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The process of purchasing a suppressor has traditionally been complex, time-consuming, and intimidating for many firearms enthusiasts. However, the introduction of Silencer Shop kiosks has revolutionized how Americans acquire these regulated items. These innovative stations have transformed what was once a bureaucratic nightmare into a streamlined, user-friendly experience that can…
An active-duty U.S. Navy sailor was convicted of espionage by a federal jury on Wednesday, according to a Department of Justice press release.Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Jinchao Wei, 25, who was stationed at Naval Base San Diego, sold Navy secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer for $12,000 over the course…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he plans to join National Guard troops and local police on patrols of Washington, D.C., on Thursday night, getting a first-hand look at the controversial deployment of military forces to the nation’s capital. During a radio appearance with host Todd Starnes, Trump said that…
Sea lions in California have been showing symptoms of a kidney disease called leptospirosis. According to marine experts, the disease should worry humans, as it can be passed to them or their mammalian pets. Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that causes kidney failure in marine mammals. The bacteria are affecting…
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A crash Wednesday on Capitol Hill between a military vehicle in a District of Columbia National Guard convoy and an SUV is under investigation.The driver of the SUV had to be freed from the vehicle by firefighters and was sent to a nearby hospital with a minor head laceration, according to the local fire department.A joint task force overseeing troops in the city “remains committed to the safety of our service members and the public,” D.C. National Guard spokesperson Capt. Tinashe Machona said.The armored vehicle involved in the collision was a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle, or MATV. The 14-ton…
In March 2025, the U.S. government conducted a wargame on how to defend military bases in the United States from drone attacks.Just three months later, what had seemed a theoretical possibility became frighteningly close to reality. In June 2025 came Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb. Ukrainian agents had spent months smuggling hundreds of drones deep inside Russia. In a coordinated strike, more than 100 small drones destroyed 20 to 40 Russian warplanes on five airbases scattered from Moscow to Siberia.The damage extended to more than Russian airpower or the Kremlin’s pride. The drone’s-eye videos of burning bombers sent a chilling signal to…
The Pentagon is seeking to reallocate $200 million in funding for barriers to seal off areas surrounding Arizona’s Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, long used as a narcotics trafficking corridor.The approval request to Congress specifies that four 30-feet-tall permanent border barriers with pedestrian gates will be built at $50 million each in areas around the bombing range currently operated by the Army, Navy, Air Force and Defense Department. The funds will also cover the improvement of road surfacing in the area. “The [defense secretary] determined that the construction … is necessary to obtain full operational control of the border…
Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. The smell of death gets your attention, especially when you’re walking through thick alders and brush in grizzly bear country. That piercing odor usually means one thing: a bear kill is nearby. Bear defense is a popular topic, and many hunters have imagined scenarios where they may have to fend off an aggressive bear with their handgun. Undoubtedly, clearing their meticulously-oiled leather holster in the nick of time to perfectly place a single cast .44 Magnum slug squarely on the bear’s…
President Donald Trump’s nominee for the next chief of naval operations faced no major opposition during his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee.Adm. Daryl Caudle, who currently leads U.S. Fleet Forces Command, delivered prepared remarks and answered lawmakers’ questions.In his opening statement, Caudle described the United States at an inflection point.“Our country and its citizens are in the midst of a crucial era, defined by global competition, technological saturation, and unpredictable threats that challenge our American dream,” Caudle told lawmakers.Trump nominated Caudle to serve as chief of naval operations last month. If confirmed, Caudle would replace Adm.…
Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Five Mississippi men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a long-running poaching and wildlife trafficking operation that targeted trophy-class whitetails in Southern Illinois. The case was filed in 2023 and has finally been resolved, according to a recent press release by the Department of Justice. Court documents obtained by OL show that between 2018 to 2022 the “poachers would use spotlights to scout white-tailed deer in Massac, Jefferson, Union, Pope and Clark counties in southern Illinois. Once…
Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. In theory, clip-on scopes should be the thermal that every hunter wants, needs, and easily deploys. These are accessories to traditional rifles and daylight scopes, and if they don’t exactly “clip on” to those scopes, they clamp, screw, swage, and otherwise connect well enough to render your dad’s deer rifle into a next-level night-hunting rig. In theory, they enable a hunter to have it all. With the clip-on detached, use your rifle as you ever have. But with the thermal in…
American military forces killed a senior Islamic State leader and his two adult sons during an operation in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday morning, U.S. Central Command officials said. The strike comes just a few weeks after White House officials ordered a drawdown of the U.S. military presence in Syria, which had featured roughly 2,000 troops spread across eight bases in the region. Several hundred have returned to the United States in recent weeks. Military officials said that Islamic State leader Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani and his ISIS-affiliated sons “posed a threat to U.S. and Coalition Forces, as well as the…
Former United States ruler, Bill Clinton’s handwritten note to Jeffrey Epstein praises the dead financier and pedophile’s “childlike curiosity.” Clinton wrote a personal note for convicted sex offender Epstein’s 2003 birthday album, in which he also wrote: “It’s reassuring, isn’t it, to have lasted as long.” The Wall Street Journal [behind a paywall] reported on Thursday that the 50th birthday album contained the message: “It’s reassuring isn’t it, to have lasted as long, across all the years of learning and knowing, adventures and [illegible word], and also to have your childlike curiosity, the drive to make a difference and the…
NOGALES, Ariz. — Inside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community.The man lowers himself toward U.S. soil between coils of concertina wire. Shouts ring out, an alert is sounded and a U.S. Border Patrol SUV races toward the wall — warning enough to send the man scrambling back over it, disappearing into Mexico.The sighting Tuesday was one of only two for the Army infantry unit patrolling this sector of the southern border, where an…
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BATON ROUGE, La. — A woman detained at a citizenship appointment in May will not be deported following a judge’s ruling this week barring her removal, but her Marine Corps veteran husband said she remains in custody at immigration detention center in Louisiana.For two months, Paola Clouatre, 25, has been held at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement complex in Monroe, waiting to learn whether she will be allowed to remain in the country. Once a week she is allowed to see her husband, who makes the eight-hour roundtrip trek from Baton Rouge so the mother can breastfeed their 4-month-old baby…
Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, “The Three Bears Strike Back,” appeared in the January 1962 issue of Outdoor Life. The Fourth of July, 1956, turned out to be a slack time at our dude ranch. We’re located on the North Fork of the Blackfoot above Ovando, just south of the Marshall Wilderness Area in western Montana, and we specialize in outfitting and guiding hunters and fishermen on pack trips back into the mountains. We had the usual bunch of guests at that time, but they wanted to take in…
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The Army is on the lookout for a replacement for its M240B machine gun, according to budget documents.The replacement program, dubbed the Future Medium Machine Gun, or FMMG, is aimed to replace the M240B — which has been in service since the late 70s — for dismounted troops.The service has budgeted $3.6 billion to replace the medium machine gun, which is chambered in 7.62 mm.“The FMMG is a belt-fed, crew-served, direct-fire weapon system that will enable the rifle platoon to organically suppress and destroy enemy personnel targets and maintain operational tempo,” the Army wrote in its budget documents. “The FMMG…
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This article was originally published by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead at the Rutherford Institute. “Now by coming in and being part of the cover-up, the Trump administration has become part of it. I mean, it’s just you cannot see it any other way.”—Alex Jones, InfoWars Once again, the American police state is choosing to protect predators, not victims. Jeffrey Epstein—the hedge fund billionaire/convicted serial pedophile and sex trafficker—may be dead, but the machinery that empowered and protected him is still very much alive. You see, the Epstein case was never just about Epstein—it was about the entire edifice of power…
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Master the Art of Preparedness and Survival
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