Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics The postcard was from Miami, Florida. If memory serves me correctly, it was taken in the 1920s. In the photo, a man in a full-brimmed hat and button-down shirt stands on the dock next to a scale. His left hand is holding a rod and reel, which looked to be a Fin-Nor or some other top-shelf offshore reel of that era. His right hand is touching his catch hanging at his side. The pose is classic old-time Florida. There are thousands of nearly identical photos and…

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThere’s a crisis possibly looming on the horizon—a food crisis. The downside of this developing crisis is just that it’s developing. Developing means it’s already begun. The indicators are all there. It’s started, and if things continue as they are, we may find ourselves in a serious food situation—with higher prices, holes on the shelves, and potential civil unrest. TL;DR: The approaching food crisis is driven by four converging pressures: rising fertilizer costs, fuel and transportation disruptions, growing dependence on a fragile global supply chain, and worsening drought. These problems stack on top of…

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During a marathon House markup of next year’s mammoth defense policy bill earlier this month, two proposed amendments that failed to make it out of committee tell a story of concern for the future of women in uniform.The amendments to the Fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, proposed by Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., and Clay Higgins, R-La., both pertain to the implementation of gender-neutral standards as mandated by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The amendment by Houlahan, an Air Force veteran and advocate for women in combat, would prohibit any service member from being excluded from “an occupational specialty, career…

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This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog.  The magnitude 5.6 earthquake that just shook portions of three different states should be a huge wake-up call for everyone who lives in California. The San Andreas Fault system is locked and loaded, and it is just a matter of time before an absolutely cataclysmic earthquake permanently alters the geography of the state. A day is coming when large portions of Southern California will no longer be above water. I have written about this over and over again, and I have warned about this more times than…

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We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › I can’t think of a better way to celebrate this country’s 250th birthday than by treating yourself to a new gun. A classic like a Smith & Wesson Model 1854 .45 Long Colt or a Kimber Stainless II .45 ACP 5″1911 Pistol would be my choice, but you can’t beat the fun a Century Arms MKE AP5 Navy offers. Of course you might need a new dot like a SIG Sauer ROMEO 7S or a Holosun 407. All of the above…

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The White House budget office wants to raid a Navy radar-plane account and a classified Air Force line to pull the E-7 Wedgetail back from the dead.The maneuver surfaced in a Wednesday report accompanying the House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal 2027 defense bill, and it runs on money the White House went looking for a week earlier. In a June 17 budget amendment to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., the Office of Management and Budget asked Congress to steer more than $1.55 billion into the Air Force’s research and development account to keep the airborne battle management jet alive — money…

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Seven crew members aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis received minor injuries after a fire broke out on the ship Wednesday, the service confirmed.The incident was reported at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time while the ship was moored at Naval Station Mayport, Florida. Mayport Fire and Emergency Services responded to the scene immediately and extinguished the fire.“The cause of the incident is being reviewed,” a Navy spokesperson said.The service members were released shortly after arriving at local hospitals and cleared to return to the Indianapolis the same day.Earlier this month, a fire broke out aboard the John Lewis-class…

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Congressional votes on a controversial veterans bill that would increase benefits for medically retired disabled vets and survivors have been delayed amid push back over elections legislation that is a top priority for President Donald Trump.The Take Care of America’s Veterans bill, a Republican-backed proposal that contains 62 measures aimed at increasing benefits for veterans and survivors has stalled as the House wrestles with the president’s demands to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE, Act, legislation that would require voter identification and reduce mail-in ballots.The House was expected to take up the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act,…

U.S. House lawmakers approved a fiscal year 2027 spending bill that would include cuts to the Air Force’s flying hours and other budget requests.In the Operation and Maintenance portfolio of the Weapons System Sustainment program, the Department of the Air Force requested $9.9 billion for its entire Flying Hour Program in April in an effort to boost pilot flying hours to over a million for fiscal year 2027 — an increase of 22%. While the Air Force requested $7.265 billion for its Flying Hour Program, the House Committee on Appropriations recommended a $121 million decrease for a total of slightly…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, “We Gambled for Big Trout: 262 M’Goose,” appeared in the August 1962 issue of Outdoor Life. “THEY’RE here!” Ed Lukens shouted. He was dancing up and down on top of a big boulder, a grin a foot wide on his face. I could see his rod bent around in a tight arc and the taut line knifing through the current. “So our gamble has paid off,” I thought to myself as I scrambled toward Ed with a net. A few minutes later I slid…

The research infrastructure that underpins America’s prowess in defense technology is “deteriorating,” according to a Department of Defense report released Wednesday.One reason is that research funds are being diverted to operations.The Pentagon’s “research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) infrastructure is deteriorating and weakening the Department’s ability to maintain a technically advanced warfighting capability,” warned the report by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. “Authorized major military construction (MILCON) projects for modernization of critical joint-mission RDT&E infrastructure continually slip due to the services’ reprioritizing of scarce MILCON funds toward other operationally relevant priorities.”The study examined…