bug-out, but this is the first-ever BUG-IN Guide. And the truth is, for almost every crisis out there, that’s what makes the most sense!

In this 240-page survival guide book, former Navy SEAL and BUD/S Instructor Joel Lambert will show you the emergency preparedness, survival tactics, and home security measures you need to turn your house into the safest place on Earth.

What You’ll Discover Detailed step-by-step instructions along with high-resolution photos and illustrations make this survival book easy and practical to use. Water purification methods to secure drinking water for you and your family. The long-lasting food stockpile you’ll need to outlast a long-term crisis. Home defense strategies to protect you against looters and other intruders. Self-sufficiency and survival projects to survive in a world without electricity. Survival skills for civilians directly from a SEAL Combat Veteran. The first aid essentials you’ll need when Emergency Medical Services are no longer available. Power outage preparedness and other life-saving tips that’ve been tested and proven their worth.
Why would you ever want to leave your amazing home if you have emergency food storage, first aid essentials, and defensive home fortifications? Venturing outside puts your life at risk, and more than likely, supermarkets and pharmacies would have already run dry or been looted.

Much better to Bug-In! But you need a shelter-in-place guide to create your bug-in plan, or else you might overlook vital things that you just won’t be able to get once a crisis hits.

A Navy SEAL’s Bug-In Guide will help you prepare for any kind of crisis, including the most severe ones, like an EMP, social unrest, natural disasters, martial law, or a full-blown economic meltdown. Having this DIY survival book by your side is the best lifeline you can buy for your family.

240 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2024

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August 27, 2025
Urban prepping spans a wide range of actions, attitudes, equipment, and intensity. This makes sense since people live in a variety of settings, and very few are able to wander out into nature and live off the land. You do not have to go wild constructing bunkers and stockpiling weapons for an end-of-the-world catastrophe. Just take a few steps to prepare your home for difficult times, such as storms, floods, civil emergencies, and extended outages. If you can be self-sufficient for a while, at least you will not be part of the problem, rushing about in potentially unsafe conditions to get food, water, medicines and supplies, or calling overwhelmed first responders for help.
I think this book contains practical ideas for almost every household, plus recommendations for customizing your approach given your own situation. For example, some urban residents do not have any arable land, while others may have an acre or even more, suitable for gardening. Some have like-minded neighbors, others have neighbors who may become thieves when times get hard. Some families are large and need to prep for a wide range of people, including children and the elderly. Other people live alone, or with a partner. From a practical standpoint, you probably won't be able to "turn your house into the safest place on earth," but you definitely can take some steps to become more self-sufficient. I am putting this book on my "currently reading" shelf because it is not a read-from-cover-to-cover book, but is a reference worth keeping handy.
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March 23, 2025
Lots of insightful information here. I found the first few chapters on food supply, storage, and prep quit helpful. However, the further you read the more you start to understand why hard core peppers are so weird. In a word, fear.
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October 12, 2025
Great guide! Many common sense tips. Keep old batteries. You never know what sort of power you can squeeze out of them in an emergency!
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