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Navy SEAL: How To Make Your House A “Bug-In” Fortress Before Disaster Strikes w/ Joel Lambert + Matt Waltz & Fred Santor – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 439
Fri, 03 Jan 2025
“Except for a few unlikely cases like a raging wildfire or tornado barreling straight for your house, bugging out is a very bad idea,” warns former Navy SEAL Joel Lambert, who says the safest place to secure yourself and your loved ones during a national crisis is the fortress you already know: your own home. “Why would you ever want to leave your amazing home where you probably have a half full fridge, maybe some cans, a warm bed, a roof over your head, as well as neighbors you know, and terrain you’re familiar with, … only to run OUT THERE to some place you know nothing about and try to forage your daily meals?” explains Lambert, who authored “A Navy SEAL’s Bug-In Guide: How to Turn Your House into the Safest Place on Earth” to help others prepare for the unexpected. Joel Lambert is a former Navy SEAL, author, and television personality. He starred in Discovery Channel’s ‘Manhunt’ (known as ‘Lone Target’ in the US) and ‘Predators Up Close.’ Lambert authored ‘A Navy SEAL’s Bug In Guide’ (available at https://amzn.to/3PyXa4t) drawing from his military expertise in security, crisis management, and survival tactics. He currently works as a consultant and speaker on security preparedness and resilience. His television work has aired internationally on Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. Follow him at https://x.com/joel5326 Matt Waltz is a founder of New Freedom, a pioneering behavioral health and re-entry facility in Arizona. Matt is also an Arizona State University graduate and founder of Waltz Construction. New Freedom is a comprehensive facility offering integrated services for formerly incarcerated individuals, including therapy, job training, case management, and on-site parole services. Find more at https://newfreedomaz.com Fred Santor is a Shop Manager at PHP, a leading Arizona painting contractor, following a remarkable career transformation through New Freedom’s program. After facing multiple incarcerations and four decades of addiction, Fred completed New Freedom’s 90-day vocational program in 2022. In just 27 months, he advanced from Painter to his current leadership role. Read more at https://newfreedom.org/success-stories 「 SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS 」 Find out more about the brands that make this show possible and get special discounts on Dr. Drew's favorite products at https://drdrew.com/sponsors • FATTY15 – The future of essential fatty acids is here! Strengthen your cells against age-related breakdown with Fatty15. Get 15% off a 90-day Starter Kit Subscription at https://drdrew.com/fatty15 • PALEOVALLEY - "Paleovalley has a wide variety of extraordinary products that are both healthful and delicious,” says Dr. Drew. "I am a huge fan of this brand and know you'll love it too!” Get 15% off your first order at https://drdrew.com/paleovalley • THE WELLNESS COMPANY - Counteract harmful spike proteins with TWC's Signature Series Spike Support Formula containing nattokinase and selenium. Learn more about TWC's supplements at https://twc.health/drew 「 MEDICAL NOTE 」 Portions of this program may examine countervailing views on important medical issues. Always consult your physician before making any decisions about your health. 「 ABOUT THE SHOW 」 Ask Dr. Drew is produced by Kaleb Nation (https://kalebnation.com) and Susan Pinsky (https://twitter.com/firstladyoflove). This show is for entertainment and/or informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this episode?
Happy holidays, everyone. Great to be here. Merry Christmas. This is our end of year show. We're looking forward to 2025. We appreciate you joining us as always. And as always, we appreciate the people that have supported us. Today, we're going to end the year talking a little survival and preparedness and also treatment for PTSD and veterans. So it's going to be a very interesting survey.
We first have a former Navy SEAL author and television personality. He's from Manhunt, and he's going to talk a little bit with us about preparedness. And Susan is very interested in that these days. So see if she has any thoughts as well or any questions. And then Matt Waltz is going to join us with one of his alumni.
He is the founder of New Freedom, Pioneer Behavioral Health and Reentry Facility in Arizona. He is also a founder of the Waltz Construction. New Freedom is a comprehensive facility offering integrated services for formerly incarcerated individuals. So it's about bringing people back to themselves, back to the world. Be back with you right after this.
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Chapter 2: Why is bugging out a bad idea?
uh algae and stuff that can go that can grow in the water and the the all the all the creepy crawlies that will take over are not going to be able so there's there's things you can put in the water obviously there's you know we purify with chlorine and iodine also silver um you know copper things like that actually prevent uh algae growth and mold and things like that so there are lots of ways that we can store in conditions that we store them in the
the containers that we store them and the things that we can add and rotate. Rotation is very important that we can rotate through. And then also what happens if all of a sudden the pumping station goes down, you know, where are you going to get your water? So you got to source the water. You have to purify the water and you have to store the water. Those are the important things you need to do.
Yeah.
Excuse me. And I just had a thought about it. Would you recommend that... You mentioned weapons and things like that. Do you recommend some sort of place within your home, provided you have... space to retreat to, like a plan for... I'm trying to imagine what that would be like.
No, you're thinking of a safe room or something. Yes, or fortifications. Yeah, something of that sort. Fortifications are a double-edged sword because one, you're fortified and it makes you safer, but it also pins you down. You're now dependent on that location. So you can no longer move as effectively as you could. So I'm not a big fan of fortifications. I'm a big fan of
of setting things up ahead of time. For instance, for my family in the house, you know, bullets go through walls very easily. And so one of the things I recommend in the book and that I'll have is frangible ammunition. And this is something we trained with quite a bit in the SEAL teams when we were doing house runs.
A frangible projectile is a bullet that is basically made of compressed copper or some other metal that's pressed together. So it's lethal, but as soon as it strikes a hard object, it just fragments into a cloud of of fairly non-offensive dust. And so there are things that we need to think of in the house. And obviously we don't want to get to the point where someone's in our house.
We've messed up if we're at that point, but we still need to plan that contingency. So how am I going to deal with this? Where are my family going to go to? How am I going to get my, yeah, there we go. Where am I going to get my kids, my wife, my parents, my pets to, so that I can clear this house and I can deal with the threat without having
to worry about where they're at and if they're in my line of fire. So there's all kinds of things we've got to think about.
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