I don’t see bushes or

trees anymore;

I see tools, food and shelter.

• Tyler White

Who is TJack?

Tyler White is one of those rare creators of online survival content who is amply qualified. He’s also a quite professional. We had been colleagues for nearly a decade before I learned about his wealth of experience, which included more than one three letter agency, and only then because he was required to furnish bona fides for a project we were working on. Growing up on a ranch, Tyler learned about homesteading and preparedness as a way of life, taught by grandparents who had lived through the Great Depression.

Although he had already worked at a guide in Alaska, served with U.S. Army Special Forces, and been deployed to Southern Afghanistan as a military contractor, Tyler knew there was more to primitive survival than he could learn from military schools or other outdoorsmen. His passion for primitive survival drove him on a quest to track down the most knowledgeable instructors in the field, traveling from Utah to the Amazon to Canada and finally back to the tiny town of Boulder Utah. 

Like all competent survivalists, Tyler has experience in a broad range of subjects. Highlights from his background includes criminal justice, law enforcement, low level voice intercept, forward observer, convoy tactics, surreptitious entry, archery, small arms, amateur radio, farming, gardening, raising cattle, and poultry. He has attended classified schools, worked in law enforcement, studied too many martial arts to list, and achieved the rank of 2nd Dan in Shōrin-ryū karate.

• Mark Johnson (Cache Valley Prepper)