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…

This article was originally published by Connor O’Keeffe at The Mises Institute.  Last week, President Trump ordered an aircraft carrier strike group into the waters off Venezuela. The deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier, and all the warships that accompany it is the strongest sign yet that the Trump administration intends to escalate its operations in the region. It comes after US forces struck at least ten boats, the administration claims were smuggling drugs from Venezuela, and after the president authorized covert CIA operations against the Venezuelan government run by President Nicolas Maduro. Publicly, this mobilization of…

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.It was December 13, 1968, and our platoon leaders briefed us before we boarded the trucks: Recent intelligence hinted at increased Viet Cong activity on Monkey Mountain.The trucks rumbled to a halt at the sharp bend in the winding road, marking the trailhead that led up the mountain. As the dust settled, my company disembarked from the trucks and formed a ragged line along the start of the trail’s edge.I could not shake the feeling that…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Most game wardens are drawn to the career for their love of the outdoors and the diversity of experiences and challenges the job offers.  At least that’s what attracted John Weber to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Law Enforcement. Now that Weber is retired, the many memories over his career come flooding back this time of the year.  But one of those old instances still makes his blood run cold today. After a short stint in the more…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. What do you get someone who loves fishing, but has a ton of gear and is very particular about their rods, reels, and lures? What’s the right gift for someone who wants to start fishing? I’m a lifelong angler and a gear reviewer so I can help you with both of those scenarios. I put together a list of seven gifts and…

United States ruler Donald Trump, who was heavily involved in brokering the ceasefire deal recently broken by Israel and Hamas, has approved of Jerusalem’s renewed strikes on Gaza. It’s just three weeks into the ceasefire agreement, and it’s already over. “As I understand it, they took out an Israeli soldier,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Wednesday en route from Japan to South Korea. “They killed an Israeli soldier. So the Israelis hit back – and they should hit back. When that happens, they should hit back,” he added of Israel’s decision to end the ceasefire. Ceasefire Collapses: Israel Orders Strikes On Gaza…

A U.S. Navy memo released this month outlines guidelines for sailors’ mandatory use of government travel charge cards.The instruction was announced through a NAVADMIN message directed toward service members traveling for a permanent change-of-station. They are required to use the card for travel expenses such as lodging, meals, and transportation, according to the memo.Pentagon policy stipulates that the card is to be used by eligible Defense Department travelers for “costs related to official government travel,” the memo said, meaning “travel under official orders while performing duties pertaining to official government assignments,” such as temporary duty or permanent change of station.Travel…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Calm days can be brutal for duck hunting. Without wind, ducks can approach the “X” from any angle they like. Plus your spread will appear still and lifeless — unless you’re rigged up with the following three motion decoys. Over several seasons of experimenting with my decoy spread, I’ve become a believer in adding motion, especially on calm sunny days. In fact,…

The Trump administration recently ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group to deploy to Venezuela. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell claimed that this was done to “bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States.” However, U.S. Senator Mike Rounds, a republican from South Dakota, said Tuesday he thinks President Trump’s administration’s decision to send a carrier strike group to Venezuela is for “shock and awe” purposes only.  “I think maybe the president is sending a message that, look, we’re serious about it,” Rounds told “On Balance.” On Tuesday,…

As the population of U.S. veterans becomes more diverse and vets’ needs, from employment to medical treatment, continue to evolve, the demographic remains among the most difficult to survey. A subset of the general population, veterans are most easily reached en masse through Department of Veterans Affairs rolls. But that leaves approximately half of all veterans out, according to the Pentagon-linked Rand Corporation think tank. Alongside research organization NORC at the University of Chicago, Rand on Tuesday rolled out the Veterans Insight Panel, a survey cohort intended to allow for high-fidelity and rapid survey research on a veteran population representative…

The ceasefire should be considered officially over, as Israel has ordered more strikes on Gaza, after both sides accused each other of violating the deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday evening that he had ordered “forceful strikes” against Hamas. Netanyahu claims that the terror organization had been firing on Israeli troops and failing to return the bodies of deceased hostages. This decision to carry out renewed strikes was announced by the prime minister’s office directly. It said it means “to immediately carry out forceful strikes in the Gaza Strip,” according to a report by The New York Times. …

BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States has informed its NATO allies that it will scale back its troop presence along Europe’s eastern border with Ukraine as it focuses on security priorities elsewhere in the world, Romania’s defense ministry said on Wednesday.The U.S. Army later confirmed the move, but denied it was a sign of lessened commitment to NATO.Depending on operations and exercises, around 80,000-100,000 U.S. troops are usually present on European soil. NATO allies have expressed concern that the Trump administration might drastically cut their numbers and leave a security vacuum as European countries confront an increasingly aggressive Russia.The administration…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “The Invincible Grouse Hunter,” appeared in the Nov. 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. OL occasionally published fictional hunting stories over the years. We are pretty sure — but not positive — this is one of them. I don’t know where I made the wrong turn. It was a dark day-scudding clouds, flat-lit, chilly, damp-and there are few landmarks in the North Country to help orient someone tramping through the woods. The spruces hud­dled defensively, as if expecting hard times,…

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President Donald Trump’s decision to shift the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier to South America in his campaign against drug cartels is pulling the ship out of the Mediterranean Sea at a time when a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been threatened by new strikes in Gaza.The U.S. is set to be in the fairly unusual position of having only a single aircraft carrier deployed and none in the waters off both Europe and the Middle East. The change is especially stark after the U.S. joined Israeli strikes on Iran in June and has engaged in some of…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  It is already happening.  There has been a lot of talk that there will be a surge in demand at America’s overwhelmed food banks once funding for the food stamp program ends in early November, but the truth is that we are already witnessing a surge in demand.  So what is going to happen if the current government shutdown persists for an extended period of time?  On one recent evening, the line at a food bank in downtown Kansas City “snaked through the parking lot, down a…

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You can get anything by subscription these days: food, hygiene products, and you guessed it- survival gear. ‘Survival gear’ is a broad term that encompasses tactical, outdoors, knives, firearms- many types of gear can be focused on. And it turns out that there are good subscription boxes for all of them. Here are the 10 best survival subscription boxes that are worth checking out (plus some honorable mentions and a few editor’s picks).Subscription boxes continue to grow every year. A report from imarc shows the subscription box market growing 14% each year until 2032, so it’s safe to say this…

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