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20-year trove of shipboard assault cases now public after data request

Of 116 Naval Criminal Investigative Service case files opened into allegations of sexual assault and misconduct onboard Military Sealift Command ships over a 20-year period, just five show that the case concluded at court-martial or in civilian court.That information is now public and searchable as a database due to a…

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The 23 Best 4th of July Rifle Scope Deals

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › If you’ve been waiting to finish your build with the perfect optic, this week is a great time to finally pull the trigger. There are deals on on everything from LPVOs…

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How Far Should We Push Our Kids in the Outdoors?

Sign up for This Happened to Me News on backcountry adventure and wilderness survival. We made a deal: one Jolly Rancher for every mile. After bushwhacking for 30 minutes, my daughter and I sat on a steep cliff face for the second time that morning, waiting for my husband to find a barely marked trail. We agreed to amend the deal: Now it was one Jolly Rancher for every half mile. Hours later, I couldn’t argue with the bargain. Limber and whitebark pines, dead and fallen from wind and age, crisscrossed everywhere we tried walking. Hiking started to feel more and…

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He Played Dead While a 1,500-Pound Bear Shook Him Like a Rabbit

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “The Shy Killer,” appeared in the October 1955 issue of Outdoor Life. You can read more stories from legendary outdoor writer Jim Rearden here. One dark night in the summer of 1953, a brown bear about the size of a brewery horse, pigeon-toed and inquisitive, nosed into a tent pitched on the Alaska Peninsula. A moment later a shot was fired inside the tent, then another. A flashlight went on, and an angry, half-scared Texas voice reeled off a…

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Military recruiting hit a 15-year high. How quickly do recruits become mission ready?

All five active-duty military services met or exceeded their fiscal 2025 recruiting goals, according to the Department of Defense, marking what Pentagon officials described as the strongest recruiting performance in 15 years. The Army signed contracts with 62,050 recruits, or 101.72% of its goal, while the Navy brought in 44,096 recruits, exceeding its target by more than 8%. The Air Force recruited 30,166 airmen; the Space Force brought in 819 Guardians; and the Marine Corps met its goal of 26,600 recruits.Collectively, the five services achieved 103% of their active-duty recruiting mission, according to Pentagon officials. After several years of recruiting…

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Army launches new branch for military space operations

The Army announced Thursday the creation of the Space Operations Branch, a dedicated career field for soldiers specializing in military space operations.The branch formalizes space as a permanent warfighting specialty, with personnel focused on protecting U.S. assets and helping prevent adversaries from targeting joint forces from outside Earth’s atmosphere.Brig. Gen. Don Brooks, deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, called the announcement “a rallying point” for Army space personnel.“For 27 years, Army space officers have been working to normalize Army space operations, and that’s what this branch designation now does for the Army,” he said.The branch…

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