As a former U.S. Army Sergeant, Jeffrey McCaskill once taught survival skills to soldiers. Now, the 58-year-old North Vancouver resident leads the Ready to Thrive Survival School to help prepare civilians for urban and wilderness survival.
“I’ve been in places abroad where the economy’s collapsed before my eyes. I know how people act. I know that they can act horrifically for a time when they’re afraid and unprepared. It’s always going to be a ‘big dog pouncing on a smaller dog’ scenario carried out all over the place,” McCaskill said in an interview.
