Two House lawmakers are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to restore dedicated LGBTQ+ Veteran Care Coordinator positions and specialized support networks after the agency changed the structure of the program earlier this summer.Reps. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., said in a letter Wednesday to VA Secretary Doug Collins that recent department directives eliminated dedicated LGBTQ+ Veteran Care Coordinator positions, dismantled specialized support networks and restricted tailored healthcare resources for LGBTQ+ veterans. The lawmakers asked VA to bring back dedicated coordinator positions across its health care systems, rescind restrictions on LGBTQ+ support groups and staff training and…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. Last week, the Trump administration announced its intention to scrap the landmark roadless rule. Rescinding the so-called roadless rule could result in road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvest across more than 44 million acres of U.S. Forest Service lands. One of the key talking points around the rollback: this administration says building more roads on Forest Service lands will reduce wildfires. That’s why on this episode of the Outdoor Life Podcast I interviewed Chris Wood, president and CEO of Trout Unlimited and one of the…

American flags at home and abroad will be lowered to half-staff for a week in honor of Dolly Parton, the legendary country singer who died Tuesday at 80 years old.President Donald Trump ordered the lowering of the flags on the day of her passing as a “mark of respect” for her memory, directing all flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House, public buildings and grounds, military posts and naval stations and naval vessels throughout the U.S. and its territories and possessions until sunset on Sept. 1.Alongside those locations, Trump decreed that American flags would be flown at…

The Army is looking for a weapon that is similar to the existing Hellfire and Joint Air-to-Ground Missile, according to the Army’s Sources Sought notice. The deadline is Sept. 15.The missile should be “capable of integrating with joint manned and unmanned air, ground and waterborne platforms using a M299 launcher or equivalent,” the Army said.The specifications for the missile mirror that of the Hellfire, with a minimum range of 1,640 feet (500 meters) and a maximum range of 2,6246 feet (8,000 meters) or greater. Potential targets include “heavy/light armor track vehicles, command and control nodes, air defense artillery radars, Counter-Unmanned…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Max Mourmouras is a 27-year-old merchant marine who lives in Biddeford, Maine, and works crewing oil tankers on the West Coast. But when he’s home in Maine he spends his time on the water fishing – usually alone.  He targets bluefin tuna offshore in the Atlantic near Saco Bay aboard his 32-foot boat “Retreviah.” Mourmouras has caught a couple big bluefins this year, including a 600-pounder. So, he knows how to solo catch giant fish. But he’s never landed a fish quite like the one he…

Russia is a Shadow of Itself and When China Dumps it, GAME OVER! Personal Note to you: *** I personally FEAR the desperation felt by Xi and Putin – both Russia is losing and China is slowing down hard and these two dictator nutjobs might get desperate and lose their minds. *** Russia’s Economic Collapse Is Sparking the Next Global Commodity Supercycle – Putin is now, in my view, DONE. Listen closely, because while mainstream talking heads focus on static territorial lines, the real war is already over. Russia has lost on the battlefield because its underlying economic engine has…

While the U.S. Marine Corps’ new Pacific-based littoral regiments have received outsized attention as they add new weapons specialized for long-range fires and drone warfare to formations, the ground forces continue to remain at the heart of the fight, according to a new strategy document published Wednesday. And they are transforming to prepare for the next war.Ground Combat Element 2040, which outlines the service’s warfare vision and planning for the next decade and a half, doubles down on the Corps’ self-identity as a force specializing in island and coastal regions, such as the Pacific, even as a new conflict in…

U.S.S. Lincoln and U.S.S. Ford IN DISTRESS The global maritime balance of power has entered dangerous territory. This has me legitimately worried. The maxed-out hegemon and the mirage of collective defense is the world’s GREATEST BUBBLE. Truly, how many countries EXIST because of the perceived idea that if they were ever attacked, they’d call Washington D.C. for help? It’s such a BIG BUBBLE that we can’t even imagine a world, where this isn’t the obvious theme. Well, President Trump has ended this one-way street and you can see that many countries, which the U.S. and its citizens BELIEVED were loyal…

The U.S. Air Force football team will give a nod to the B-21 Raider by sporting special uniforms in its game against the U.S. Navy this October.Viewers will see the Falcons donning the special 2026 edition of the Air Power Legacy Series uniform for the Navy game on Oct. 3 at the Air Force Academy’s stadium, according to a Tuesday release. The special uniform showcases details symbolizing the stealth bomber throughout its design, from its backplate and patches to its red towel. The uniform has depictions of the stealth bomber in silver, and “B-21″ can be seen printed on the…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. Editor’s Note: This spring Outdoor Life published a feature story and video that detailed a unique and controversial method of accessing otherwise inaccessible public land. Our hunting and conservation editor and his buddies chartered a helicopter to fly into an area of public land that was surrounded by private ranches. Their plan was to document the experience with both stories and video. While on this hunt, one of the local ranchers attempted to steal a harvested bull elk from the group, as a way of…

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Seeing two wounded fighters stranded on the battlefield — one of them still strapped to a land drone immobilized by a Russian strike — Ukrainian commander Vladyslav Polskyi knew he had to do something.The 29-year-old — a former science teacher who joined the army in 2023 — was watching the soldiers on a screen in his command post around 15 km (9 miles) away.Between them stretched the “kill zone,” riddled with mines and swarmed by aerial drones ready to attack anything that moved.Polskyi, whose military call-sign is “Teacher,” hopped into his grey pick-up truck and raced past scorched fields and…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics In early September, AOL News reported on a rare catch in South Florida. Artist and devout fly angler Eric Estrada reeled in what he initially believed to be a piranha. According to the story, Estrada was fishing in a neighborhood pond where usual targets include peacock bass, snook, and tarpon—the latter two have high tolerances for freshwater. Instead, he found himself casting into a feeding frenzy, and his fly kept getting bitten off clean. When Estrada finally landed one of the culprits, the 18-inch round, silver…

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