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The U.S. Army is expanding a pilot program that gives some high-performing officers the option to spend more years with a unit, the service announced this month, offering junior leaders stability and predictability not typically associated with military career progression.The Army in 2025 launched the Company Grade Retention and Incentive…
Scott Einsmann is Outdoor Life’s gear editor. He oversees the gear team’s editors and writers who are subject matter experts in bows, knives, hunting, fishing, backpacking, and more. He lives in Richmond, Virginia with his wife and two bird dogs. Read the full article here
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn preparedness, your mindset is the foundation for every action you take. It can be the tool that ensures your safety or the trigger that invites disaster. As preppers, we often talk about having the right gear along with tactical and homesteading skills, but…
A new United States screwworm case brings the total in the country to sixteen. Mexico has nearly 30,000 reported cases since November 2024, with 1,800 still active, meaning this could quickly escalate if failures to eliminate the parasite persist. According to a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) screwworm dashboard,…
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The U.S. Army has successfully tested software designed to help vehicle-mounted weapons shoot down drones while both the target and the vehicle are moving, Picatinny Arsenal announced Tuesday. The capability was demonstrated in April at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, using a Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station, or CROWS, equipped with software that has been designed to track and strike small drones while the vehicle is in motion. The effort has been led by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, according to the release.The project, known as Simultaneous Weapon Autonomy Technology for Fire Control, or SWAT-FC, uses technology…
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Scott Einsmann is Outdoor Life’s gear editor. He oversees the gear team’s editors and writers who are subject matter experts in bows, knives, hunting, fishing, backpacking, and more. He lives in Richmond, Virginia with his wife and two bird dogs. Read the full article here
This article was originally published by Garrison Vance at Natural News. Moscow’s Foreign Ministry warned on June 18 that any North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) attack on Russia would trigger a “decisive and devastating” retaliation, according to officials. The warning followed what Russian authorities described as the largest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow in years, with more than 200 drones intercepted by Russian air defense systems. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that any NATO aggression would be met with overwhelming force, cautioning Western commanders that they “should realize what they are pushing Europe toward,” as reported by state media.…
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Scott Einsmann is Outdoor Life’s gear editor. He oversees the gear team’s editors and writers who are subject matter experts in bows, knives, hunting, fishing, backpacking, and more. He lives in Richmond, Virginia with his wife and two bird dogs. Read the full article here
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We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › It’s that time of year when powerful storms and hurricanes are hitting communities across the country. That means power outages and all the headaches that come with them. A whole home generator is a major expense, but a power station that you keep charged at all times is much more affordable. The Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus is powerful enough to run large home appliances and help you weather the storm. You can hook it up to a solar panel for extended…
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Some of the best deals of Prime Day are on knives and multi-tools. This year’s event is no exception with crazy deals on Leatherman like 40% off a LEATHERMAN Charge Plus TTI and 50% off a LEATHERMAN Bit Kit. ThYou can get 32% off a CIVIVI Elementum, which is a great EDC folder. The Cold Steel SRK is 55%, making it only $26. Leatherman Save 25% off a LEATHERMAN Signal Save 30% off a LEATHERMAN FREE P2 Save 30% off a…
Scott Einsmann is Outdoor Life’s gear editor. He oversees the gear team’s editors and writers who are subject matter experts in bows, knives, hunting, fishing, backpacking, and more. He lives in Richmond, Virginia with his wife and two bird dogs. Read the full article here
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U.S. Marines in Okinawa this month formally received the installation’s first Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System and Marine Air Defense Integrated System, the service announced. The delivery is the service’s latest integration of modernized defenses in the increasingly contested Indo-Pacific. The two systems, NMESIS and MADIS, were welcomed by personnel from the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, as key pieces in those threat recalibration efforts. The NMESIS is a ground-based ship-killing missile system designed to be deployed in sea denial operations near coastlines. The system features a Naval Strike Missile system — fixed to a Joint Light Tactical…
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The U.S. House will consider legislation this week that would give medically retired veterans both full military retirement pay and Veterans Affairs disability compensation, as well as allow surviving spouses to retain military benefits if they remarry before age 55.Both provisions are among the 62 consolidated in the Take Care of America’s Veterans bill proposed June 10 by the Republican chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees to address several top priorities.The legislation includes the Maj. Richard Star Act, which would give 54,000 wounded veterans who are eligible for combat-related special compensation their military retirement pay and VA…
Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, “Mighty Trout of the Mighty Mo,” appeared in the April 1963 issue of Outdoor Life. “It’s going to be tough dragging a 10-pounder back through this fence,” said Bill Browning, unhooking himself from a shaft of barbed wire. “What a joker you are,” grunted Gene Anderegg as he raised up too soon and ripped a jagged tear in the back of his shirt. Gene and Bill had been crawling under a fence on the banks of the Missouri River, some few miles below the…
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream. Why is there so much excitement about an agreement with Iran that literally resolves none of the key issues that the two sides were fighting about? The long-term status of the Strait of Hormuz is not resolved. The war between Israel and Hezbollah is not resolved. Nobody seems to have any idea where the 300 billion dollar “investment fund” for Iran is going to come from, and none of the nuclear issues that this war was supposedly about in the first place have been resolved…
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Editor’s note: This is a developing story.A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter carrying four members crashed during a training flight Monday in Sitka, Alaska, the service announced. Coast Guard search-and-rescue teams, along with crews from the Sitka Fire Department, responded to the scene near Harbor Mountain at about 11:00 a.m. and transported the service members to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center for evaluation.The Arctic District command center was informed of the crash at approximately 10:07 a.m.“The safety, well-being, and rescue of our crew members is our absolute immediate priority,” the Coast Guard said. “The cause of the incident is not…
Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics A fishing guide in British Columbia who helped land an enormous sturgeon in the Fraser River in early June says he believes the fish is the largest white sturgeon ever caught on a rod and reel. And the guide, Kevin Estrada, knows a thing or two about big sturgeon. In 2021 he put Pete Peeters, a retired NHL goalie, on a white sturgeon that likely weighed around 890 pounds, or nearly half a ton. For comparison, the current all-tackle world record for the species weighed 468…
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