September 7, 2025
Day 1,437 of the Adventure
Yesterday, I opened a subject of "Threat Assessments" as defined by the Department of Homeland Security. This is a comprehensive list of things the department sees as legitimate threats to our country and the report is published each year. There are four primary categories and I thought I would dive into each one to help give some ideas as to how we, as individuals, may want to view them as it relates to our own practical preparedness activities.
The first section relates to Public Security and Safety. This section is divided into three primary areas of concern. Terrorism, Illegal Drugs and Nation States Influence Operations and Transnational Repression. While the terrorism threat certainly includes foreign threats, it is a little bit surprising to see that there is a greater emphasis on domestic threats. Specifically to those related to violent response to sociopolitical factors. Lone offenders and small groups pose the greatest threat of carrying out attacks with little or no warning.
These types of attacks are already becoming more and more common. While many, if not most, are concentrated in denser population areas, rural parts of the nation are not immune from the threat. Distinguishing violence and crime from terrorist activity can turn into "splitting hairs" but the influences of national policies and political activities tend to be driving a specific call to action among some groups that lead to a violent response. This can easily produce events in literally any corner of the nation.
What can be done to guard against such threats? Mostly it's developing a diligent awareness to surroundings. Our personal measures include an increased level of surveillance security although in our region, that mostly impacts our ability to monitor against crime. Also in our area, crime is very low so a heightened level of security does not require much additional expense of effort.
To be continued.
Adventure Quote: “Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under someone else's authority. The concept of self-sufficiency has been undermined in value over a scant few generations. The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by the hyperparanoid or those hopelessly incapable of fitting into mainstream society.” ― Cody Lundin
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