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Sign up for The Gear Shakedown Hands-on gear tests for hardcore adventurers. Editor’s Choice Kokopelli Nirvana See It Best Overall Alpackaraft Expedition See It Best Value NRS Neutron See It It’s funny to watch someone hike into the desert with a boat strapped to their pack, no water in sight and sand in every direction. But that’s the wonderful and weird world that opens up to you with packrafting. These vessels are so lightweight and compact that you can add them to your backpacking kit, creating a unique new way to explore the outdoors. Got your tent? Bug spray? Boat?…

The U.S. Navy will construct new barracks at a Guam Air Force base, the Navy announced Wednesday, several months after an independent government watchdog reported on subpar living conditions.The Navy awarded a $297 million contract to Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific to design and build replacement housing units at Andersen Air Force Base by December 2028, according to a Navy release.“This is another significant step forward in enhancing the infrastructure and resiliency of the base, following Super Typhoon Mawar,” said Col. Dan Cooley, 36 Wing commander, in the release. “The new houses will provide better living conditions for our…

This article was originally published by Olivia Cook at Natural News.  Research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health examines the potential effects of early exposure to ethylmercury (thimerosal) and aluminum in vaccines on infant brain development and immune function. Babies, especially premature and low-birth-weight infants, may be more sensitive to these substances due to their rapidly developing nervous and immune systems. Animal studies suggest that ethylmercury and aluminum can affect brain chemistry, learning, and memory, with some research indicating gender-based differences in susceptibility. Thimerosal and aluminum have been linked to allergic reactions, inflammation, and rare conditions like macrophagic myofasciitis…

The U.S. Navy responded to a letter from congressional leaders that voiced serious concerns about the service’s handling of and investigation into a Naval Station Norfolk sailor’s disappearance and death.Members of Congress sent a letter July 10 to Secretary of the Navy John Phelan criticizing the chain of command’s response to the disappearance and death of Culinary Specialist Seaman Angelina Resendiz.The 21-year-old sailor, who was assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer James E. Williams, went missing May 29 from her barracks in Miller Hall on Naval Station Norfolk.Resendiz’s body was found June 9 in a wooded area nearby in…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics The organization behind some of the world’s most well-known and high-paying offshore fishing tournaments is expanding into Costa Rica. Bisbee’s Offshore, now in its 45th year, announced the expansion Wednesday, along with a new catch-and-release format, to debut April 2026.  The family-run organization, which is headquartered in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, says the Central American country is the perfect place to develop a new tourney because of the sheer number of billfish swimming off its coastline and the passion Costa Ricans have for fishing and conservation. …

The Impossible isn’t the kind of movie you watch casually. It starts with a sense of calm, lets you settle in—and then shatters everything. The film doesn’t build tension—it delivers it. The tsunami hits hard, early, and without fanfare. And from there, things get real—real quick. You don’t follow a plot—you follow a family who is grinding their way through a disaster. And because the story is true, the coincidences don’t feel like fiction. Naomi Watts does an excellent and believable job of getting pummeled by the tsunami. Tom Holland and Ewan McGregor bring intensity and grit to this realistic…

Unlike the House draft adopted last month, however, the Senate VA appropriations plan advanced out of committee with broad bipartisan support and without a bevy of controversial social issue amendments. “It helps to fund the VA Health Care System, makes investments to improve mental health care, includes programs to assist in the prevention of veteran suicide, homelessness prevention programs, supports our family caregivers and expands care for our rural veterans,” she said. “It also funds important veterans benefits, including disabilities, pensions, the GI Bill and employment training programs.”RELATEDHouse lawmakers’ budget plan for the department totaled about $453 billion, but both…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. If it weren’t for hunting blinds, I might not have killed my first deer as a kid. I was barely a teen, and had just started hunting on my own. I was anything but stealthy. My dad made the wise decision to station me in a blind, and I made a lucky offhand shot on a basket rack eight. Since then, hunting…

Some of the media have figured out that the bird flu has evaporated from headlines as the war-mongering has increased. However, even though it’s out of the news, the media that are still reporting on it have warned that avian influenza is still circulating. The United States has also ended its emergency response to the H5N1 HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) as the infections in human beings have disappeared. U.S. Ends Its Bird Flu Emergency Response As Infections Disappear Bird flu has rapidly disappeared from the thoughts of most people and the headlines. But according to a report by Scientific…

Eight Democrats in the Senate have expressed “profound alarm” about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s decision to terminate a consent order involving Navy Federal Credit Union’s alleged overcharging of overdraft fees. Under the CFPB’s original order issued in November 2024, Navy Federal agreed to pay at least $80.2 million in restitution to its members who were allegedly charged overdraft fees on their accounts unfairly. The CFPB issued a termination notice this month for that November order, without stating a reason.Neither Navy Federal nor the CFPB responded to questions from Military Times about how much restitution — if any — had…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. A short video posted by Kip Adams, Chief Conservation Officer at the National Deer Association, has gone viral on social media, and for good reason. The clip shows a dead deer swarming with thousands of crawling ticks. But Adams says this skin-crawling video is more than just nightmare fuel. It’s a warning.  “I’ve been a wildlife biologist for about 30 years,” Adams tells Outdoor Life. “I’ve seen some crazy and cool stuff across the country. But I’ve never seen anything quite…

The U.S. Navy is planning for its next-generation destroyer, currently known as the DDG(X), to feature directed-energy weapons and more capacity to carry and launch missiles.According to a report this month from the Congressional Research Service, the service is requesting $133.5 million in research and development in its proposed fiscal 2026 budget to manufacture the DDG(X), which it hopes to procure in the early 2030s. The design for the DDG(X) is larger than previous proposals, with the report noting that it now calls for the ship to have a displacement of 14,500 tons, representing a boost of 1,000 tons from…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. With plenty of collective experience hunting from tree stands, we’ve been around long enough to remember when hunter safety classes focused mainly on firearm safety. In those days, tree stand safety was treated as more of an afterthought than a priority. Today, tree stand hunters are more likely to wear a harness while hunting, and with the increase in demand, the industry…

United States President Donald Trump seems to want to both start a bunch of wars and get a Nobel Peace Prize. He’s actively threatening tariffs while agreeing to arm Ukraine and giving Moscow an ultimatum. But Trump probably shouldn’t be too concerned. It isn’t like Nobel Peace Prizes are awarded to those who actually seek peace anyway. Remember, Barack “drone bomber” Obama received one. In fact, Obama dropped over 26,000 bombs without congressional approval. So Trump should have nothing to worry about. The current ruler is arming Ukraine and gave a weak “ultimatum” to Russia, basically resulting in Russia laughing…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Can we admit here that trucks are a rolling contradiction? On one hand, we love them because they’re versatile pack mules that can tackle any job we throw at them. On the other, the bed that defines them can be a pretty unforgiving place for gear we care about. Maybe you need to keep stuff from getting blown out of your bed, extra security for expensive gear, or keep luggage from getting drenched. Either way, you need a truck cover. We…

A U.S. Army veteran who was arrested during an immigration raid at a Southern California marijuana farm last week said Wednesday he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle and pinned down by federal agents who arrested him.George Retes, 25, who works as a security guard at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, said he was arriving at work on July 10 when several federal agents surrounded his car and — despite him identifying himself as a U.S. citizen — broke his window, peppered sprayed him and dragged him out.“It took two officers to…

The U.S. Marine Corps will field smart scopes to help shoot down moving targets, such as drones, in the coming months.“Multiple units across all elements of the [Marine Air-Ground Task Force] will receive this technology with priority going to those units that are deployed or deploying soon,” Lt. Col. Eric Flanagan, spokesman for Combat Development and Integration, told Marine Corps Times via email.Flanagan declined to share quantities due to security concerns but said the fielding would begin in fiscal 2026, which starts Oct. 1, as part of a program to counter small, unmanned aircraft systems.“The SMASH 2000L will give the…

Israel’s military attacked Damascus, Syria, twice on Wednesday, striking the Defense Ministry. Clashes between the Syrian army and Druze fighters in southern Syria in the country’s deadliest violence in months. On Wednesday, the Syrian government and one of the three spiritual leaders of the Syrian Druze community announced a ceasefire. It was unclear if the truce would hold, however, as another spiritual leader, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, vowed to keep fighting, calling the government a collection of “armed gangs.” The Druze, a religious minority in Syria and the wider Middle East, make up the majority of the population of Sweida province…

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The one-year American Service Fellowship program is being run through the Harvard Kennedy School, which focuses on public policy issues. Officials expect at least half of the new class to be veterans and the rest to be made up of individuals with seven years of experience in public service jobs. In a letter sent to students and faculty Thursday morning, Dean Jeremy Weinstein said the new fellowship is launching now “because in this moment of political division, unprecedented challenges, and declining in government, there has never been a more important time to invest in the next generation of America’s public…