Years of preperation, food storage, emergency operation plans, communications plans, medical plans, weapons and ammo storage, tactical training and bulding skills; great somes of money spent on building your survival cache and storage system can all be brought to naught by the betrayal from one of your own. By one of your own I am not talking about a member of a survival group, but that can happen as well; I am referring to one of your inner circle, a family member that has gone off the chain and is now doing things that most of us would not even consider let alone think a member of our family would do. Drug addiction, illegal activities and/or just hanging with a bad crowd can all present a major risk to your operational security. Most of us when our children are comming of age will allow them greater access to thhe inner workings of our survival plans, therin lies the problem when one of them makes bad decisions therby putting the family and all of your preperation at risk. Recently I have been face to face with this very problem. By the actions of one of my children I have been force to re-evaluate my emergency plans and make many changes to ensure the the remaining family will be protected and that the systems I have developed and put in place over many years are secure. Changing locks on doors and access codes is the simple part of the problem. How many and what type of weapons you have and where they are stored, how much ammunition you have in stock and tactical gear would be of great interest to many low life individuals that a wayward child may be in contact with. How much cash on hand and precious metals as well as there location would also now be at risk. The greatest risk I can forsee is a home invasion or burglary while we are not at home. Luckily we have several large safes for storage of weapons, high value electronics, cash and prescious metals. Our tactical gear and the majority of our food storage is protected in a secure room with a high security door and locks. I have been told by local law enforcement that some of the bad actors that this child is hanging with think they are a gang and are into drugs and criminal activity. We were informed by one of our other children that there is talk of these bad actors comming to my house. My response to this was that these so called gang members don't even know what a real gang or gang life is and if they show up on my property with ill intent there will be alot of bodies soaked in blood in my drive and propery for the medical examiner to clean up. Needless to say vigilance is high even though I believe alot of this is B.S. talk. So now the process begins on determining which of my survival plans are now are risk and making the appropriate changes so that my new OP-SEC plan will remain intact.
