Long before cardboard boxes filled with frozen gel packs and prepackaged ingredients started appearing on suburban porches, the U.S. military had already solved the problem of feeding people who could not make it home for dinner.The Meal, Ready-to-Eat, better known as the MRE, was designed for war. It had to survive heat, cold, impact and time. It had to deliver calories and consistency in places where kitchens did not exist. And it had to do all of that at scale.Sound familiar?Today’s meal-delivery industry, from subscription kits to fully prepared microwavable trays, operates on many of the same principles: Portion control,…

The Army has long relied on fixed retention bonuses to keep senior technical experts in uniform. But as competition for specialized skills intensifies, leaders are trying something new: an auction.Under the new program, called the Warrant Officer Retention Bonus Auction, eligible warrant officers will submit confidential bids for how much money it would take to keep them on active duty for an additional six years, the Army announced last week.Lt. Col. Tim Justicz, an Army economist who helped design the program, said in the release that, “the goal is simple. Reward as many qualified Warrant Officers as possible with the…

Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. When talking about big cartridges for hunting large North American game, the .338 Winchester Magnum is a natural inclusion. It was introduced in 1958 and, at the time, occupied a specific niche. The .338 pre-dates the .300 Win. Mag. and 7mm Rem. Mag., and was designed as an alternative to the long-cased .375 H&H. It promised to fill the role that the .375 did so well, and has been popular ever since. Considering the choices we have today, however, there is little reason for…

A week after Bill Gates abruptly pulled out as a keynote speaker at a high-profile global AI summit in India, the left-wing billionaire finally mustered enough nerve to “take responsibility for his actions” over his ties to late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a town hall meeting with Gates Foundation employees. The Wall Street Journal reports that Gates told employees at a town hall event for the foundation on Tuesday that he never spent time with Epstein’s victims, and never visited Epstein’s island. He revealed that Epstein later learned about two affairs he had with Russian women, but said those relationships…

The U.S. will soon have the ability to deploy a new type of hypersonic missile that can be shot from fighter planes, bombers, ground-based launchers — and can even be fired from space.Ursa Major, a Colorado-based defense manufacturer, debuted the HAVOC missile system on Tuesday. The medium-range hypersonic system is powered by a liquid rocket engine, is able to alter its speed in flight and can be adapted for use with a wide variety of rocket motor systems from warplanes to vertical launch systems.Additionally, the system can be deployed outside of Earth’s atmosphere, according to the company. “Keeping pace with…

The day began ominously.It was Friday the 13th when the airmen of the 451st Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force based in Castelluccio, Italy, gathered in an ancient wine cellar which housed Group Operations.“Gentlemen, our target today will be … Vienna,” Ed Ryan later recalled in Veteran Voices Magazine. Audible groans could be heard throughout the cellar. Experienced crewman knew how well defended the Austrian city was, laced with anti-aircraft guns. Ryan, who served as a navigator, knew too, as he had flown 12 missions prior to that October day. It would be his 13th bombing run — set…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. A Michigan man who was caught harassing a deer hunter on the Upper Peninsula this past season didn’t even try to downplay the chaos he’d been causing, according to an arrest report cited by Michigan Live. When approached by two officers with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the man told them he “was out there to be a pain.”  The incident occurred in late 2025 in Marquette County, according to the report. The two game wardens, Officer John Kamps and…

Millions of people living in Somalia are struggling to find food as a severe hunger crisis grips the country. Six and a half million people are currently experiencing high levels of food insecurity, the United Nations’ (UN) World Food Program (WFP) reported on Tuesday. Officials from the UN and the Somali government have urged international humanitarian efforts in order to scale up life‑saving assistance to protect vulnerable communities. They warn that help is desperately needed before conditions deteriorate further. More than 1.8 million children under the age of five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2026, including nearly half…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics The wind was howling and the fishing was tough Saturday morning, according to well-known bass guide Josh Jones, who was fishing O.H. Ivie Lake that day with his pal from Minnesota, Nolan Sprengeler. After searching the lake hard with Jones’ forward-facing sonar, they finally found a big school of bass 15-feet deep on a submerged point. That was around mid-morning, and it was still cold and windy. So, they decided to take a lunch break and headed for Elm Creek Marina. The lakefront establishment in Voss…

Prices for school meals at Department of Defense schools overseas will increase by 25 cents for the 2026-2027 school year, military exchange officials announced. It’s the first change in price in four years. For students in universal pre-kindergarten through grade 5, the lunch price will be $3.75. For those in grades six through 12, it will be $4. Breakfast for all grades will be $2.25. Families who qualify for free meals based on federal guidelines receive lunch and breakfast at no cost. Children of families who qualify for reduced-price meals will still pay 40 cents for lunch and 30 cents…

The United Kingdom and France have said that they will not deploy troops to Ukraine unless Russia consents to the move. Moscow has long claimed that it would not ever allow NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) troops to build any kind of military presence in Ukraine. Moscow views the Ukraine conflict as a NATO proxy war against Russia. After the 2022 escalation, Western nations sought to isolate Russia diplomatically, but the policy backfired on European NATO members after Washington shifted course under US President Donald Trump in order to pursue a negotiated resolution. –RT A senior diplomatic source told the…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “Bear Nightmare,” appeared in the March 1965 issue of Outdoor Life. There were six of us in the tent, three couples, snug in our sacks and sleeping like people drugged. We had turned in the night before, completely worn out, and at 8 o’clock in the morning, long after daylight, nobody had opened an eye.  We had no warning. There was a sudden, loud thump, and Bernie Watermolen brought us awake with a yell that was enough to raise…

FORT STEWART, Ga. — Spc. Lathan Thomley enlisted in the Army to become a cavalry scout. Now, he spends hours practicing on a laptop simulator before piloting drones over Fort Stewart’s training area.Thomley is part of 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team’s Transformation in Contact initiative, or TIC, where junior soldiers on the ground are at the forefront of experimenting with new drone capabilities and helping to drive the direction of Army doctrine from the ground up. In armored brigades built around tanks and heavy firepower, the approach reflects how lessons from Ukraine are pushing leaders to rethink how formations move…

Russia has drawn a line in the sand, issuing a warning if European nations arm Ukraine with nuclear weapons. Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Vassily Nebenzia, denounced the plan as “irresponsible.” Russia has specifically warned France and the United Kingdom that alleged plans to provide Kiev with nuclear weapons could trigger severe global consequences. Nebenzia also accused the Western European powers at the UN Security Council of pursuing a dangerous escalation in the Ukraine conflict. “Such plans are not only irresponsible and dangerous but also a direct violation of Article I of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. The Department of the Interior finalized its overhaul of the nation’s bedrock environmental law on Monday, which loosens oversight on logging, mining, oil and gas development, and other industrial projects. The changes strip the National Environmental Policy Act of about 80 percent of its preexisting regulations, which have been crafted over the past 50 years. Some of the biggest changes include shortening the time projects are open for public comment, fast-tracking projects, and removing the requirement to announce when the federal…

This article was originally published by Frank Shostak at The Mises Institute.  In the late 1960’s, Edmund Phelps and Milton Friedman challenged the popular view that there can be a sustainable trade-off between inflation and unemployment. In fact, over time, according to Friedman, expansionary central bank policies set the platform for lower economic growth and a higher rate of inflation (i.e., stagflation). A famous case of stagflation occurred during the 1974-75 period. In March 1975, industrial production fell by nearly 13 percent year-on-year, while the yearly growth rate of the consumer price index (CPI) jumped to around 12 percent. Friedman’s Explanation of…

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