Defense Health Agency officials have launched an effort to bring back Medicare-eligible Tricare for Life military patients to their treatment facilities, the Pentagon’s top doctor said this week. They are prioritizing bringing back these retirees and their dependents back to 21 military treatment facilities, Dr. Stephen Ferrara, acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, told a Military Officers Association of America conference Oct. 28.“Those are the folks we really want. We love to have our seniors at MTFs,” Ferrara said. They’ve chosen the 21 locations, based on the specialists available and the capability of the facilities, he said. The…

In the wake of a Washington Post investigation into fraud within the Veterans Affairs disability system and watchdog recommendations that the VA modernize its ratings schedule, a Republican senator has suggested creating a commission to review the VA’s disability compensation program.At a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday in Washington, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., questioned whether the Veterans Benefits Administration — the VA arm that manages disability compensation, pensions, education and employment benefits — needs subject matter experts to examine the claims processes and recommend improvements.According to Tuberville, the panel would be similar to the VA’s Commission on Care, which…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Halloween is nearly here, but the following photos go beyond the realm of a predictable holiday. The following ghosts, monsters, and extraterrestrials just may haunt your dreams. Obviously, some of these trail camera photos were staged or altered (before the dawn of generative AI, we might add) but they’ll still raise the hair on the back of your neck. Other photos in this series have odd and unsettling stories behind them, including the one that captured an apparently ravenous witch. Regardless,…

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Before the Second World War, there was little need nor interest in evacuating wounded military personnel to rear areas via aircraft. As the war turned global, however, the pressing need for the creation of medical air evacuation squadrons within the U.S. Army Air Forces became clear. According to the Air Force, a rushed training program for flight surgeons, enlisted medical technicians and flight nurses cropped up at Bowman Field, near Louisville, Kentucky. The all-volunteer force had to train for crash procedures, survival training and the effects of high altitude on patients with various wounds. Since the aircraft also transported military…

Vice President JD Vance said that Christian values are essential for the United States. At a memorial for murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Vance told students at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) that “a properly rooted Christian moral order” is key to the future of the country. Psyop Continues: Christian Nationalism on the Rise Vance, like most Christian Nationalists, proposes a society built on Biblical “morals,” including returning women to subservient roles within society. Department of War head Pete Hegseth even reposted a video from an interview with Doug Wilson, a prominent Christian Nationalist, in which men declare women…

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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Teaching someone to hunt or fish isn’t easy. We’re talking about immersing the person into a deep, nuanced passion that could define how they view the natural world around them. The key is to take it one step at a time. So we compiled a list of tips tactics, and ideas on how to be a better hunting and fishing mentor. Read on, and then grab a new hunting and fishing buddy and hit the field. It’s work, but damn good…

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This article was originally published by Gregory Van Dyke at Natural News.  Amazon announced major organizational changes across its corporate workforce that will result in the elimination of 14,000 jobs. Job cuts surge 55 percent in 2025, with Americans facing severe financial strain as the Fed prepares to end quantitative tightening. Food banks nationwide report surging demand due to rising job cuts and high food inflation, exacerbated by the ongoing government shutdown. Food banks, like Facing Hunger in Huntington, are rationing supplies due to soaring food costs and increased demand. Food industry layoffs and job cuts are surging, posing significant threats…

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis article—and the podcast that goes with it—was sparked by a listener in the Mind4Survival Facebook group. Audra McKinney asked: “What do you do when your gut tells you to prep more, even though you’re already stocked?” If you’ve been at this a while, you’ve probably asked yourself the same thing. You’ve got food. Water. Backups. A solid plan. Maybe even a second location nobody knows about but you. You’re not new to prepping. So why do you still feel like something’s missing? That quiet gnawing in the back of your mind—the one that…

GYEONGJU, South Korea — The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, President Donald Trump said on social media Thursday after meeting with the country’s president.President Lee Jae Myung stressed to Trump in their Wednesday meeting that the goal was to modernize the alliance with the U.S., noting plans to increase military spending to reduce the financial burden on America.The South Korean leader said there might have been a misunderstanding when they last spoke in August about nuclear-powered submarines, saying that his government was looking for nuclear fuel rather than weapons.Lee…

Even as China embarks on a massive military buildup, America comforts itself with an ironclad belief: As with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, superior Communist numbers will be undercut by rigid command and clumsy tactics that can be exploited by more agile U.S. forces.But what if China embraces the more flexible Western concept of mission command? “A Chinese military that fully embraces mission command would likely lead to improved operational performance, with quicker decision-making, better adaptability, and greater resilience in the face of degraded C4ISR,” according to a new report by Rand Corporation. There is evidence that Chinese…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. You’d almost forgotten last deer season, hadn’t you? Then a few weeks ago, your buddy got his shoulder mount back from the taxidermist and was texting you trail camera photos of all the good bucks under his stands. Looks like he’s in for another awesome year. But all of his bragging reopened the old wounds from last November. Now you have flashbacks of bucks snorting in the distance and dreams of arrows stuck in trees. Those haunting words from your cousin…