With no agreement on funding for the Department of Homeland Security by Friday and Congress on recess until Feb. 23, the U.S. Coast Guard is expected to undergo a shutdown beginning at midnight on Friday. For more than 41,000 active-duty and activated Reserve members, the lack of funding means working without pay, although they likely will not feel the effects until the next scheduled military payday Feb. 27, which they could miss if Congress can’t reach an agreement immediately after reconvening. Coast Guard Vice Commandant Vice Adm. Thomas Allan said Wednesday that a shutdown of more than a few days…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Around 1 a.m. on Jan. 29 a fire broke out in the kennel building at Rocky Mountain Roosters, a pheasant hunting preserve that lies about an hour northeast of Colorado Springs. Fortunately for the dogs, Dan Pohja was sleeping nearby in his camper. As he awoke to the sound of barking and the smell of smoke in the air, Pohja, one of the preserve’s hunting guides, moved as quickly as he could. He threw on some shorts and a pair of…

For 15 hours beginning on the night of Feb. 13, 1945, the historic city of Dresden, celebrated as the “German Florence” was battered by Allied warplanes. Until that date, Germany’s seventh largest city with its 600,000 inhabitants — and roughly 700,000 refugees — had emerged from the Allied bombing campaign of World War II relatively unscathed. The United States Army Air Force had bombed it twice — once in early October 1944 and again three months later, but even those attacks were considered relatively mild in comparison to the German cities of Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne, each of which had…

Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. There isn’t much that’s left unsaid about the .375 H&H. The Brits introduced it more than a century ago and since then it’s been one of the most consistently successful rifle cartridges the world has ever seen. In any conversation proposing an ultimate all-around hunting cartridge, the .375 H&H is always in the top lot. But the newer .375 Ruger delivers the same ballistics as the .375 H&H — and from a shorter 20-inch barrel. With equal barrel length, it exceeds the .377 H&H.…

The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday awarded Boeing a sole-source contract for new massive bunker-buster bombs, to replace the munitions used in last June’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.In a copy of the justification notice posted online Thursday, the Air Force said it needed to award the U.S. defense giant a sole-source contract because it is the only vendor that makes the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator. Issuing the contract to any other vendor “would result in unacceptable delays” and undermine the Air Force’s readiness, the service said in the notice.“This action is essential to restore operational readiness … and ensure…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. My Brittany, like all sporting breeds, is high energy — even as a senior dog. We have a fenced yard, but that’s not enough to keep him contained. He’s a pro at finding any weak point in the fence or making his escape when a gate is left open. That’s why we often put his hunting GPS collar on him when he…

The unemployment rate for all veterans bumped up to 4.5% in January from 3.8% in December, while the post-9/11 generation of veterans saw their jobless rates balloon over that span to 5.8% from 5.1%, an indication that veterans were having difficulty adjusting to the new “low hire, low fire” jobs market.The numbers from the monthly report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday also showed that the jobless rates for veterans had exceeded those for the general population for the second time since President Donald Trump took office.The first BLS jobs report of Trump’s second term showed a rise…

Sign up for the Deer Camp Newsletter Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. This story, “2-for-2 Trophy Hunt,” first appeared in the April 1978 issue of Outdoor Life. The author’s buck remains one of the biggertypical mule deer ever taken in Colorado; it now ranks as 20th in the state (as well as No. 64 of all time). The score entered into the books is 207 2/8, however, not the 209 and 3/8 listed at the end of the story. Last July, in the Denver Museum of Natural History, I…

The Navy has dismissed the commanding officer of the destroyer USS Mason, service officials announced Friday.Rear Adm. Alexis Walker, commander of Carrier Strike Group 10, relieved Capt. Chavius Lewis of his duties due to a “loss in confidence in Lewis’ ability to command,” the Navy said in a release.The brief release did not provide additional details regarding the circumstances surrounding Lewis’ firing. The Navy often uses “loss of confidence” as a blanket statement when dismissing senior leaders.“The Navy maintains the highest standards for leaders and holds them accountable when those standards are not met,” the service said.Lewis, who assumed command…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. There are few worse feelings than not knowing where your dog is; GPS dog collars can fix that. It’s common to lose sight of your pup when hunting thick cover, and it’s guaranteed when you’re running pointers or a far-ranging pack of hounds. But it’s also all too common for dogs to get separated from you and, in the worst cases, truly lost.  The best way to monitor your dog while he’s off-leash is to invest in a tracking collar. These…

The cost of living crisis is becoming desperate for some people. Many are choosing to forego healthcare and basic necessities, as affordability in the United States continues to plummet. Wages are stagnant, and prices are rising everywhere, making it difficult to afford even the most basic needs to get covered. This isn’t just happening in the U.S. Australia is reporting that many young women are having to skip healthcare in order to pay for things like food or rent, accoridng to a report by  ABC Net.  A nationwide survey of 5,000 Americans from Talker Research reports 52% now struggle to pay their…

An immigration judge has dismissed the deportation case against a landscaper who was arrested in Southern California last year, and the father of three U.S. Marines is now on a path toward legal permanent residency in the U.S.The June detention of Narciso Barranco, who came to the U.S. from Mexico in the 1990s but does not have legal status, caught widespread attention as the crackdown on immigration by President Donald Trump’s administration drew scrutiny and protests.Witnesses uploaded videos of the arrest in Santa Ana, a city in Orange County. Federal agents struggled with Barranco and pinned him to the ground…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics As a fishing guide, Wendell Ramsey Sr. has spent years perfecting his methods. He’s both caught and put his clients on a lot of big Texas bass. Yet when Ramsey and a couple buddies launched on Hords Creek Lake in Coleman, Texas on February 11, he had no idea he was going to tie into a monster 13-pound largemouth. In part because a bass that big had never been caught there before. “I’d fished Hords Creek a couple of other times,” Ramsey tells Outdoor Life. “It…

For those who are romantically inclined to celebrate Valentine’s Day this weekend, skip the tired “Be Mine” cards and really woo your significant other with some historic, bawdy acronyms.Drawing on inspiration from World War II letters, let your partner know how you really feel with acronyms such as MALAYA: My Ardent Lips Await Your Arrival or, if you’re feeling bold, BURMA: Be Undressed/Upstairs Ready My Angel.During the war, “so many letters were being written, they were taking up space in much needed wartime transport,” Judy Barrett Litoff, a history professor at Bryant University, told History.com. “In order to address this…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Dogs want to run and play off leash, but we have to weigh keeping them safe and having fun. That’s why an invisible fence is an excellent option if you don’t have a fenced yard or want a backup to your physical fence for escape artists. My dog Riley was a handful as a puppy, and I relied on an invisible fence to keep him safely in my yard. Even as a well-trained adult, he can’t contain himself at the sight…

Some Army officers will be shuttled into new job specialties or even transferred to a different service as certain jobs are eliminated, Military Times has learned.The restructuring cuts come on the heels of a service-wide officer career field review conducted over the last 10 months, Brig. Gen. Gregory Johnson, the Army’s director of Personnel Management, said in an interview. The officer functional areas, or career fields, that are affected include Force Management, Functional Area 50; Acquisitions, Functional Area 51; Simulations Operations, Functional Area 57; Strategy, Functional Area 59; and Marketing, Functional Area 58.The entire officer populations of these job specialties…

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The United States will send the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East to back up another already there, a person familiar with the plans said Friday, putting more American firepower behind President Donald Trump’s efforts to coerce Iran into a deal over its nuclear program.The USS Gerald R. Ford’s planned deployment to the Mideast comes after Trump only days earlier suggested another round of talks with the Iranians was at hand. Those negotiations didn’t materialize as one of Tehran’s top security officials visited Oman and Qatar this week and exchanged messages with the U.S. intermediaries.Already, Gulf Arab nations…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  Whether we like it or not, AI is radically transforming virtually every aspect of our society.  We have already reached a point where AI can do most things better than humans can, and AI technology continues to advance at an exponential rate.  The frightening thing is that it is advancing so fast that we may soon lose control over it.  The latest model that OpenAI just released was instrumental in creating itself, and it is light-years ahead of the AI models that were being released…

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On June 12, 1944, Joseph “Jerry” Brenner was training at Camp Forest in Tennessee, preparing to deploy to Europe with the U.S. Army’s 740th Field Artillery Battery and the rest of the Third Army as part of the “Great Crusade” to end the tyranny of Nazi Germany. Like most GIs, he was lonely and missed his family: wife Norma and baby Laurie back in Brooklyn, New York.The corporal’s day brightened considerably at mail call when he received several letters from home. One dated June 10 was from Norma. Along with details about his 3-month-old daughter, the letter included a tender…

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