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The U.S. Army identified Monday the four soldiers killed in a helicopter crash Sept. 17 near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.The soldiers are: Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew Cully, 35, from Sparta, Missouri; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew Kraus, 39, from Sanibel, Florida; Sgt. Donavon Scott, 25, from Tacoma, Washington; and Sgt. Jadalyn Good, 23, from Mount Vernon, Washington. They were assigned to the 4th Battalion of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the “Night Stalkers,” an elite team that conducts nighttime missions. Their MH-60 Black Hawk crashed about 9 p.m. on Sept. 17, igniting a small…

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The Taliban government on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan left the sprawling military facility in the Taliban’s hands.Trump on Saturday renewed his call to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram, even saying “we’re talking now to Afghanistan” about the matter. He did not offer further details about the purported conversations. Asked by a reporter if he’d consider deploying U.S. troops to take the base, Trump demurred.“We won’t talk about that,” Trump said. “We want it back, and we want it back right…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. EVERY DOG STORY ends the same way. (Spoiler alert: The dog doesn’t make it.) So why do we do it? Why do we intentionally introduce heartache into our life when we introduce a puppy into our home? The easy answer is that the rewards — in companionship and hunting success with a canine partner — far outweigh the regret. Besides, if you are a dog person, not having a dog in your life is unthinkable, even though you have a pretty…

It’s not surprising that the League of Women Voters (LWV) called for a ban on so-called “assault weapons” after a violent Wednesday in which a radical leftist shot and killed Charlie Kirk in Utah and a 16-year-old shot and wounded two of his fellow students in a Colorado high school. “This week, we saw two prominent examples, including a school shooting in Colorado that injured students, and the assassination of public figure Charlie Kirk at a university in Utah,” the organization said in a news release a few days later. At the top of the group’s list of demands, as…

Chinese and Russian submarines have conducted a joint patrol, in the latest step in a growing Sino-Russian partnership.While the exercise only involved two subs, the warning was clear: America should contemplate the prospect of confronting a China-Russia alliance.“I’d say this is simply an effort at deterrence,” Lyle Goldstein, director of the Asia Program at the Defense Priorities think tank in Washington, told Defense News. “While it is hard to conceive of a scenario where they would embark on a war with the West simultaneously, they may benefit from some impression that could be the case.”RELATEDBeijing and Moscow are portraying this…

The Department of the Air Force has launched a new initiative, dubbed the “Culture of Fitness,” which it hopes will motivate airmen and guardians to maintain high standards of physical fitness. “Having a Culture of Fitness for the Department of the Air Force is more than just physical training. It is about making sure we enable Airmen and Guardians to be wholly resilient, healthy and ready to defend our nation,” Air Force SecretaryTroy Meink said in a service release. Matthew Lohmeier, undersecretary of the Air Force, has been tasked with leading the initiative for both the Air Force and the…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. The two missing elk hunters, whose bodies were found Thursday after a six-day search in southern Colorado, died from a lighting strike, according to an update from the fiancé of one of the hunters. Although an official statement on the cause of death has yet to be released by Conejos County, the Denver Post reports that county coroner Richard Martin confirmed lightning killed Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko, both 25. “It is OFFICIAL that a lightning strike to the ground took…

Suppressors have become increasingly popular among shooters for their noise reduction capabilities and improved shooting experience. However, one question that frequently arises among new suppressor owners is whether they need a cover to manage heat buildup and mirage effects. The answer depends on your shooting style, frequency, and specific requirements. Understanding Heat Buildup in Suppressors When you fire a rifle with a suppressor attached, the device captures and redirects hot gases that would normally exit the muzzle directly. This process generates significant heat within the suppressor’s chambers. The metal construction of most suppressors conducts this heat to the exterior surfaces,…

“We’re not gonna not have a chief,” Meink said during a roundtable with reporters after being asked about the potential vacancy of the service’s top two uniformed positions.Allvin surprised many in August when he announced he would retire in November, about halfway through his four-year term as the service’s 23rd chief of staff. Allvin said he would remain chief of staff until his successor is nominated and confirmed.Meink declined to comment about the likelihood of a chief of staff nomination coming soon, saying the process has to work its way through the administration. But he reiterated that he and Allvin…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. A hunting knife needs to efficiently process an animal in the field and do that job for many years. That sounds simple enough, and there are hundreds of knives that can do that. But you want the best tool for the job, a precision cutting instrument with the right blend of slicing cutting geometry, a controllable size, and ergonomic grip. To help you find a hunting knife with those talents, I put 15 fixed blades and five replaceable knives in a…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Air Force’s first F-47 fighter is now being built by Boeing, and the advanced jet is expected to have its initial flight in 2028, Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said Monday.“It’s the platform that, along with the rest of the [accompanying family of] systems, is going to ensure [air] dominance into the future,” Allvin said. “In the few short months since we made the [F-47] announcement, they are already beginning to manufacture the first article. We’re ready to go fast. We have to go fast.”The F-47, previously known as Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD),…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. The public has spoken and the consensus is overwhelmingly clear. More than 99 percent of Americans are opposed to the Trump Administration’s plan to ditch the Roadless Rule, which protects some of our most cherished hunting and fishing spots on U.S. National Forest land. That’s according to a comment analysis performed by the Center for Western Priorities, a nonpartisan conservation and advocacy organization based in Denver. “Effectively, it’s unanimous,” CWP Deputy Director Aaron Weiss tells Outdoor Life. To ascertain this number,…

Over 400,000 turkeys have been killed in South Dakota, and the culling was blamed on bird flu. South Dakota State Veterinarian Beth Thompson said blue-winged teal, a species of duck, has been identified as carriers of this season’s virus HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza). Detections this early in the fall season are troubling, according to Thompson. The peak avian influenza seasons typically happen later during the fall and spring migration of wild birds, which can carry the virus without becoming sick. Kennedy Wants To Stop Culling Birds For Natural Immunity The bird flu depopulation process is federally mandated and involves…

The first hearing of the Minnesota special legislative session called by Democrat Gov. Tim Walz in an attempt to ban millions of privately owned firearms and force several other infringements upon state gun owners revealed some of the measures that will likely be considered. According to a report at grandforksherald.com, the September 15 meeting included not only lawmakers, but also parents of children that were hurt in the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church, where a trans man fired into the windows of the church during the school’s first Mass of the year. At the top of the wish list, of…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Air Force must focus its limited maintenance resources on aircraft that are capable of surviving in a contested environment, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday.In a keynote address at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air Space Cyber conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Meink highlighted the service’s lackluster aircraft readiness as one of its major challenges.“We have some of the best aircraft,” Meink said, citing the F-22 and F-35 fighters and the B-2 bomber as examples.The scope of the readiness challenge “surprised me a bit,” Meink said.“I knew there was a readiness challenge,”…

NEW YORK — The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is banning opinions by professors in the classroom and some books and courses in a crackdown that violates the First Amendment, a law professor at the military school said in a lawsuit Monday seeking class action status.Tim Bakken filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court and named the school and its leaders as defendants. He said he wants to protect free speech and the right to academic freedom at an institution where he has flourished despite his public criticisms of the academy and the U.S. military.Bakken also noted in the…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “The Game Warden’s Deer,” originally ran in the April 1944 issue of Outdoor Life. WE HAD FOUR DAYS TO HUNT. Just four fleeting days. In jail, I suppose, they’d have seemed pretty long. But if you’re a deer hunter, you know how short they were.  Every trick we knew failed. Hunting conditions were terrible. It was so dry that Idaho dust squirted up with every step and you could hear a grasshopper gnawing on a leaf half a mile…

The psychological operation continues as Christian nationalism is on the rise, threatening the rights and liberty of everyone. Charlie Kirk’s pastor, Rob McCoy, doesn’t make any attempt to hide what the right is now attempting to force on everyone through this psyop. McCoy, who is a prominent Christian nationalist, opened up Charlie Kirk’s memorial service on Sunday, September 21st, in Glendale, Arizona, following performances by Christian artists. McCoy said, “Charlie looked at politics as an on-ramp to Jesus. He knew if he could get all of you rowing in the streams of liberty, you’d come to its source. And that’s…

Some U.S. Navy families are experiencing delays of up to 45 days in processing their claims for child care fee assistance — aid that offsets the cost of child care in civilian communities when care isn’t available on military installations. Temporary staffing shortages in the service are causing the delays, said Destiny Sibert, a spokesperson for Navy Installations Command. Navy officials are working to reduce the backlogs that are causing the issues, she said. The delays are not 45 days in all cases, Sibert added.“To mitigate the impact, Navy is bringing in temporary personnel to help sustain operations and reduce…

The Chief of Naval Operations released a Sept. 15 memo that provides guidance on how to report unprofessional social media use.The memo, which began circulating online and was confirmed as real by a spokesperson for the CNO, details a multi-step process for identifying and tracking reports of inappropriate online behavior.Navy Adm. Daryl Caudle, who was confirmed as the new CNO on Aug. 1, signed the document, which was addressed to Chief of Navy Personnel Vice Adm. Jeffrey Czerewko.“When reports of Service members’ unprofessional personal social media use are received at the Echelon 1 level, those reports will be forwarded to…