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He was the king of Ithaca and a combat veteran of repute who was the anti-hero of Homer’s Odyssey and a con artist “insatiate of deceit” whose trials of the heart in coming home would mirror those of many veterans 3,000 years later.For Jonathan Shay, author of Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming, the 10 years of wanderings on a perilous sea as Odysseus took the really, really long way home could be seen as an “allegory for the real problems of combat veterans returning to civilian society.”Shay, a psychiatrist at the Boston VA Medical Center,…

Anybody can shoot standing still. Moving is the hard part.

Turns out the cameras aren’t only watching cars.

An attack in New York. Then the mayor walked it back.

Twenty-five years on. The whole thing, live.

Your pistol quits mid-string. What you do next.

Strange title, and the preview keeps it that way.

A gun in a box. There is a reason for it.

Twenty-five years on. The point is not forgetting.

His case: one law for Hunter Biden, another for us.

He won’t say what in the title. Press play.

He made it out. Hear how, from him.

Somebody’s inside your house. Have a plan before then.

TL;DR—The OODA Loop is a four-step decision cycle: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. Colonel John Boyd, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, developed it to explain why the pilot who reads the fight and moves first wins it. Observe and Orient are your situational awareness. Decide and Act are what you do about it, and the faster and more accurately you move through all four, the more time and options you keep. Ever notice how some people seem to see trouble coming before anyone else in the room does — and act on it without freezing up? That’s not luck. It’s…

The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing dropped live bombs from its F-15EX Eagle IIs — the first time an operational Eagle II unit has done so, according to official photos and captions released Wednesday. The drops came during a three-week deployment to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, that ended this month.The wing said the deployment, in support of the Air Force Weapons Instructor Course, produced “a historical milestone, dropping live bombs from operational F-15EXs for the first time.” The images show jets on the ramp and in the air on Aug. 27, some carrying a live 500-pound Mk-82 on…

The U.S. Air Force’s fighter pilots are not getting the number of sorties per month necessary to be deemed combat mission ready, a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies expert said, down from around five and a half per month in fiscal 2023 to only around one currently.For combat readiness, the average fighter pilot needs about nine or 10 sorties a month to be considered combat mission ready, according to past service statements. But based on conversations with commanders and line pilots, John Venable, a senior resident fellow at the Mitchell Institute, said pilots are being afforded the opportunity to fly…

Saddle hunting has boomed in popularity, as whitetail hunters embrace a minimalist mindset to save weight and bulk compared to traditional treestand options. Manufacturers and brands are in an arms race as they aim to offer lightweight and modular solutions to meet the demands of the modern mobile hunter. This bodes well for anyone hoping to upgrade their saddle kit, but the seemingly endless options can be intimidating to navigate. I tested nine of the best tree saddles on the market to narrow your search. The Best Tree Saddles at a Glance How I Tested the Best Tree Saddles I’ve…

Devastating attacks by Iran on U.S. bases across the Middle East in recent months have exposed war strategies that are becoming increasingly outdated, one U.S. Army commanding general acknowledged this week. Gone are the days when America fought from sprawling command posts with overwhelming air superiority. Now faced with adversaries toting long-range fires and drones, the U.S. military is relearning a basic principle: how to hide. As services adopt new strategies, the Army’s Combined Arms Command, or CAC, an outfit responsible for overseeing the service’s leadership and doctrine development, is changing how it teaches troops about concealment. “Hiding in plain…

Dogs are resilient. Working breeds in particular can tolerate the discomfort and grind of a long hunting season. But just because our gun dogs get along fine with whatever we’ve been doing doesn’t mean they can’t benefit from smart yet simple lifestyle changes. The good news is these tweaks require minimal effort on your part. I’ve hunted with and interviewed plenty of gun dog trainers and veterinarians over the years, and I’ve picked up a few good habits — and shed some bad ones — after learning how the pros care for their own dogs. Dr. RuthAnn Lobos is the…

Twenty-five years after the deadliest attack on U.S. soil, Americans paused on Friday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania — and to wrestle with the consequences of September 11 that reverberate to this day.In New York, family members of the victims, many carrying pictures of their loved ones, joined Vice President JD Vance and four former U.S. presidents at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. The ceremony began, as always, at 8:46 a.m. Eastern Standard Time with a moment of silence to remember the…

A major artificial intelligence company said that Iranian bad actors used its publicly accessible software to target U.S. service members in the Middle East.The Thursday Anthropic report covers the time period between December 2025 and August 2026 and highlights the misuse of its large language model Claude, which it says the threat actor used to make targeting recommendations against U.S. Navy forces in the region.“The threat actor used Claude to compile targeting handbooks…to identify and track naval positions based on open-source information,” the report said.The bad actor used the AI software to collect information that included a list of U.S.…

An 11-year-old Kansas girl missed a buck her family had been watching for years. Days later, on her birthday, she put her .270 on him at the far end of the same field. He weighed 225 pounds.