8. OPSEC/PERSEC
Yes, more acronyms! OPSEC – operational security. “Loose lips, sink ships.” No one truly needs to know the exact time your spouse’s flight lands on mid-tour leave. No one needs to know exactly how many hours until deployment is over. No one needs to know how many of your service member’s company are going TDY next month. In fact telling people, either directly or indirectly, will probably just change those plans. We’ve all heard of units being delayed from coming home because a spouse posted all over Facebook and twitter about the flight time. PERSEC – personal security. Not only does blabbing flight information all over the place potential harm your service member, but alering the world to that fact that they are going away for 6 month is asking for trouble. Nothing makes a predator more happy than to know when you will be home alone. Or when you plan to go visit your mom and leave the house completely unattended.