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In June 2024, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel identified more than 400 individuals from Central Asia who had crossed illegally into the United States via an ISIS-affiliated human trafficking network. As I write this, the whereabouts of at least 50 of these individuals are still unknown. Earlier that same month, eight men from Tajikistan were arrested in New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles — DHS says they were part of a completely different ISIS-affiliated network. In April, a 48-year-old Afghan man whose name was on the terrorist watchlist was found in San Antonio, Texas, having spent more than a year inside the U.S. And these incidents are not rare. In 2023, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) encountered a total of 172 individuals on the watchlist who were attempting to…

1 MAKE & MODEL Backpackers Pantry New Meal Bundle MENU Beef Bolognese, Drunken Noodles with Chicken, Fiesta Beef & Vegetable, Pesto Pasta with Chicken, White Bean Chicken & Green Chile MSRP $60 URL backpackerspantry.com NOTES Step up your outdoor culinary game with the Backpacker’s Pantry New Meal Bundle. This bundle includes five distinct meals: Beef Bolognese, Drunken Noodles with Chicken, Fiesta Beef and Vegetable Bowl, Pesto Pasta with Chicken, and White Bean with Chicken and Green Chile Stew. Each meal provides a unique taste experience, from spicy Thai noodles to hearty Italian Bolognese, ensuring gourmet dining no matter where you are. These meals are not only delicious but also easy to prepare, making them ideal for campers, hikers, and outdoor enthusiasts. Just add boiling water, and your meal is ready in minutes. Packed with protein and essential nutrients, they…

The ability to make fire without being dependent on a lighter is a skill that captivates us. Being able to create such an essential source of heat, light, and comfort is an incredibly powerful feeling. For most people, starting a fire without a lighter or match seems imposing, but it’s not as difficult to achieve as you might think. With the right tools and a bit of practice, you’ll be cooking in no time. You might know these fire-starters as flint rods or fire steels — both misnomers, as they don’t contain either flint or steel — but they’re actually called ferrocerium rods, or ferro rods for short. Ferrocerium is a complex alloy made of cerium, lanthanum, and iron with smaller amounts of praseodymium, neodymium, and magnesium. When rapidly scraped, it…

“The FBI assesses that [Unmanned Aircraft Systems] will be used to facilitate an attack in the United States against a vulnerable target, such as a mass gathering … We have seen repeated and dedicated efforts to use UAS as weapons, not only by terrorist organizations, such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda, but also by transnational criminal organizations such as MS-13 and Mexican drug cartels, which may encourage use of this technique in the U.S. to conduct attacks.” – FBI Director Christopher Wray, address to the Senate Homeland Security Committee, 2017 The proliferation of drone warfare has reshaped battlefields around the world, from Syria to Ukraine and Myanmar to Gaza. There is no question that drones — often called unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) — have changed the way wars are fought. Inexpensive, readily…

For most Americans, the security of the southern border is a subject to debate from afar. While the ripple effects of drug smuggling and human trafficking reach throughout our nation, reading news articles and studying statistics doesn’t yield the same perspective as witnessing the problem firsthand. Since his election in 2017, Sheriff Mark Lamb has been serving at the forefront of this complex situation. His jurisdiction — Pinal County, Arizona, which covers a large area between Tucson and Phoenix — is smack dab in the middle of one of America’s most active trafficking corridors, and the problem is only getting worse. In February of 2023, Lamb testified at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing that human trafficking incidents in Pinal County had quadrupled during the previous two years, and that seizures…