President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela.The president offered scant details on the operation.“When you leave the room, you’ll see that we just, over the last few minutes, literally, shot a boat — a drug-carrying boat,” Trump told reporters during an unrelated Oval Office event. He added there were “a lot of drugs” on the vessel.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X that the vessel was being operated by a “designated narco-terrorist organization.” The secretary described the operation as a lethal…

For decades, country music positioned itself as the unofficial soundtrack of the American military. From Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” to Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” at every base ceremony, the genre tied itself to patriotism and uniformed service. The connection was so strong that country stars frequently headlined USO tours or appeared at military appreciation nights. However, as time has gone on, the monopoly that country music once held over the troops has faded — and that may be one of the healthier cultural shifts the military has seen in recent years.Country music has…

Following a review last month, the U.S. Army has canceled its Command Assessment Program, formally established as a program of record in the last days of the Biden administration. Starting in 2019 as a pilot program for selecting battalion commanders, CAP was implemented throughout the Army during 2020 with the stated goal of reducing conscious and unconscious biases and using new methods, including psychology and peer assessments, to evaluate candidates for command roles.It replaced the Army’s longstanding Centralized Selection Board/List, or CSL, a promotion system based on a series of performance factors. The CAP program, by contrast, relied heavily on…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This year’s waterfowl population survey results will be disappointing to veteran duck hunters, but they shouldn’t be surprising. The total number of ducks dipped just below 34 million breeding ducks, according to the annual duck counts published Tuesday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This total estimate is essentially is unchanged from last year, which represented the first duck population increase since 2015. But due to persistent dry conditions in the Prairie Pothole region that led to poor reproduction rates…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog.  During the month of September and the early portion of October, we will witness a remarkable convergence of events. Of course, this convergence of events just happens to be occurring at a time when it feels like this period of history is building up to some sort of crescendo. 2025 has been a year of war; it has been “the year of the fire”; it has been “the year of the flood”; it has been a year when we have witnessed a highly unusual number of earthquakes,…

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier George Washington docked in Japan on Saturday after spending several months at sea as part of an Indo-Pacific patrol, a Navy spokesperson confirmed.The carrier departed from its homeport of Yokosuka Naval Base on June 10 for its first deployment after relocating to Japan in November following nearly 10 years away.The George Washington — which is the premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group — called Yokosuka its home from 2008 to 2015 before it embarked on an extended hiatus for its Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) maintenance period.During its recent patrol, the George…

President Donald Trump says he will deploy the National Guard to Chicago to help with crime in the city.“We’re going in. I didn’t say when. We’re going in,” Trump said at the White House on Tuesday.“Chicago is a hellhole right now, Baltimore is a hellhole right now,” he added.Chicago ranks 13th in total crime rates for American cities with populations of at least 250,000, with Memphis, Cleveland and St. Louis plagued with the highest total crime rates, according to FBI crime data. Even as Chicago’s crimes rates are down across the board this year, dozens of people were shot and…

Remington 7400 Buy Now I don’t know why I like or even love my Remington 7400. It’s a love/hate relationship, to be sure. It’s got enough drama to fill a telenovela slot. Sometimes we are hot, other times we are cold. It depends on the day, the ammo, and the task. The Remington 7400 is a gas-operated semi-automatic rifle designed for hunters. The semi-auto hunting rifle craze seemed to pick up in the late 1950s and early 1960s when we saw a slate of semi-auto hunting rifles. Remington had the original 740, Browning released the BAR, Winchester released the Model…

The U.S. Army is turning to commercial startups to fast-track autonomous ground vehicles into combat formations, awarding $15.5 million in new contracts to three companies to test self-driving systems on Infantry Squad Vehicles.Overland AI, Forterra and Scout AI will “rapidly integrate and deliver commercial autonomous mobility into Army formations,” an Army statement published last week states. The companies are required to build prototypes as part of the “Unmanned Systems (UxS) Autonomy” program and get them to soldiers for demonstration and evaluation in May 2026.“We are looking forward to seeing how our industry partner’s autonomy solutions perform on vehicles while performing…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. If last year manufacturers brought out a flush of LPVOs, or low-power variable optics, and the Covid years were defined by the rise of first-plane reticle precision scopes, this is the year of the hunting scope. We had 20 excellent submissions for this year’s do-everything rifle scope category, and while it’s decidedly a mixed bag, ranging from first-plane long-range hunting scopes to AR carbine scopes to heirloom-quality European optics, every one of these scopes will serve as a capable hunting optic.…

As the bird flu panic in the United States is continuing to cool off, the United Kingdom has confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) in southwestern England. The UK ruling confirmed the bird flu outbreak on Sunday at a poultry premise. Accoridng to a report by Reuters, a 3 km (about 2 miles) protection zone and 10 km surveillance zone have been declared around the premises near Exminster in Devon, the government said, adding that “all poultry on the premises will be humanely culled. Even though bird flu is not trending in the new cycle in…

FORT MONTGOMERY, N.Y. — An Army football player and his father pulled a man from a crashed car just before it burst into flames near the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, earning praise from the institution for “heroic” and “selfless” actions.Video of the daring rescue early Sunday showed sophomore safety Larry Pickett Jr. and his father, Larry Pickett Sr., grabbing the man out of the driver’s seat and carrying him away from the vehicle.At one point, a woman could be heard screaming: “Larry! Come on! Come on! Get him out!”The car, a white sedan, had smashed into a utility…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics When it comes to the world’s top billfish destinations, the Oregon Coast doesn’t even warrant a mention. Species like sailfish and marlin, associated with warmer waters and tropical locales, are so rarely caught in this part of the Pacific Ocean that the state doesn’t maintain any records or fisheries data for them. So, when a group of anglers fishing out of Garibaldi called in on their radio Saturday to let the other boats know they had a giant striped marlin on board, another captain called bullshit.…

Kimber 2K11 Buy Now Kimber Manufacturing has been in operation since 1979. Although originally known for its accurate, pricey .22 LR rifles, Kimber has evolved into a top-tier manufacturer of 1911 pistols. Gradually, the popular trend moved away from single-stack 1911s towards those pistols sporting double-stack magazines, especially in 9mm. Modern terminology has overtaken the 20th Century’s “1911” handle, where double-stack pistols are concerned. The new nickname for this style of pistol is, as we all know, “2011”. This denotes a move into a new century, with updated technology. Kimber went a step further and branded a line of their…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.The military will begin sending groups of 150 attorneys — both military and civilians — to the Justice Department “as soon as practicable” and the military services should have the first round of people identified by next week, according to the memo, dated Aug. 27.The effort comes as the Trump administration cracks down on immigration across the country, ramping up arrests and deportations. Immigration courts also already are dealing with…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “High in the Velvet,” appeared in the August 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. I SELDOM PLAN a hunt without knowing just what I’m letting myself in for. With this trip, though, I almost bit off more than I could comfortably masticate. I backed into the safari almost before I knew it had happened. Jack Crock­ford was the culprit. Jack is an old shooting partner of mine. Except for those too-few days a year when we are following the spoor…

The next phase of the war has been kicked off as Israel mobilized thousands to continue its takeover of Gaza. Many are questioning the extensive reservist mobilization and intensified airstrikes, saying this does not address the safety of hostages held by Hamas. While the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are gearing up for the next step in the seizure of Gaza City, they claim to be carefully taking into consideration the safety of hostages still in Hamas’ custody. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir emphasized the military’s proactive stance, stating, “The IDF operates offensively, with initiative and operational superiority across…

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The Coast Guard is getting its first MQ-9 drones to help counter human trafficking, assist with drug interdictions and improve search-and-rescue missions, an addition that current and former officials are heralding as a game-changer in the fight against smuggling.Known for their long flight times needed for extensive surveillance missions, the MQ-9 is among the most sought-after drones for combatant commanders across the globe.About $266 million of the nearly $25 billion that the Coast Guard received in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed into law in July will be used to procure the service’s own MQ-9 Alpha long-range unmanned aerial…

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President Donald Trump’s administration will announce on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado, according to two people familiar with the announcement.Trump is expected to speak Tuesday afternoon, and he will give the new location, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to confirm the plans ahead of the official announcement. A Pentagon website set up to livestream the remarks describes the event as a “U.S. Space Command HQ Announcement.”“The president will be making an exciting announcement related to the…

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President Donald Trump’s administration violated federal law in the use of National Guard troops during Southern California immigration enforcement operations and accompanying protests, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco did not require the remaining troops to be withdrawn, however. He set his order to go into effect on Friday.The order comes after California sued, saying the troops sent to Los Angeles over the summer were violating a law that prohibits military enforcement of domestic laws. Lawyers for Trump’s Republican administration have argued the Posse Comitatus Act doesn’t apply because the troops were protecting federal officers,…

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