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The U.S. Army is looking for companies that can provide a 50mm cannon and ammunition for counter-drone defense.The goal is to “integrate a 50mm ammunition solution to effectively track, engage, and defeat Class 1, 2, and 3 UAS threats,” according to the Army’s Sources Sought notice. The deadline is Aug.…
Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. It was about 10 p.m. on July 18, the last night of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, when two veteran snake catchers ended up wrestling the biggest snake of the competition. Rahm Levinson and Tom…
The United States is not disengaging from Asia and is instead “digging in” to maintain a favorable balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, but wants its partners to shoulder more responsibility for their defense, a senior Pentagon official said on Monday.Seeking to counter concerns about Washington’s reliability, Elbridge Colby, undersecretary…
After just over a year on the job, the Navy relieved Capt. Mathew Loe, the commanding officer of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Lemoore, the service announced on Friday. Citing the pro forma “loss of confidence in his ability to command,” Loe was relieved of his command by Rear…
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A volatile month of July saw employers shed 23,000 jobs and lay off another 153,000, according to the monthly jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. Amid the plunge, the unemployment rate for veterans appeared to stabilize at 4.2% despite the impact of artificial intelligence, tariffs and the war in Iran. The 4.2% jobless rate for all veterans was up a tick from the 4.1% recorded in June, while the rate for post-9/11 veterans dropped from 4.8% in June to 4.7% in July. The unemployment rate for women veterans, meanwhile, went up from 3.6% in June to…
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Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Capt. Ross Walkinshaw describes great white shark mouths as wood-chippers attached to bodies as round as Honda Civics and as along as Ford F-150s. “Sharks are extreme. Can you imagine being in eight feet of water and not seeing it until it’s actually right there?” says Walkinshaw. He describes how part of a shark’s chin and nose taper away from its mouth, which is packed with protruding teeth. “It’s like a chainsaw, it’s not like a nice set of dentures. That thing comes out, and it…
Sign up for the Deer Camp Newsletter Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. The trap was set: To get to my mock scrape, the buck had to cross an opening 25 yards from my stand. But just as my pulse started to race, he stopped. As he turned his head slightly, I got a good look at his massive rack, a heavy-looking 12 points. Staring in the direction of the scrape, the buck put his head down, threw dirt 15 feet with his right front hoof, paused, then threw dirt…
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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. There are some wonderful wild edible plants scattered across this continent. Pick up a foraging book or take an edible plant class and you’re in for a surprise. You’ll start to see these edible plants everywhere. And then, as you dig a little deeper, brace yourself for another surprise. Hunger can start to make anything look like food. And when the nasty wild plants look appetizing, getting caught in the wilds without food becomes an even more dangerous scenario. Some of the most common and…
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OVER THE LAST THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY I HAVE made hundreds of trips with hunting and fishing outfitters and guides throughout the Western Hemisphere. Almost without exception, these men watched over my welfare in the woods and were excellent outdoorsmen and capable professionals.But not always. Through the years I have been saddled with a handful of guides who were, for one reason or another, scarcely qualified for the job they were supposed to do.The Green GamblerYEARS AGO, WHEN REGULATIONS REGARDING OUTFITTERS were less strict, I was assigned a guide (and I use the term loosely) in Alaska who usually…
Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics It’s easy to sit back as a keyboard warrior on social media and talk up how many big bass you might catch without even trying, but serious anglers know that bass fishing is hard. There are a lot of variables that have to align for a great day on the water. Weather, wind, water conditions, bite windows, keying in on specific baits or areas, and simply making the right presentation are just a few. You can tack on other factors like boat control and fishing pressure…
Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. A 72-year-old woman is in the hospital after she bumped into a sow grizzly with a cub on a trail Sunday afternoon near Tyaughton Lake in British Columbia. “The bear was batting them around in the altercation,” David McKenzie, Pemberton Search and Rescue president told CBC. “It was quite serious. They have several lacerations of the face, arms, neck, along with an actual C1 (neck) fracture.” A B.C. Wildfire Service crew fighting a fire in the area found the hiker and coordinated with rescue teams…
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Master the Art of Preparedness and Survival
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