The U.S. Army launched a new data center earlier this month to support the flow of information from the military’s vast troves to commanders and soldiers on the battlefield.The Army Data Operations Center’s April 3 debut is part of an enormous push to further integrate data and machine learning into military operations, according to a Pentagon release. The armed forces have used data from military, intelligence and business sources for the past several years.Historically, that has been a somewhat cumbersome process, as different datasets are often separated from one another, necessitating different security clearances, or housed on different systems. The…

Fought on the night of June 9-10, 1965, the Battle of Dong Xoai was, as was often the case in the Vietnam War, hard to pin down as to the winner. One thing is certain, however. It produced two Medals of Honor — and one had the unique distinction of being a Seabee.Marvin Glen Shields was born in Port Townsend, Washington, on Dec. 30, 1939. After high school his family moved in 1958 to Hyder, Alaska, where he worked in a gold mining project for the Mineral Basin Mining Company. On Jan. 8, 1962, he enlisted in the Navy, choosing…

KYIV, Ukraine — On Tuesday, the president of the United States sent a message to the world. The man whose military is supposed to guarantee the survival of a 35-nation coalition in Ukraine posted on Truth Social that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his 8 p.m. deadline.He promised to bomb every bridge and power plant in the country. Not as a warning. As an ultimatum, with a countdown, posted for the world to read along with the 93 million people he profanely threatened to annihilate.The next day, civilians in…

The Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon said on Friday they had signed an agreement allowing the government’s use of a high-energy laser counter-drone system along the southern U.S. border with Mexico.The agreement came after the FAA conducted testing in New Mexico on the laser system used by the Pentagon and Homeland Security Department and validated that proper safety controls are in place and do not pose undue risks to passenger aircraft.Two earlier incidents posed serious concerns.The U.S. military errantly shot down a government drone with the ​laser-based system on Feb. 25, leading the FAA to expand an area in which…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Louisiana game wardens arrested a fisherman on April 1 for trying to defraud a lunker bass program on Toledo Bend Reservoir. The angler, Jody K. Jeane, of Leesville, had submitted a 12-pound bass to the program and filled out paperwork claiming to have caught the fish on Toledo Bend — all, allegedly, in the hopes of getting a free replica mount of the fish. Game wardens determined through an investigation, however, that Jeane had lied about the fish, which he later admitted to catching on Vernon…

Your dollar has lost 96-97 percent of its purchasing power since 1913. This is not bad luck or mysterious market forces. It is the result of deliberate policy choices that steadily, quietly drained your wealth—and convinced you it was being done for your benefit. The World That Was Stolen For over a hundred years after America’s founding—roughly 1774 to 1900—prices did not steadily rise. Net cumulative inflation over that entire century was close to zero. Prices often fell, not because of poverty or collapse, but because of human ingenuity: more efficient factories, labor-saving machines, railroads slashing transportation costs, etc. Each…

Published in January 1929, “All Quiet on the Western Front” sold a million copies in Germany in its first year and two million around the world.Just a little over a decade after World War I ended, Erich Maria Remarque’s readers found themselves behind the German front lines, empathizing with German soldiers who had once been mortal enemies to the Americans, British and the French. Like the outcropping of surrealism after WWI, “All Quiet on the Western Front” opened up a new genre of books for veterans to process what they had gone through.“The novel attracted global audiences in its own…

Four Veterans Affairs health systems in Michigan will activate the department’s new electronic health records system on Saturday, ending a three-year pause to a program that has been plagued by delays and cost overruns. The VA Detroit Healthcare System, VA Saginaw Healthcare System, VA Ann Arbor and Battle Creek Healthcare Systems will flip the switch from the VA’s legacy digital medical record to the new Federal Electronic Health Record, currently used by six sites across the VA. The department’s adoption of the Oracle Health’s FEHR was halted in 2023 following a year-long pause over safety and functionality concerns. The program,…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Earlier this year, a pen-raised whitetail deer was let out into the wild somewhere in northeast Oklahoma. This was allowed under a new and highly controversial state law that aims to combat chronic wasting disease by authorizing the release of commercially-bred, genetically engineered whitetails into the native deer population. Translation: Oklahoma has officially launched a novel and statewide CWD experiment with its wild deer as the guinea pigs.  This pilot program is generating intense pushback from the broader scientific community, as…

The Pentagon has agreed to terms with Lockheed Martin on a $4.7 billion contract for the defense giant to accelerate production of its Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor. The contract, which follows a framework agreement announced in January, will allow Lockheed to “deliver record numbers of combat-proven interceptors for American and allied forces this year,” the company announced Friday. “Our investments in our facilities, workforce and supply chain ensure we can deliver at scale and with speed,” Tim Cahill, president of Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, said in a release. “With the right tools, proven processes and…

The U.S. Navy announced today that it would begin retiring the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise after repairs for the boat became too costly.The submarine, which had been sidelined since 2015, began a $1.2 billion overhaul at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia, in 2024.“After a rigorous, data-driven analysis, we’ve made the tough but necessary decision to inactivate the USS Boise,” said Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle. “This strategic move allows us to reallocate America’s highly-skilled workforce to our highest priorities: delivering new Virginia and Columbia-class submarines and improving the readiness of the current fleet.”The U.S.…

Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. This column, “Shots Heard Round the World,” appeared in the July 1966 issue of Outdoor Life, or 60 years ago. That means Remington was founded 210 years ago, and Winchester was founded 160 years ago. Remington is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year and Winchester its 100th. In the century and the century and a half the two companies have been around, they have survived more perils than Pauline ever thought of, and many times both companies have been hanging on the ropes at…

The ceasefire has so far had minimal impact on the movement of hundreds of vessels that have been stuck in the region since the start of the war in late February. United States President Donald Trump even said that “Iran is doing a very poor job” at reopening the vital waterway. Oil Price Plunge After Iran Allows Safe Passage Through Strait of Hormuz Trump described it as “dishonorable” as the Iranian ruling class continues to block the passage of vessels. Trump wrote in Truth Social. “That is not the agreement we have!” As of Friday morning, only 7% of the normal…

After a 10-day space journey around the moon, the Artemis II team will splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday night and be met by a team of U.S. Navy sailors, ready to give them a warm welcome home.The first face that the four-person crew will see when they return to Earth will be Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Laddy Aldridge, who will be the first of his team to open the Artemis II capsule, enter it and begin medical assessments, according to a Thursday release.Aldridge, who comes from three generations of military service and is assigned to Explosive Ordnance…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Evolution is a slow process. We tend to believe that the trout swimming in our rivers now are smarter than the ones that were swimming there 25 or even 100 years ago, but the truth is they’ll eat the same flies they did back then. Thanks to modern synthetic materials and flashy new patterns, a lot of the old stuff has lost its rightful place in fly…

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This article was originally published by William L. Anderson at The Mises Institute.  If there is a mantra among progressive American political and media elites, it would be “our democracy,” usually preceded by what they believe to be a threat from the Right. For example, progressives deemed the recent reversal of Roe “a threat to our democracy” because it removed laws regulating abortion from Supreme Court jurisdiction and returned the issue to democratically elected legislatures. It would seem inconsistent to invoke the democratic electoral process to deal with a contentious issue like abortion, but progressives are nothing if not inconsistent. But even…

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