Me and the Loyal Companion
A former outdoor survival instructor, I currently work as a deputy sheriff in a suburb of Oklahoma City. I’m the operational commander of a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency warrant task force. We specialize in locating and arresting dangerous and violent criminals. 
I come from a military family, with several members of my family having served actively in the armed forces. This includes my son, (who is active duty) and whom I could not be prouder of. Due to medical reasons, I was not able to go into the military. So I pursued a career in law enforcement, and have been a police officer since 1999. That fostered my love of firearms and the shooting sports.
I found myself beginning to prep several years ago. I fought the term “Prepper” for a long time, as I believed the media had given it a negative connotation. Instead, I was “being prepared for unforeseen events”. But let’s be honest, I was merely arguing semantics.
I’m still not crazy about the term. But it is what it is.
In addition to being a prepper for the last several years, I have a long history of being outdoors and developing survival skills. It started in my teens, as I was a Boy Scout. I loved it, and made the rank of Eagle Scout at age 16. I camped every summer, including a 2 week stay in Scout Camp at Philmont, NM.
In my late teens, I attended a 3 month outdoor survival school, where I eventually became an instructor. I taught others primitive living skills such as land navigation, primitive fire making (bow drill), how to locate and secure water, how to make primitive shelters, and other survival skills.
Tough clothing for tough times
For a year or so, I wrote articles for a great site, GrayWolf Survival.com But he encouraged me to branch out and try this on my own. So I have. But I will reference that site quite a bit. If you have not visited, I encourage you to do so.
We also have Guest posters from time to time that submit original content to the site. I am always happy to have guest posts. As I have received a lot of requests about this, I wanted to put this out there.
Getting ready for warrant service
First, the article HAS TO BE original. What I mean by that is that it can NOT be submitted anywhere else. Unfortunately, a few guests in the past have submitted the exact same article to several sites without tell me or the other site owners what they were doing. (Prepper site owners frequently talk to each other).
Search engines (like Google) penalize sites that have “duplicate content“. So I ask that those who wish to be a Guest poster that they not post the content to other sites. It hurts the site’s search engine ratings.
I also ask that you do not plagiarize other content. If you use quotes or blurbs from other content, please be sure to give appropriate credit where it is due.
And finally, the article must somehow be relevant to prepping in some way. I have received several submissions with topics that have nothing to do with prepping. So please save us both the time.
If you have questions or comments for me, drop me a line. I try to answer all, though sometimes it might take a little time.
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