Retired Navy Capt. William Toti, career submariner and former advisor to Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, is filling in as the Navy’s No. 2 civilian. As of May 1, Toti is performing the duties of the under secretary of the Navy after Hung Cao took on the role of acting secretary following John Phelan’s ousting in late April.“He has my full trust and authority to drive change, increase efficiency, and accelerate decisions—so we can deliver warfighting capability, support our sailors and Marines forward, and defend our nation every day,” Cao said in a statement posted Friday across several social media…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Caleb Wilson is a big fan of the often-overlooked burbot, and he says the best time to fish for them is at night. So, on March 19, he and his father Sean went out on the Kootenai River around sunset. They launched in Sean’s 18-foot jet boat along with their fishing buddies, Casey and Cooper Schaff. “I think burbot are so underappreciated,” says Wilson, who works as a seasonal fisheries technician for the Idaho Fish and Game Department. “I love catching them, and the state of…

A rare virus called the hantavirus has killed three people traveling on a cruise ship. Six people have been infected so far, and one is still in the intensive care section of the hospital in South Africa, in critical condition. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that the cause of the deaths was a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard an Atlantic Ocean cruise ship. The WHO confirmed that it is responding to the public health incident aboard the MV Hondius after one case of hantavirus was confirmed and five others are suspected among passengers and crew. “Detailed investigations are…

For the second time since February, the ripple effects of the Iran war have spread to Laos, where fuel shortages have forced the cancellation or curtailment of searches by U.S recovery teams for the remains of troops missing-in-action from the so-called “secret war” in the Southeast Asia nation.In a release last week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said, “Due to significant impacts resulting from fuel shortages in Laos, DPAA was forced to cancel four recovery teams that were planned for April 27 through June 10.”The cancellation followed actions taken by DPAA earlier this year on operations in Laos, when “four…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. The best raingear makes you unafraid to leave the dock, pushes you to fish longer, and lets you forget that it rained at all once you get home. Unfortunately, that’s sometimes a combination that’s easier promised than achieved. ​Water has a way of seeping into any available opening. The wrong sleeve design or hood design can leave you drenched, even if you’re wearing an otherwise impermeable garment. And waterproofness alone is not the goal. You need to remain mobile, and the…

Editor’s note: This is a developing story.Two U.S.-flagged merchant ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said on Monday as Iranian media circulated claims that the country had struck an American warship. CENTCOM quickly denied reports, stating that no U.S. naval vessels had been struck. Tehran earlier said it had forced a U.S. warship to divert away from the strait, Reuters reported, adding that a senior Iranian official said that Iran had fired a warning shot and it was was not clear if that shot damaged the ship. President Trump on Sunday announced “Project Freedom,” a…

United States President Donald Trump claimed that neutral vessels that have been stranded since the beginning of the war with Iran will be guided through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said that the US will facilitate this process, called Project Freedom, and touts it as a humanitarian effort. Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security commission, has already dismissed this idea as one of Trump’s “delusional posts,” saying any intervention in the strait would constitute a violation of the ceasefire. Safe passage through the vital waterway has been limited since Iran closed the Strait soon after the…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Jesse Miller, 29, had to work the evening of April 1, but he snuck in some fishing before starting his shift as a delivery driver. Miller went to a spot on the bank of the Great Miami River near Middletown, Ohio. He put out a lightweight rod with a baited minnow under a float, and then he started casting with a rod rigged for smallmouth. “I’d made a few casts and happened to look over at my other rod and saw the float go under,” Miller…

This article was originally published by George Ford Smith at The Mises Institute. In 1901, on far-away Balangiga—a village in Eastern Samar of the Philippines—an American general gave an order that stripped away any notion of “civilizing” or “Christianizing” a foreign people: “Make it a howling wilderness.” General Jacob H. Smith’s command—accompanied by the instruction to “kill everyone over ten”—was not an aberration. It was consistent with a decision made only a few years earlier about America becoming one of the “great” nations. The government would abandon its anti-imperial tradition and join the ranks of empire. The events at Balangiga were recorded…

CLARK, Philippines — “In the big scheme of things, our highest duty is to deter,” Gen. Ronald Clark, commander of U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), says. “For those of us that have served in conflict and served in combat, that’s really what it’s about – deterring war. The best way to do that is to be ready.”This helps explain why Exercise Balikatan 2026, held in the Philippines from Apr. 20 to May 8, is the largest-ever drill in the series. It features troops from seven countries: the Philippines, United States, Australia, Canada, France, Japan and New Zealand. The latter four nations…

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President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. would start an effort on Monday morning to free ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz as a “humanitarian gesture” to aid neutral countries in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.Trump provided few details about the plan, which he said would aid ships and their crews that have been “locked up” in the strait and are running low on food and other supplies as Iran blocks access through the crucial waterway. “We have told these Countries that we will guide their Ships safely out of these restricted Waterways, so that they can freely…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Anyone who turns his nose up at catfishing should have been with me on a recent summer evening along a southern Ohio stream. Smallmouth fishing was slow, so I turned a few stones and collected half a dozen scrambling hellgrammites. I cast the first one into the riffle above a quiet pool. As it tumbled down through the swift waters I felt a jolting strike. The fish bent my fly rod as it raced from one side of the pool to the other. When it was…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.  For the first time on record, the top 15 military spenders allocated more than $2 trillion to defense in 2025. Total global defense spending also reached a record $2.6 trillion, signaling a major shift in geopolitical priorities. Using data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, this visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld, ranks the 15 countries driving this surge in military spending. While the U.S. still operates on an entirely different scale, the biggest shift is happening in Europe, where countries are no longer just maintaining military capacity but expanding it significantly. The…

Two U.S. service members participating in the African Lion joint military exercises were reported missing near the city of Tan Tan in southern Morocco, U.S. Africa Command and the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces said on Sunday.U.S., Moroccan and other partner forces have launched coordinated search-and-rescue operations — using ground, air and maritime assets — to find the service members who went missing near the training site of Cap Draa, the two militaries said in separate statements.The Moroccan army said the service members went missing near a cliff.The incident remains under investigation and the search is ongoing, they added.African Lion is…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, “Midnight Mules,” appeared in the August 1972 issue of Outdoor Life. The outboard motor stopped, and our boat glided silently to a halt in the velvet-black shadows. The glass-smooth lake smelled like most central-Florida lakes at night — pungent with the odors of fish and decaying vegetation. The air vibratedwith the bellowing and chirping of frogs. “Jack caught a twelve-pounder right there on his first cast one night last year,” my father said, indicating a slightly darker patch among the shadows. I knew that the darker…

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