In 2010, I sat on the outskirts of Baghdad reading an email telling me our house had been robbed over Memorial Day weekend. At the time, I was a tactical commander on a U.S. Department of State high-threat security detail, and I was later hired to oversee the contracted guard force at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. I could explain layered fixed-site security to anyone who asked, and I had applied none of it at my own address. In this episode, I walk through how to upgrade home security at your house, working outward-in from the property line to the last layer. We get into what security actually does for you, why your primary plan shouldn't depend on a police response, the CPTED fixes at your property line that cost nothing, why hardware is only as good as the door you mount it in, what the UNC Charlotte burglar research says about alarms, how to choose a safe room, the decisions you settle long before you reach the last layer, and the threats with no intent behind them at all. Home security is one of the most practical pieces of preparedness you can work on, and most prepping advice skips straight to the shopping cart. Whether you're a new prepper or you've been at this for years, this one is survival fundamentals applied to the place you sleep, and it starts with a walk around your own house.