When the Pentagon updates its playbook, the civilian world should take notes. In its recent strategic briefings, the Department of Defense highlighted the "FORTRESS America" initiative-a sweeping directive requiring major U.S. military installations to prepare for 90 days of completely independent, off-grid survival. The threat driving this change isn't a distant hypothetical; it is the very real vulnerability of our public utility infrastructure to cyberattacks, physical disruption, and severe weather.
