The United States ruling class is alleging that Iran fired missiles at a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night. These strikes threaten to destabilize the already shaky memorandum of understanding signed by both the US and Iranian presidents. Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” against Iran on February 28th, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government, and infrastructure sites. This was, which “ended” in a US surrender, is precariously perched on an agreement that is a huge loss for the US. In spite of the agreement, the US and Iran nonetheless exchanged limited strikes in late…

Veterans Affairs Under Secretary for Health John Bartrum left his job Monday after less than seven months on the job.Bartrum, who announced his resignation to staff June 30, did not provide a specific reason for leaving the VA’s top health job, other than saying he looked forward to “focusing on my family and my health” and supporting the administration’s efforts “in the private sector.”A retired Air Force Reserve major general, Bartrum was nominated to the post June 2 by President Donald Trump and confirmed Dec. 18 by the Senate in a 53-43 vote.Bartrum became the first under secretary of health…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. WE CHURNED OUT of the harbor at Prince Rupert on a wet, windy September day aboard Alvin Nystedt’s 37-foot Aristocrat I. Dark clouds were scudding overhead, rain was pelting down, storm warnings crackled from the two-way radio, and the fishing boat pitched and rolled in a heavy chop. Nystedt headed south and we came under the lee of the soaring, mountainous islands that guard British Columbia’s half of the Inside Passage. The sailing was smoother, but there was no letup in the wind and rain.…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that Washington would lift U.S. sanctions on Turkey that were imposed in 2020 over Ankara’s purchase of Russian defense missiles, while expressing a willingness to sell the fellow NATO ally F-35 fighter jets.The move would be a massive gesture from Trump to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan whom he considers a close ally and would remove a major long-standing irritant in bilateral ties.Even as Washington and Ankara have enjoyed warmer ties under Trump, Turkey’s 2019 acquisition of the Russian S-400 system has long been a sore point for both sides.In response to that purchase,…

Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. Over the past two years, I’ve fired more 22 ARC than any other rifle cartridge. That’s closely followed by 22 and 6.5 Creedmoor. Between factory and handloaded ammo, I’ve fired more than 6,000 rounds of 22 ARC — half of that through one barrel. I became infatuated with firing heavy bullets through these modern 22s after seeing how well they behaved in the wind at distances out to 1,000 yards. That, combined with positive — and trustworthy — initial reports on terminal performance from…

The Army scrapped its height-and-weight tables and tape test in favor of a semiannual waist-to-height measurement, the service announced Tuesday.The new assessment will measure a servicemember’s waistline at the naval and divide that circumference by the person’s height in inches to formulate a ratio. Soldiers must have a ratio below 0.55, the Army said.The move follows a January Pentagon directive introducing the standard.Soldiers with a ratio exceeding 0.55 will be subject to a confirmation test, formally flagged and enrolled in the Army Body Composition Program, in an attempt to get the service member back to meeting the standard. The Army…

Health care workers helping treat and control the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are threatening to strike as the hemorrhagic disease continues to spread.  Yesterday, healthcare workers in Ituri issued a 24-hour notice of an impending strike. Those working on the Ebola frontlines said that the working conditions were too poor to continue. They reported unpaid benefits, low wages, and inadequate supplies since the outbreak officially began in May. The DRC Ministry of Health has now confirmed 1,561 cases in the outbreak, with the epicenter in Ituri province and significant transmission in North and South Kivu provinces, as…

The Marine Corps this month announced the creation of a new unit charged with standardizing training, doctrine and tactics for the service’s small drones, sUAS, and counter-small unmanned aerial systems, or C-sUAS. Headquartered out of Twentynine Palms, California, the Marine Corps Robotics Integration Group, or MCRIG, will lead the service’s efforts to develop curriculum and integrate points of instruction for small drone warfare. According to a Corps announcement, MCRIG is slated to focus on two types of cUAS: Group 1 drones, which the service defines as sUAS weighing less than 20 pounds and typically operate below 1,200 feet at speeds…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics I was perched on a narrow rock ledge, inches from where tons of white water thundered down a granite-lined chute, when the big fish swam into view in the pool below. A sudden shift in the foaming surge of a back eddy had momentarily parted the curtain of bubbles and for an instant had exposed the clear, green depths. It was a bass, no question about it. But what a bass! Turning and rolling to hold his place in the restless currents, he exposed bronze flanks…

Two U.S. Marines were recognized last month for their response in providing emergency aid during a fatal nightclub shooting in Wilmington, North Carolina.Cpl. Johnny Tamayo and Cpl. Emily Martinez, both assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, respectively, for their actions following the June 6 shooting at Unhinged Nightclub, where one person was killed.The Marines had recently returned from a 10-month deployment and were out with friends when gunfire erupted inside the nightclub.Tamayo was upstairs when the shooting began.“As soon as the gunshots rang…

The war between Russia and Ukraine fell through the cracks a little when the United States and Israel started a war with Iran back in February. However, Ukraine and Russia are still very much locked in a war, as Kiev used drones to strike a major Russian oil refinery overnight. Back in late June, Ukraine struck a Moscow refinery and caused “oil rain” to pour over the Russian capital of Moscow. Drone Strike on Moscow Refinery Causes “Oil Rain” in Russian Capital The Russian Defense Ministry added that Vladimir Zelensky, Ukraine’s ruler, ordered the attacks on the eve of the…

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Sign up for This Happened to Me News on backcountry adventure and wilderness survival. Best Overall Suunto MC-2 Best for Hiking Silva Ranger 2.0 Best Budget Brunton TruArc 5 Even with an endless list of navigational apps and gadgets, it’s best to be prepared with an old school compass. After all, apps can crash, phone batteries die, and service can get lost in remote areas. There is simply no substitute for being prepared by bringing a map and compass. While compasses are an essential piece of gear for anyone going into the backcountry for safety reasons, they also play a…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.  Russia has unleashed another massive drone and missile attack wave on Ukraine’s capital, just on the eve of the major annual NATO summit, which is in Ankara, Turkey, this week. Over a dozen people were killed, with heavy damage to residential structures observed. The death toll could rise, but “In total, 14 people have died, and 117 have been injured in Kyiv,” the office of the attorney general said on Monday morning. Rescue crews have been retrieving bodies from under rubble throughout Monday. via Associated Press The Russian Defense ‌Ministry announced that…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics If you have just a little bit of fishing prowess, there’s a strong chance you can be dropped on any lake, river, stream, or pond and you’ll figure out where the fish are hanging out. There are, after all, so many visual cues like boulders that break the current, trees laying in the water, or visible holes and pockets. But unless you’ve already got a lot of experience fishing in the surf, even the best anglers can feel utterly lost standing on a beach trying to…

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This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog under the title: 111 Million U.S. Adults Do Not Have A Job, And America Spends More Than A Trillion Dollars Per Year On A Social Safety Net For Them Did you know that the number of Americans who are out of work right now is far higher than it was at any point during the Great Recession? I know that sounds crazy, but I will prove it to you in this article. A whopping 111 million Americans do not have a job, and we are spending more…