01 / MED
Medical
Practices to maintain health and fitness, medical skills for normal and austere conditions
Rooted in Hawkins County, TN
Stronger skills.
Stronger community.
Welcome to the Community Self-Reliance Group of Hawkins County, TN.
Encouraging, teaching and practicing self-reliance skills—together.
Monthly gatherings · Practical skills · Mutual support
01 / Our mission
Self-reliance.
Mutual support.
Improve individual, family and community resilience to adverse events by encouraging, teaching and practicing self-reliance skills and to serve as mutual support group for members and, to the extent practical, for neighbors and others in the community.
02 / What we practice
Five skills. A stronger foundation.
Knowledge to care for ourselves.
Skills to support one another.
02 / SUP
Supplies
Gardening, animal husbandry/butchering, food preservation/storage, logistics
03 / ENG
Engineering
Water, power, shelter, waste handling, construction/repairs, fire fighting, etc.
04 / COM
Communications
Normal/emergency comms, intel collection and analysis (normal and grid-down)
05 / SEC
Security
Neighborhood protection, small arms/ordnance skills, small unit tactics, self-defense skills
03 / Learn together
2026 meeting schedule
Second Sunday of each month
1–3 pm · Rogersville, TN
| Month | Skill focus |
|---|---|
| January | ENG Engineering |
| February | MED Medical |
| March | SUP Supplies |
| April | SEC Security |
| May | COM Communications |
| June | ENG Engineering |
| July | MED Medical |
| August | SUP Supplies |
| September | SEC Security |
| October | COM Communications |
| November | Open Forum, Planning |
| December | Open Forum, Planning |
Beyond the regular meeting
Put knowledge
into practice.
A number of field days will be scheduled in 2026 with dates to be announced.
- SUP Supplies
- Butchering; Plant foraging
- ENG Engineering
- Construction projects
- SEC Security
- Pistol and rifle training
- MED Medical
- Natural remedies; Disaster response
- COM Communications
- Digital radio; Antennas; Emergency radio practice
How we work together
Building knowledge.
Building trust.
- Each skill area has a Leader responsible for planning content within that skill area.
- Organizers for each meeting selected by Leader.
- Leader and Organizers responsible for meeting planning and execution.
- Designed to build knowledge and trust essential for a Mutual Support Group.
Prepared individuals. Connected families. Resilient communities.
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