Firework injuries can be particularly difficult to treat because they involve both burn and blast injuries, which damage tissues from the skin through the bone, sometimes causing partial or complete hand amputation.

Hand Surgeons Urge Firework Safety to Reduce Injuries (Multi-Video)

Fireworks are a part of many American seasonal celebrations, but many people fail to realize just how dangerous they really are. Many firework accidents each year result in life-altering injuries for people...
The foreign fighter phenomenon (FFP) (Courtesy of YouTube)

The Foreign Fighter Phenomenon (FFP), (Learn More, Multi-Video)

James Welch Ph.D. (c) Leiden University The foreign fighter phenomenon (FFP), has been the center of attention for many national security and intelligence agencies. It has been a prime area of focus for...
The simulator, a model of a Navy Fleet Satellite (FLTSAT) communications satellite, will help students hone their skills in managing the technical aspects of space systems including satellite command, control and communications and troubleshooting satellite and constellation anomalies. (Courtesy of GDMS)

GD FleetSat Simulator to Train DoD Space Mission Operators (Videos)

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy to restore and maintain a satellite system simulator for students at the Naval Postgraduate School, Spacecraft Research...
We must all step-up, pay attention to those close to us and be there for them in their time of need.  This means being proactive not reactive and getting the person the help they need.  The excuse of not wanting to interfere in the affairs of others is not valid if the person is suicidal as the individual is not thinking clearly and you must act for them. 

SUICIDE: A National Epidemic: We Must All Do Something (Learn More)

By Vincent J. McNally, MPS As a retired FBI Agent, hostage negotiator and Employee Assistance Program Administrator I have seen first-hand the act, prevention and notification, and aftermath of suicide to loved...
This article is intended to provide readers, with the “rest of the story”, describing the risk management process for DOD facilities to complement an earlier piece on guidelines for federal buildings and the accompanying training classes.

What Do You Know About Risk Mgmt Process in DOD Facilities?

By Doug Haines, Owner and CEO of Haines Security Solutions In last month’s edition of American Security Today the lead article was about guidelines for federal buildings and the accompanying training classes, outlined...
The Guardian Escape System from High Rise Escape Systems provide simple, reliable and inexpensive solutions for self-evacuation and rescue so that people can truly plan two ways out.

High Rise Escape System in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards (Multi-Video)

High Rise Escape Systems (HRES), a Two-Time Winner in the annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winner, is pleased to announce the company's Guardian Escape System, has been nominated to compete in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’...
Grandparents across the United States are stepping up to care for children of heroin and the opioid crisis. (Courtesy of YouTube)

$47M in New OJP Grants to Serve Child & Youth Victims of Opioid Crisis

The Office of Justice Programs has released grant solicitations making $47 million available to help children and youth affected by the nation’s opioid crisis. The programs are intended to address the troubling...
The Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States is a Congressionally-mandated, bipartisan initiative to recommend a new approach for U.S. policy that targets the underlying causes of extremism and limits the ability of extremist groups to exploit fragile states.

USIP New Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States (Learn More, Videos)

The United States Institute of Peace convened the first meeting of a congressionally-mandated, bipartisan task force of leading defense, diplomacy and development experts to prevent terrorist threats from emerging in fragile states following the...
National Missing Children's Day is an annual observation in the United States designed to highlight the problem of child abduction. It falls on May 25 - on that date in 1979, six-year-old New Yorker Ethan Patz disappeared on his way to school. National Missing Children's Day was first observed in 1983.

National Missing Children’s Day 2018, Help Find Them (Learn More, Videos)

In respect of National Missing Children’s Day, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking you to look at the faces of the children here—some who went missing years ago and...
Former US Marine Everitt Aaron Jameson, has been indicted re plotting a Christmas holiday terror attack on a popular San Francisco tourist destination. According to court documents Jameson said he wanted to use pipe bombs to "funnel people into an area in order to shoot them," at Pier 39.

How American ISIS Supporters are Organizing on Facebook (Multi-Video)

By David Gilbert, VICE News Everitt Aaron Jameson had a plan. The 25-year-old tow truck driver was going to travel to the remote mountain region near home in Modesto, California and build bombs from...