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The U.S. Army awarded a $464.8 million production contract to AeroVironment, Inc., this week for the Enduring-High Energy Laser program (E-HEL), marking the first production contract for a directed energy system in the U.S. military’s history, the company stated in a release Wednesday.Rather than deploying missiles to shoot down unmanned…

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing the Army to explain why it is shuttering a specialized drone battalion less than a year after establishing it, a move that comes as conflicts across the world have become increasingly defined by unmanned aerial systems and electronic warfare.The 600-member “Unmanned Assault Battalion,”…

U.S. Army officials identified the soldier who died this week from injuries sustained during an accident at an on-post motor pool at Fort Knox, Kentucky.Staff Sgt. Deonte Lamar Davis, assigned to the 19th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, XVII Airborne Corps, died on Tuesday at Fort Knox, Kentucky, according to…

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The Pentagon is temporarily rescinding recently published clinical guidance for a new, mandatory testosterone-deficiency screening policy for service members aged 30 and older, a U.S. official told Reuters on Thursday. On Wednesday, the Pentagon posted the “Clinical Guidance for Health and Human Performance Optimization” on its website. By Thursday, the memo and an accompanying statement from spokesperson Sean Parnell had been removed. “The draft (document) published on September 2, 2026, has been temporarily rescinded to allow for updates,” the official said, adding that interim guidance remains in effect. The detailed clinical guidelines had laid out separate testosterone deficiency screening paths…

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Sign up for the Deer Camp Newsletter Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. Everything was perfect, until it wasn’t. The family farm hadn’t been pressured much this year, which boded well for the second weekend of rifle season. The lukewarm temps had fallen 20 degrees. The rain I’d sat in for 12 hours straight the previous day, from dark to dark, had finally stopped. So when I climbed into the double stand Sunday afternoon, warm and dry and with space to stretch out, I slipped almost instantly into a daydream.…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics THE RIVER had us trapped in a rocky eye where it lunged and growled around the stern of our boat. I stood up on a slippery rock, breathing as if I’d just run a record marathon, and looked at the Old Guide. He sat on another rock, his shoulders bowed, as exhausted as I was. The first two days had been rough enough, but today we’d taken our worst beating. “You can’t convince me,” I said, “that you or anyone else ever floated through this canyon.”…

Sign up for the Deer Camp Newsletter Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. Many hunters spend a lot of time obsessing about camo patterns without truly understanding how deer see. If you want to beat a buck’s vision, you first need some basic knowledge about how deer perceive the world around them. What colors can deer see best? Can deer see color at all?  Hunters and scientists still have some things to learn about deer vision, but thanks to a pile of ongoing research, we do know some things for…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics It was late May on southern Minnesota’s 1,360-acre Lura Lake, and Andy Kilen was enjoying a spring morning of fishing with his two grandsons Gabriel and Elijah Schouten. They’d launched Andy’s 16-foot Ranger boat into the lake that morning and had caught a few fish. Soon they would make Minnesota bass fishing history.  “The lake is really weedy and has a nice population of northern pike and largemouth bass,” Kilen tells Outdoor Life. “We used 3/8-ounce spinnerbaits because it’s so weedy, and we caught a few…

Master the Art of
Preparedness and Survival

Master the Art of Preparedness and Survival

Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews,
and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews, and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.