Joel Stevens

Joel Stevens graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a BA in Spanish and completed advanced computer work at The George Washington University. Joel is a former US Marine Infantry Officer and attended several military schools in the Quantico, Virginia area. Joel has been thinking about TEOTWAWKI before Michael Stipe formed the band R.E.M in 1980 and penned the song “The End of The World as We Know." Joel grew up in the Midwest where his father and grandfather always preached to him about self-reliance and being able to live off the land if things got bad. While at the University of Northern Iowa Joel was a Div I swimmer and is still an avid participate in masters swimming where he competes in sprint distance and open water events. Joel is an avid outdoorsman and spends much of his free time in the mountains hunting, hiking and mountain biking or near the ocean scuba diving and sailing. Joel’s hobby is researching survival gear & weapons as well as prepping for survival situations. Joel also has an interest in Bug Out Vehicles that require no fossil fuels such as Sail Boats and Mountain Bikes. Joel operates several of the top survival blogs including SurvivalCache.com, SHTFBlog.com. Joel also works at Forge Survival Supply which sells survival gear and training to the public and government agencies. Forge Survival Supply was featured on the National Geographic showed called "Apocalypse 101" which aired for 5 episodes.