CM-4 Prepping for Beginners (coming late summer 2026)

Citizen Manual 4 (CM-4), Prepping for Beginners (coming summer 2026)

This manual is written for regular people who are new to prepping and have an interest in prepping and sharpening their self-reliance skills. It is valuable and applicable to newer preppers of all ages to help learn some of the foundational prepping skills. Parents can also use this manual to teach and mentor their teens and younger family members. The CM-4 is a mix of general preparedness information, situational awareness, crime prevention, and self-reliance content. We discuss common day-to-day threats as well as the less likely national level doomsday crisis.

This book is not your typical wilderness survival manual or the “how to survive a bear attack” outdoor skills guide. It does not focus on less likely scenarios that would require carrying around gold coins or rebuilding society after a collapse; we wrote this in the context of real teenager lives and actual circumstances to help you prepare for higher probability crisis events.

This manual is written jointly by Cody Morris (a college student and prepper himself) assisted and guided by his dad Jack Morris (author of numerous readiness publications and leader of The Professional Citizen Project team) to provide you with a relevant and realistic perspective on prepping. 

International customers outside of the United States can now order all of our manuals through Amazon in your home country! 

Over 200 pages of easy to use, relevant prepping information in a 5.5 x 8.5 inch package; the perfect ruck, cargo pocket, or bookshelf size. Full color photos and diagrams, includes graphs, images and checklists! 

Unit / organization buys of 25 or more books please contact for bulk pricing, we will be glad to assist!