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The Defense Department has added more context to provocative comments Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made about aggressive and even physical troop training in his address to the military’s general officers and admirals in late September.In a letter responding to queries from a coalition of lawmakers, Anthony Tata, the Pentagon’s undersecretary for personnel and readiness said that “hazing and bullying have no place in the U.S. military,” despite comments from Hegseth that appeared to blur the lines on acceptable training.“The definition of toxic has been turned upside down, and we’re correcting that. That’s why today, at my direction we’re undertaking a…
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United States ruler Donald Trump is considering attacking Iran and going the “hard way” when it comes to acquiring the Arctic island of Greenland, currently under Denmark’s jurisdiction. The rhetoric is increasing as the war is waged and applauded. In the past few days, Trump has been briefed on several options that involve attacking Iran in response to Tehran’s crackdown on protests and riots triggered by soaring inflation. This is hypocritical considering the current administration loves to crack down on protests against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). But what is government if it’s not a hypocritical overlord? The protests erupted…
Americans tend to understand military life through two familiar frames. There is training, often portrayed as brutal, transformative and loud in films like “Full Metal Jacket,” which has become shorthand for how civilians imagine the making of a service member. Then there is combat, depicted as chaotic and decisive in movies such as “Black Hawk Down” or “American Sniper.” These stories dominate popular culture, but they leave out where most of military life actually happens. Between training and combat exists a long stretch of routine, waiting, repetition and administrative work that defines daily service for millions of troops. That routine…
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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “Murphy’s Pride,” originally ran in the May 1989 issue of Outdoor Life. In the fireplace, a log burned through and set off a fusillade of sparks as it plunked between the andirons. Murphy stopped wiping the barrel of his .30/30 and stared into the unruly blaze. “Bet it won’t be this quiet around here tomorrow night,” he said. He set the rifle aside and leaned back in his chair. “Yes siree,” he continued, “those other boys’ll start rolling in…
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The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following last month’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country.The large-scale strikes, conducted by the U.S. alongside partner forces, occurred around 12:30 p.m. ET, according to U.S. Central Command. The strikes hit multiple Islamic State targets across Syria.Saturday’s strikes are part of a broader operation that is part of President Donald Trump’s response to the deadly ISIS attack that killed Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and Ayad Mansoor Sakat, the civilian interpreter, in Palmyra last…
Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story originally ran in the Fall 2019 issue. THE BEST wild fish or game meal is usually a simple one: meat, fire, and maybe a little salt and pepper. Actually, the best wild-game meal isn’t really a meal at all. It’s a custom that you follow not because it tastes good (even though it does), but because it jolts you right back to the hunt—and all the hunts that came before. You probably practice some of the following rituals yourself…
On Jan. 11, 2002, an 86-year-old World War II veteran on his way to speak at the National Rifle Association (NRA0 and the United States Military Academy (USMA) was detained at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, due to the metallic object he wore around his throat. The veteran was also wearing a pacemaker, but the matter was resolved by mailing the object to his home in Arizona — at his own expense. What made this an embarrassing incident was expressed afterward by the owner, Joe Foss: “I wasn’t upset for me….I was upset for the Medal of Honor, that they…
Sign up for This Happened to Me News on backcountry adventure and wilderness survival. This story was originally published on OutdoorLife.com in 2023. THE WOUNDS from his fight with a baboon weren’t fully healed when Bismark charged the Cape buffalo. We had spent the day trying to split two satellite bulls from the herd. I had been hired to photograph a plains- and dangerous-game safari in South Africa’s northernmost province of Limpopo, and I was shooting through my telephoto lens as one of the bulls broke from cover and charged. The hunter shot the buff at 40 yards, then again.…
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