Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Ranger mindset is simple: don’t quit, even when quitting feels like the only option. That same mindset isn’t just for elite soldiers—it’s a tool anyone can use to push through life’s toughest moments, from disasters to daily struggles. It’s about staying in the fight—mentally—even when your body, your circumstances, or the world is screaming at you to quit. It’s not locked away behind military service or extreme toughness—it’s available to everyone. You just have to be willing to buckle down and use it when the time comes. There was a lot that went…

For over 30 years, Homer J. Simpson has been America’s most visible — and unbothered — federal employee. He’s been responsible for near meltdowns, mishandled hazardous materials, slept through security drills and once caused a total plant evacuation because he was trying to eat a sandwich stuck in the control console. And yet, he’s still employed. While fans of The Simpsons have long treated Homer as a symbol of blue-collar chaos, what often gets overlooked is that Springfield’s nuclear power plant is a federally regulated facility. And that means Homer isn’t just a bumbling dad — he’s a career federal…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. A former director of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has been indicted by a federal grand jury for his alleged role in a corrupt kickback scheme that involved a former wildlife commissioner and a contractor who ran the agency’s online hunter ed courses. Jack Montoucet, who served as Secretary of the LDWF from 2017 to 2023, was indicted May 21 on one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to…

Four Silicon Valley technology executives from major companies are joining the U.S Army Reserve as officers to inject the speed and expertise of commercial technology development into military innovation through the newly established Detachment 201, an Executive Innovation Corps, the service announced Friday.The Pentagon has long turned to civilian experts for technological insight, from World War II-era scientists to modern advisory boards like the Defense Innovation Board. Detachment 201 takes the desire to collaborate with the high-technology industry to a new level: embedding senior tech execs directly into the Army Reserve as uniformed officers.Those first Army Reserve lieutenant colonels, who…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. A group of tourists in Yellowstone National Park witnessed some canine-induced chaos Friday when a German shepherd jumped out of a moving car to chase down a gray wolf. The incident concluded as quickly as it began, with neither animal injured, according to local tour guide MacNeil Lyons, who captured the commotion in a brilliant series of photographs he shared to Facebook. In one photo, a different tour guide is seen chasing after the German shepherd, which is already running full-speed down the paved…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  Are other nations going to get involved in the war between Iran and Israel? Will we soon see the U.S. military get directly involved in attacking Iran? Those are very important questions that all of us should be considering right now. As I discussed on Friday, we really have reached one of the most critical points in our period of human history. If additional countries are drawn into the conflict, we really could be facing a World War III scenario. And if someone actually decides to…

The U.S. Navy is moving the aircraft carrier Nimitz from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East as regional tensions continue to boil between Israel and Iran, a defense official confirmed to Navy Times.The carrier, previously conducting routine operations in the South China Sea, made its way through the Strait of Malacca to begin its deployment in the Middle East over the weekend.The official said the move is not in direct response to escalating tensions in the area — with Israel and Iran exchanging missile fire since an Israeli strike on June 13 — and comes amid a scheduled deployment to…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. This story, “Blood Toll to Brown Bears,” appeared in the March 1949 issue of Outdoor Life. Every year Alaska brown bears kill or maim at least one man. It seems these huge beasts — the larg­est meat eaters in the world — take a toll in blood as a tax mankind must pay for invading their domain. For the human animal is the only one since the mam­moth and the mastodon that could men­ ace the brownies that live on the mainland and on…

The Army has identified the soldier who died in an AH-64 Apache helicopter training accident at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on June 11 as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright.Wright was declared dead on the scene the night of the accident, according to a 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) release. The 40-year-old AH-64 Apache helicopter pilot was assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).Another pilot involved in the accident sustained minor injuries. He was evacuated to Blanchfield Army Community Hospital and released the night of the incident, according to the release, which did not identify…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for The Gear Shakedown Hands-on gear tests for hardcore adventurers. My family of three experienced bike commuters assembled and tested some of the best folding electric bikes currently available in our small, very hilly town in the Pacific Northwest. If you’re looking for a functional electric bike that can handle multiple kinds of terrain, and yet fold down to fit inside the back of an SUV or store away in a small garage, these bikes might be what you’re…

The future looks murky for Navy shipbuilding due to budgetary uncertainty amid lagging ship production, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said at a June 10 hearing.While the Navy is prioritizing the revitalization of the U.S. shipbuilding industry, its proposed budget for fiscal 2026 would trim shipbuilding costs in the apparent expectation of additional funding from congressional reconciliation funds.“I must say I am deeply disappointed with the administration’s fiscal year 2026 budget request for the Navy. In particular, I am disturbed about the shipbuilding account, which plummeted to $20.8 billion from last year’s $37 billion,”…

The Iranian ruling class has been preparing for a long war against Israel. According to an official in Tehran, it has plans to “shut down Israel’s war machine,” in the process. The official outlined Iran’s extensive list of potential targets within “occupied territories,” which include covert residences of Israeli government leaders, energy facilities, factories supplying military aircraft, and critical command-and-control infrastructure. The United States has already vowed to take Israel’s side. Israel Attacks Iran: Trump Vows To Defend Israel Israel and Iran have been engaged in a fierce exchange of fire for three consecutive days. While, for all intents and purposes, this…

PARIS — A top Boeing executive said the company is proceeding with work on a contract to build two new Air Force One jets amid a pending deal by President Donald Trump to accept a donated jet for the mission from Qatar.Stephen Parker, Boeing’s interim president and chief executive officer, told reporters at the Paris Air Show there had been “no impact at all” on the firm’s assignment of transforming a pair of 747-8 aircraft into VC-25B Air Force One planes.At a press conference, Parker largely managed to sidestep the hot potato that is the controversial Qatari gift to Trump,…

A U.S. Navy destroyer handed off 245 kilograms of illegal goods recovered by the Royal Canadian Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard on June 11, according to a Navy release.The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Cole retrieved the illicit materials — approximately 539 pounds — from the Royal Canadian Navy’s Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel William Hall on June 9 in the Caribbean Sea.“The Reliance-class U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Vigorous (WMEC 627) accepted the contraband from the Cole’s embarked USCG Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET),” the release said.The U.S. Coast Guard’s LEDET program, established in 1982, operates under U.S. Northern Command,…

Donald Trump has ordered that the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carry out the largest mass deportation in history. He posted his idea on his Truth Social platform. In a post on Sunday evening, Trump instructed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to “achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.” “In order to achieve this, we must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside,” he added, according to a…

Officials from the National Veterans Legal Services Program, which helped bring the legal suit, said more than 9,000 individuals nationwide could benefit from the ruling. In a statement, Executive Director Paul Wright said the move means that those veterans “will finally receive the full amount of the compensation they earned through their service and sacrifice.”The case — Soto v. United States — has been winding through the federal courts since 2017 and has been pending before the Supreme Court since last fall. Arguments on the issue took place in April. The plaintiff, Marine Corps veteran Simon Soto, served for six…

While Silicon Valley executives like those from Palantir, Meta and OpenAI are grabbing headlines for trading their Brunello Cucinelli vests for Army Reserve uniforms, a quieter transformation has been underway in the U.S. Navy.How so? Well, the Navy’s chief technology officer, Justin Fanelli, says he has spent the last two and a half years cutting through the red tape and shrinking the protracted procurement cycles that once made working with the military a nightmare for startups. The efforts represent a less visible but potentially more meaningful remaking that aims to see the government move faster and be smarter about where…

The U.S. government is investigating claims by a former senior Syrian official that Marine veteran and freelance journalist Austin Tice was killed in Syria in 2013 at the order of then-President Bashar al-Assad.The claim by Bassam al-Hassan, a strategic advisor and member of Assad’s inner circle, has not been corroborated, sources told The Washington Post.FBI and CIA agents interviewed Hassan in Beirut, Lebanon, in April, marking the first time one of Assad’s senior officials has talked with U.S. officials about Tice, the Post reported.Hassan told the FBI he tried to dissuade Assad from having Tice killed but that the American…

Iran will limit its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over what it has called the organization’s “silence” regarding Israeli strikes, according to Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi. “We have decided that, from now on, we will no longer announce the details of our nuclear activities to the Agency in advance. This is part of a review of the level of our cooperation, which will no longer be the same as before,” Gharibabadi told SNN, according to a report by RT on Saturday. “We have always maintained the most transparent peaceful nuclear program, but when the Agency and…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. This story, “Last of the Mountain Men,” originally ran in the May 1948 issue of Outdoor Life. Ben Lilly, a legendary hunter and houndsman of the American West, was born in Alabama in 1856 and died in New Mexico in 1936. MANY OF MY FRIENDS had told me not to see the old man at all. “He’s bushed and he’s and he’s dangerous,” they said. “He talks to imaginary dogs, and he sees people that aren’t there.” I went out to the ranch near Silver…

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This article was originally published by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead at The Rutherford Institute.  Reporter: “What’s the bar for sending in the Marines?” Trump: “The bar is what I think it is.“ In Trump’s America, the bar for martial law is no longer constitutional—it’s personal. Indeed, if ever we needed proof that Donald Trump was an operative for the Deep State, this is it. Despite what Trump would have us believe, the Deep State is not the vast number of federal employees who have been fired as part of his government purge. Rather, the Deep State refers to…

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