A Green Beret’s Guide To EMP: Practical Steps To Prepare For A “Lights Out” Scenario (Part 1) Jeremiah Johnson is a retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces (Airborne) and a graduate of the U.S. Army’s SERE school (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape). This series is dedicated to Ben Raines, one of SHTF’s readers, who wrote: “If the power is out for more than 2 weeks I will have some serious decisions to make.” Ben, I’m doing this article for you as I promised, and I hope it will help you (and others) to make those decisions in the critical moments and days following an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) event. Although I had plenty of science courses in college, I am not a scientist. Certainly someone with a scientific background will comment on this article . Let me state this: Scientists, I welcome all comments, positive or negative, but please make them proactive . These articles are forums where the writers are “em...