Leon Ives was 18-years-old when he joined the U.S. Army as a Military Policeman with the 82ND Airborne Division. He later became a Counterintelligence Agent and Civil-Military Affairs Specialist working special operations around the world. Later, he became a Supervisory Special Agent for the U.S. Customs Service and Department of Homeland Security as a senior criminal investigator. He has worked and taught in over 40 countries around the world. To include Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He is considered a Subject Matter Expert in military affairs, law enforcement, criminal investigations, antiterrorism, and he has served as a security consultant and private investigator. Join him on LinkedIn. Leon’s life-saving philosophy is this: “For true safety and security, depend upon yourself first and foremost. Depend on others secondly.”