The U.S. Navy announced an expedited recruiting pipeline to bring technology experts into the service to help build innovative products at scale.The service is seeking professionals from the commercial sector and offering them direct commissions as an officer in the Navy Reserve in exchange for their expertise.“This highly skilled unit will also include Navy Reserve sailors who will rapidly field, scale, and secure modern technologies for the global fleet,” the Navy said. “Prospect profiles will range from advanced expertise in quantum information, data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and autonomous and unmanned systems.”Selected candidates can continue to serve in…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics The South Fork of the Snake River in Idaho holds some truly giant fish. Most of these trout, what veteran guide Ed Emory calls the “megalodons,” are rarely hooked. When they are, the odds are usually stacked in their favor. But occasionally everything aligns and a fish that rewrites the record books is lifted out of the water. “A blessing from God is honestly what I amount it to,” says Caroline Langdale, the Georgia angler who caught and released a pending Idaho record brown trout while…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.  After having heard the same line many, many times before – and yet with no result (instead, more often the opposite of sliding into further conflict and escalation) – Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday welcomed the “progress” made between the United States and Iran in indirect negotiations. CNN and other mainstream outlets are reporting on this “hint” that an interim deal is taking shape (again). But given the pattern and track record of such reporting, which has consistently proven premature, elusive, and often downright false, it’s hard not to have cynicism…

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Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.This report contains discussion of suicide. Troops, veterans and family members experiencing suicidal thoughts can call the 24-hour Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 and dial 1, text 838255 or visit VeteransCrisisLine.net.“Who knows what was going on in Cpl. Mobley’s personal life?”The question hung in the air. “Who knows if he had a girlfriend, fiancée? Who knows if they were having relationship issues? Who knows if his parents were having relationship issues?”First Sgt. Christopher Rushton fired…

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As the U.S. enters peak season for mosquitoes and a summer that could be “the worst … in memory” for disease-carrying ticks, a new bug repellent solution that may make it easier to stay protected is sitting on the shelf in a Navy lab, awaiting investment. The polymer-based material, described by researchers as having a “gummy bear” consistency, offers a way to weave the widely used and effective DEET insect repellent into fabric or onto patches or strips to provide long-term repellency for a minimum of six months without regular maintenance or reapplication. But the Naval Research Laboratory, where the…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics What makes some fish wildly popular, while others fall completely off the radar? Tackle sales are part of it. Bass are in the forefront of angling because we buy lots of bass tackle, thus providing motivation for the fishing industry to push bass, bass, and more bass. The same goes for walleyes and trout. That’s not the whole picture, though. Frankly, I think a lot of it has to do with conformity and consensus; you like a certain fish because everyone else likes that fish and…

Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. The OL gun team takes shooting very seriously — especially when it comes to picking the best concealed carry guns. Over the years, we’ve tested and carried dozens of pistols and revolvers, and sent many thousands of rounds downrange doing so. These are our top picks for defensive handguns that are ideal for concealed carry.  Top Picks More Great Compacts More Great Sub-Compacts Revolvers Concealed Carry Guns: Our Top Picks Staccato HD C3.6 See It Pros Great ergonomics Smooth recoil cycle Excellent trigger Compatible…

The U.S. Navy announced that it is implementing new procedures to redetermine whether individuals will be granted religious waivers to grow facial hair that doesn’t adhere to military grooming standards.The reevaluation applies to all active and reserve sailors with approved or pending religious accommodations for waivers allowing facial hair styles, as well as those looking to revisit requests for waivers that were denied previously, according to an administrative message.“Commanding officers must objectively weigh the fundamental value of accommodating religious practices against the compelling, life-or-death interest of maintaining an absolute protective posture and ensuring the operational viability of our fleet,” the…

The cost of groceries and fuel is pushing the everyday American into a dire situation. People are using credit cards to make ends meet and cutting back as the prices continue to soar. If You Think Prices Are High Now, Just Wait Until The Shortages Really Start Kicking In Consumer prices rose 4.2% from a year earlier and increased 0.5% on a monthly basis, with higher gasoline costs adding pressure on household budgets across the country, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Wednesday. Energy prices accounted for more than 60% of the monthly rise in the Consumer Price…

As the U.S. Army races to modernize for warfare that is increasingly defined by autonomous systems and artificial intelligence, it is recruiting some of the country’s most influential technology leaders into uniform. The Army this week added three more technology executives into the Executive Innovation Corps, more commonly known as Detachment 201, a newly created unit intended to bridge the gap between the commercial sector and the military.Dane Knecht, the chief technology officer of Cloudflare; Sam Pallara, the managing director and chief technology officer of Sutter Hill Ventures; and Serkan Piantino, the co-founder of Facebook AI Research and former vice…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. A land swap between SpaceX and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the southern tip of Texas has triggered a lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday by several environmental groups opposing the deal. A final environmental assessment published by USFWS on June 1 found “no significant impact” would occur from the land swap. Under the proposed terms the newly-public rocket company owned by tech mogul Elon Musk would transfer 683 acres of private land to federal ownership. In exchange, SpaceX would…

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KYIV — Warfare in Ukraine and beyond faces a paradigm shift in the coming years as artificial intelligence systems integrate into unified networks that speed up decisions on the battlefield, a senior Ukrainian official said.Ukraine, in the fifth year of fighting a full-scale Russian invasion, is already using AI for a plethora of battlefield functions, from flying drones at targets to helping plan combat operations and crunching data on Russian missile attacks.“AI will form a new paradigm of warfare. It’s already actively doing so,” Danylo Tsvok, the head of the defense ministry’s AI center, told Reuters.He predicted AI systems would…

There’s a growing movement around the country to enshrine the right to hunt and fish in state constitutions. This effort is now expanding to the West.  Two dozen states have already written these protections into their constitutions — starting with Vermont in 1777 and culminating most recently in Florida, where voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment by ballot measure in 2024. Another dozen states are forwarding amendments through their legislatures, while in Colorado, supporters are busy collecting the signatures necessary to put these protections on the ballot in November That is what being on offense looks like. It’s not sitting back…

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The United States plans to significantly reduce the aircraft and warships it makes available for NATO operations in Europe, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing two senior European officials. The decision would limit NATO’s ability to launch long-range strikes and conduct surveillance, the report said.The U.S. plan includes cutting the number of F-16 and F-15E fighter jets from roughly 150 to 100, reducing maritime reconnaissance aircraft from 26 to 15, and removing all eight aerial refueling tanker jets it previously made available to Europe, the report said.The U.S. also aims to redeploy a missile-launching submarine and an aircraft…

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This article was originally published by Jeremy E. Powell at The Mises Institute.  It needs no special introduction to argue that, after years of repeated lockdowns, restrictions, and vaccination pressures that violate both choice and conscience, the ongoing panic from global media and potentiality for lockdowns will undoubtedly land poorly in today’s polarized environment. It isn’t complicated to understand why. Those three years of lockdowns, restrictions, and vaccination pressures weren’t about abstract data or ideals. For many people, they represented isolation, business closures, loss of jobs and years, and a time where walking out of the house could have gotten you arrested…

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