For decades, cigarettes were as common in uniform as a canteen and a helmet liner.In World War II, tobacco was not treated as a vice; it was a comfort item. Cigarettes were packed into rations as morale boosters, something that could steady nerves between missions, the Imperial War Museums note. The image of a soldier lighting up in a muddy trench or on the deck of a ship became inseparable from the mythology of the American warfighter. The phrase “smoke ‘em if you got ‘em” became a broader cultural idiom, according to the Army Historical Foundation. That normalization lasted for…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. There’s no shortage of opinions when it comes to wolves and their place in the environment. In a time with increased introductions of wolves and natural expansion of introduced populations, human-wolf conflict will likely continue to increase in many forms. But how likely is it that people will be attacked and killed by wolves? In 2010, a school teacher in rural Alaska was killed and eaten by at least two wolves while out jogging, and in the early 2000’s, a wolf…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The conclusion of the Army’s inaugural Best Drone Warfighter Competition saw soldiers awarded in Best Operator, Best Innovation and Best Tactical Squad categories. On hand to present awards to the winners, who were selected from more than 200 competitors during the Feb. 17-19 event, were Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Maj. Gen. Clair A. Gill, commanding general of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence. Driscoll, who flew to the Huntsville, Alabama, ceremony after participating in Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, spoke to Military Times about the significance of the event and how it will inform…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Email address Sign Up Thank you! By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Spring is just around the corner, and with that, so is most folks’ fishing seasons. The ice recedes, the birds come out, and fish start moving into warmer waters. That is unless you’re fly fishing for mountain browns. Then you’re probably already out on the water.  But with the country slowly thawing out, and people getting ready to get back outside and…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream under the title: As The Threat Of War Looms, A Very Rare “Planetary Parade” Involving 6 Planets Will Appear In The Night Sky This Week We are about to witness a very rare sight in the heavens. A “planetary parade” involving at least 6 planets is quite rare. In fact, normally, there are at least a couple of decades between such events. But as the threat of a major war in the Middle East looms, we will get to see a “planetary parade” that includes…

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would deploy a hospital ship to Greenland, alleging that many people there are sick and not receiving care, even though both of the U.S. Navy’s hospital ships are currently docked at a shipyard in Alabama.Trump’s announcement prompted a defense on Sunday of Denmark and Greenland’s health care system from their leaders, and it was the latest point of friction with the American leader who has frequently talked about seizing the massive Arctic territory.“It’s a no thank you from here,” said Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen.Trump’s social media post about a hospital ship came after…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Any trail camera user knows the anticipation of sifting through a feed of fresh images on their phone. This is doubly true if there’s a big buck hanging around, but some of the best images of wild critters (and the places they live) are often the most surprising. That’s what’s so appealing about this collection of user-submitted cellular trail camera photos from Tactacam, which is in the final stages of a public photo contest. The trail camera company asked customers to…

The United States has ordered nonessential personnel and their family members to leave its embassy in Beirut, a senior State Department official told Military Times on Monday, as Washington continues a massive military buildup in the Middle East.The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information, said the drawdown is a “prudent” step to reduce the American footprint in the region while President Donald Trump mulls a strike on Iran. “The Embassy remains operational with core staff in place. This is a temporary measure intended to ensure the safety of our personnel while maintaining our ability…

China is urging the United States to remove all of its imposed tariffs that came in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision that officially struck down most of the tariffs enacted. In a statement on Monday, the Chinese Commerce Ministry urged Washington to lift the tariffs, arguing they now violate even U.S. domestic law. Trump immediately responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling by imposing a temporary 15% global tariff under a different law. Global Tariffs Raised to 15% According to Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, the administration is preparing alternative legal measures to reimpose permanent tariffs. Some of those policies…

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear two cases filed on behalf of Air Force personnel who sought back pay and affirmation of their religious First Amendment rights after they were kicked out of the service for refusing to comply with the Defense Department’s 2021 vaccine mandate. The justices denied petitions Monday for Poffenbarger v. Meink and Doster v. Meink — cases that had challenged the vaccine mandate but were dismissed by lower courts as moot, given that the DoD allowed service members who refused the vaccine to begin returning in 2023, and in 2025, announced incentives such as…

The U.S. Air Force and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. recently completed a successful manned-unmanned teamed demonstration between an F-22 Raptor and an MQ-20 Avenger unmanned aircraft, advancing the integration of autonomous systems into tactical fighter operations, according to a Feb. 23 company release. The live-flight exercise, conducted at Edwards Air Force Base in California, featured a human-piloted F-22 issuing real-time commands to the MQ-20 via advanced autonomy software and a tactical data link. The Avenger drone responded by executing a range of mission tasks, including waypoint navigation, combat air patrol patterns and simulated engagement of airborne threats, functioning as…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Veteran guide Mike Frenette was fishing out of Venice, Louisiana, with two out-of-state fishermen on Feb. 19. They’d gotten a late start that morning because of fog and the action was slow. By early afternoon, they still hadn’t caught anything. “It was frustrating, and I told my anglers we were going to make a run and try a new spot,” Frenette tells Outdoor Life. “It was either gonna be a home run or nothing, I told them. But we weren’t catching fish anyways, so we took…

A pharmacy technician airman at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and his spouse were recently indicted in a plot to defraud the Department of Defense of millions of dollars in an effort to “curate and maintain a luxurious lifestyle.”U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Richard Stefon Ramroop and his spouse, Manuel George Madrid, allegedly stole millions in taxpayer dollars from the department in a years-long scheme, according to a Justice Department statement released last week.Prosecutors claim that the couple used Ramroop’s position at the Tucson, Arizona, base’s pharmacy to purchase thousands of medical devices using taxpayer funds and then stealing and…

On Sunday, Mexico’s Secretariat of National Defense announced that its special forces had killed drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes. The death of Cervantes has sparked cartel violence across the entire country. Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho”, was the head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). He died from his wounds as a result of a military operation to capture him in the town of Tapalpa. El Mencho was wounded in a clash with soldiers in the town of Tapalpa, in Jalisco state, and died while being flown to Mexico City, the army said in a statement. He had…

On June 6, 1944, over 160,000 Allied troops were sent across the English Channel onto the beaches of Normandy, France, marking the assault on Western Europe. Yet the operation, dubbed Operation Overlord, almost ended in disaster before it even began.Now, the upcoming film ”Pressure,” adapted from writer David Haig’s 2014 play of the same name, is set to relieve those angst-filled 72 hours leading up to D-Day. The film stars Academy Award winner Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces Dwight D. Eisenhower and Andrew Scott (“Fleabag”) as Group Captain James Stagg, the chief meteorologist who…

The Kremlin has announced that it will respond if NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) nuclear weapons are hosted by Estonia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that Russia is not threatening the Baltic state, but will aim its nuclear weapons at it if NATO nukes are deployed there. Russia has long drawn a red line over the use of weapons by other countries against it. Russia Threatens UK With Attacks If British Weapons Are Used By Ukraine While Russia did not claim it was going to strike Estonia, it did warn that its weapons would be pointed in that direction.…

On Saturday, United States ruler Donald Trump said that he would send a “great hospital boat” to Greenland to take care of what he called its “many people who are sick, and not being taken care of.” Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen immediately rejected the idea, saying “no thank you.” Trump has been attempting to acquire the Arctic island. A few months ago, he refused to rule out military intervention as a way to take the island by force if necessary. Since then, his rhetoric has softened slightly, with the U.S. ruler now wanting to “buy” and annex the autonomous…

The U.S. Navy announced Sunday that it relieved the commanding officer of the USS Truxtun due to a loss of confidence after the destroyer’s recent collision with another ship.Cmdr. James Koffi was fired Sunday by Rear Adm. Carlos Sardiello, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command, nearly two weeks after the Truxtun collided with the USNS Supply in the Caribbean during a Feb. 11 replenishment-at-sea.“The Navy maintains the highest standards for leaders and holds them accountable when those standards are not met,” a Navy release said.The service generally uses “loss of confidence” as a blanket statement when dismissing senior leadership.The…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics When Andrew Scott’s 19-year-old son Chalton came by his house on Feb. 16 and asked him to go fishing, he almost didn’t go. The retired Marine had some projects he needed to finish for his company, Semper Fi Roofing and Restoration. After a bit of prodding from Chalton, Andrew finally agreed to head out for a few hours. It would prove to be one of the best decisions he’s ever made. “It’s funny but we almost went to a different spot,” Andrew tells Outdoor Life. “Chalton…

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An analysis of exit surveys completed by sailors departing the service has surfaced one clear finding: the fleet is burnt out.That’s according to Rear Adm. Jennifer Couture, the Navy’s director of Military Personnel Plans and Policy. In an interview with Military Times this month, Couture said the Navy is considering significant changes — including cutting down the length of sailors’ second sea tours — to make service more sustainable and keep troops in uniform for longer.Couture said Navy personnel officials had undertaken an exit survey analysis about a year ago, seeking to take advantage of data the service routinely collected…

Politicians love to parade veterans around during their campaigns. They treat us as props in television ads, backdrops for speeches and convenient proof points for patriotism. They shake our hands, thank us for our service and swear they “have our backs.”Then they get elected.Standing next to a veteran for a photo or soundbite costs nothing. It requires no courage, no compromise and no work. It fits effortlessly into campaign messaging, where symbolism is rewarded and accountability is absent. But governing is where promises are supposed to turn into policy.Recent Congresses rank among the least productive in modern history, paralyzed by…

This article was originally published by Ava Grace at Natural News.  A major international trial found that while reducing sodium improves patients’ daily symptoms and quality of life, it does not reduce hospitalizations, emergency visits, or mortality. Led by Dr. Justin Ezekowitz, it randomly assigned over 800 heart failure patients across six countries to either receive standard care or intensive counseling to limit sodium to 1,500 mg per day. The intervention successfully changed behavior, but not the hardest health outcomes. The counseled group significantly reduced sodium intake, primarily by avoiding processed foods, yet showed no statistical difference in death or…

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