Over 5,000 enlisted medical students at a Texas military base are being relocated due to “foundational defects” with the construction of their current barracks.Around 5,200 Army, Navy and Air Force enlisted students assigned to the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston are being moved to on-base temporary housing, the San Antonio Express-News was first to report. Their barracks face construction failures, which is forcing them to be demolished and ultimately reconstructed, a base spokesperson told Military Times.Instead of normal wear and tear, “systemic infrastructure failures” rooted in their construction are causing the…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics As the old saying goes: “third time’s the charm.” That surely was true when 58-year-old fishing guide Chris Senyohl set out May 23 onto the 4,900-acre Lake Sammamish in Bellevue, Washington. Senyohl, his wife Laney, and friend Tom Wolf were after a heavyweight bedding smallmouth bass that Senyohl had gotten to know very well previously. “I first saw the fish and caught it on May 12 while fishing with Tom Wolf,” he tells Outdoor Life. “It was near a bass bed in 7 feet of water…

The Pentagon on Thursday nominated Lt. Gen. Kevin D. Admiral to serve as the next commander of the U.S. Army Europe and Africa theater. Admiral, who currently serves as the commander of III Corps and Fort Hood, Texas, could take over the top job from Gen. Christopher Donahue, who unexpectedly relinquished command earlier this month after only 18 months in the role. Since Donahue’s exit, Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie has been serving as acting commander.If confirmed, Admiral would also serve as commander of NATO’s Allied Land Command, coordinating with 104 countries in USAREUR-AF’s area of responsibility. He would remain a…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. On Tuesday a coalition of grizzly bear advocates filed a petition with the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission to require hunters and trappers to carry bear spray in the state. They argue that it will keep sportsmen safer and reduce grizzly bear mortality. Local outlets are reporting 19 Montana groups and 46 individuals have backed the petition for “public safety.” The full text and the petitioning organizations and individuals have not yet been made available to the public, and the Commission did not immediately respond…

United States ruler Donald Trump has threatened to seize Iranian assets in order to cover “any and all damages” done to ships and cargo in the Middle East, due to the war he and Israel started on February 28th. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that this move sets an “incendiary precedent” that could have global ramifications. The US has, historically, been unconcerned with the precedents it sets. It tends to carry a “do as I say, not as I do” attitude with regard to war, especially. A great example of this was the war crimes committed against Venezuela in…

U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Thomas Moriarty, an operations officer assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s Wahiawa Annex, set six Hawaii state powerlifting records in April while encouraging fellow service members to view fitness as a critical piece of military readiness.At 48 years old, he recorded a 182.5-kilogram squat, 140-kilogram bench press, 215-kilogram deadlift, 355-kilogram push-pull total and a 537.5-kilogram overall total, setting six Hawaii state records at the 2026 USA Powerlifting Hawaii State Championship on April 25. He said his training prepares him for the physical demands of military service while promoting longevity.“I do think it’s about exceeding the…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Yes, the gals are at it again, pushing their way into another socalled man’s world—that of surf fishing. Of course, there have always been a few hardy ones who refused to be salt-water widows and tagged along with their menfolk, but now they actually have their own clubs. The Women’s Surf Fishing Club of New Jersey, first organization of its kind in the East, had its inception in February 1952. It was the brain-and-brawn child of Mrs. Joan Fite, of Glenside, Pa., the mother of four…

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The National Guard Bureau, the District of Columbia National Guard and the U.S. General Services Administration have awarded apartment-hotel rental company Placemakr $292 million to provide up to 2,000 “apartment-style lodging units” for troops assigned to the Joint Task Force-District of Columbia mission, the Guard announced. The contract, the largest interagency lodging acquisition in the history of the Guard, comes as part of ongoing support for the Trump administration’s “Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful” executive order.The length of the D.C. task force’s mission, which kicked off in August 2025, has made current lodging arrangements unsustainable, a Guard release stated. Mobilized…

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Fearing that its new plans for the U.S. military draft pool won’t work, the Selective Service System wants to create a computer simulation to test scenarios for its national mobilization.The “Readiness Simulation” project comes as the U.S. government is about to change its draft registration system. Since 1940, men within a designated age range have been required to register with the Selective Service. But under a proposed rule, men aged 18 to 26 will be automatically registered starting Dec. 19, 2026. The Selective Service System will work off data contained in other federal databases.Questions remain about how prepared the Selective…

Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. The best seller among shotguns in the United States is the 12 gauge pump gun with a 30-in. full-choke barrel. It is what the customers demand and, naturally, what the manufacturers supply. Such a gun is all right for deliberate pass-shooting at ducks at from 45 to 60 yd. And when fixed up with a special straight stock and ventilated rib, it is also a fine weapon for trapshooting. But pass-shooting at ducks and trap shooting account for perhaps 10 percent of the shotgun…

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This article was originally published by Joshua Mawhorter at The Mises Institute.  Contrary to the popular assumption that centralized political power was necessary to destroy slavery, federal power spent much of its history protecting and enforcing the institution. This privatized costs for a privileged few and socialized and diffused the costs onto others in society. This is a common reality with any state intervention; indeed, it is the point of state intervention. It should be noted that slavery was historically normal (not just) and free labor was the true “peculiar institution.” As this author has argued on numerous occasions, slavery can exist wherever one person can overpower another and forcibly expropriate…

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