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LYMAN, DONETSK REGION- “I don’t need your f***ing American shells,” Vadim Adamov muttered as he packed the Pringles can full of sulphate and plastic explosive. It was early 2024, and he had been fighting outside Avdiivka, a small town near the occupied city of Donetsk that had been a major Russian target since the start of the war. The town had been a nearly impenetrable fortress, and the Russians expended an extraordinary collection of men and armor trying to capture it. Adamov usually packed explosives into ready-made metal containers, but the unit had run out. So, after finishing snacking on…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. As Backcountry Hunters & Anglers mobilizes a nationwide “Flood the Lines” day on Wednesday, June 25, and as Western congressmen and women come home to cranky neighbors, the movement to kill the provision to sell public lands has hit high gear. Political insiders now say there’s a real chance the intense opposition to the bill that requires the sale of 3 million acres of federal land in the West could result in it being pulled. Or, it could threaten to tank President Trump’s entire…

This article was originally published by Michael S. Milano at The Mises Institute. In the serenity that privacy affords, we choose the facets of our lives that we wish to leave untouched by the world. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, in his Olmstead v. United States dissenting opinion, famously described privacy as “the right to be let alone.” But at a deeper level, privacy is a safeguard for liberty. It’s a pillar of decentralized institutions and a foundation of free societies. For anyone who harbors ideologies that deviate from those deemed “acceptable,” privacy is not merely a luxury but a necessity. For everyone…

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s challenge of the Trump administration’s military deployment in Los Angeles returned to a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Friday for a brief hearing after an appeals court handed President Donald Trump a key procedural win.U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer put off issuing any additional rulings and instead asked for briefings from both sides by noon Monday on whether the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits troops from conducting civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil, is being violated in Los Angeles.Newsom said in his complaint that “violation of the Posse Comitatus Act is imminent, if not already…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. The Ruger Super Redhawk in .22 Hornet is my favorite type of gun. It isn’t one I need, but it sure as hell is one I want. This 8-shot, double-action revolver exists to provide pleasure, nothing more. Any practical task you devise for it can be better accomplished by some other firearm. But this wheelgun doesn’t play by the rules of cold logic. It is…

The U.S. Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier will deploy next week to Europe, as a growing conflict between Iran and Israel wages on.The carrier Gerald Ford is expected to depart Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, next week and travel to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations — a component of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa that encompasses the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding areas — according to a defense official.The carrier is embarking as part of a regularly scheduled deployment, and the move is not in response to rising tensions in the Middle East, according to the official.RELATEDThe Ford will…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. A revolution is well underway, but it doesn’t have anything to do with immigration, tariffs, or AI. Instead, it’s a quantum leap in the thermal imagery technology, deployed in that backwater of hunting that takes place at night.  As companies both miniaturize the size and increase the capabilities of their thermal sensors, image-correcting software, and high-resolution displays, the amount of digital technology packed into a…

The Defense Department terminated the contract with HomeSafe Alliance, the company hired to manage military moves, citing its inability to perform the work, officials announced Wednesday.HomeSafe had been awarded the Global Household Goods Contract, worth potentially up to $17.9 billion over nine years, to implement a new process for moving service members’ and their families household goods.The contract was terminated due to HomeSafe’s “demonstrated inability to fulfill their obligations and deliver high quality moves to service members,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in an announcement Wednesday.Although HomeSafe will be ceasing operations, company officials said they will complete all moves currently…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. A video showing a bald eagle and a red fox tussling over a striped bass carcass is making the rounds on social media after a Maryland man recorded the skirmish in his backyard and posted the footage on Instagram.  Casey Holland, a mortgage loan officer from Earlville, Maryland, woke up to a wild show on the morning of June 7. Just behind his kids’ swing set, a red fox and a bald eagle were squaring off for dibs on a pile of fish that…

The Naval Sea Systems Command engineering directorate has streamlined a manufacturing process to allow for the 3-D printing of parts for Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Recent NAVSEA guidance allows waterfront engineers to use additive manufacturing, better known as 3-D printing, to produce vessel parts and components classified as low-risk — meaning parts that are not vital to the safety and function of the ship. The parts were manufactured for the guided missile destroyer Arleigh Burke — the lead ship of its class — by the Spain-based Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) Detachment Rota in collaboration with Spanish allies. “We have…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics The Jacksonville-based boat Nikki Bella was trolling for marlin late in the day on May 29 far offshore Venice, Louisiana. They were entered in the Cajun Canyons Billfish Classic, when a large blue marlin took a live 5-pound blackfin tuna they were using for bait. “The fish was huge, and I fought it for over two hours,” angler and boat owner Mark Padgett tells Outdoor Life. “We got it in about 11 p.m. Then we packed it in ice, roped its mouth shut, and stowed it…

United States President Donald Trump has secretly approved plans for Washington to conduct a direct attack on Iran. The ruler has yet to give the order to proceed, but Tehran has already warned that any military intervention by Washington will be met with “irreparable damage” to the U.S. Trump told the press on Wednesday that he has “ideas on what to do,” but has not made “the final decision.” Earlier this week, the president said that U.S. jets have unchallenged supremacy in Iranian airspace, according to a report by RT. He also claimed that killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would…

The Navy is continuing to show signs of improving integration of autonomous warfighting capabilities as this year’s Baltic Operations exercise draws to a close. The exercise, which ran in the Baltic Sea region from June 5-20, featured about 9,000 personnel, over 40 vessels and 25 aircraft, and was aimed at preparing for an array of cutting-edge maritime fighting scenarios. Included in the BALTOPS exercise alongside anti-submarine warfare and countermine operations were missions featuring unmanned surface vessels and underwater vehicles. At the center of those modernization capabilities has been U.S. 6th Fleet’s Commander, Task Force 66, which during the exercise deployed…

Following a decade-long recovery and identification mission led by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency — and more than 80 years since he was killed in the hellish Guadalcanal campaign — U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Charmning Rowe returned home this month.“Today we close the chapter on a story that began in 1942 and bring home a hero,” said Sgt. Matthew Wedding, the Marine charged with escorting Rowe’s remains. “This mission embodies our commitment to never forget and to fulfill our promise to bring every Marine home.”A native of Orlovista, Florida, Rowe enlisted in the Marine Corps on Jan. 20, 1942, just…

A company working with the Marine Corps recently completed its first autonomous test flight of a helicopter as part of a Marine logistics program.Near Earth Autonomy completed the test flight using a Leonardo AW139 helicopter under the Marine Corps Aerial Logistics Connector program, according to Defence Blog.The May flight was the first time the company used its onboard autonomy stack to control the flight, company officials told Defence Blog.“This flight showcases Near Earth Autonomy’s leadership in developing trusted autonomy for real-world operations,” said Dr. Sanjiv Singh, CEO of Near Earth Autonomy. “By directly controlling the AW139’s flight modes with our…

Sign up for The Gear Shakedown Hands-on gear tests for hardcore adventurers. “Oh, I have some thoughts about rooftop tents,” my neighbor Kris told me, when I mentioned I was testing the iKamper Skycamp DLX Mini. He didn’t elaborate, but his tone had said enough: Rooftop tents are some bourgeois thing, not the kind of gear real people use. This mirrored my own thinking. I could guess at the appeal if you are actually overlanding, but they always look like overkill at campgrounds and dispersed sites. Since I prefer to head into the backcountry on foot, I didn’t see the…

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In 1917, an Army review board rescinded the Medal of Honor that had been awarded to Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, an Army surgeon and former prisoner of war, more than half a century earlier. Walker refused to send the medal back, wearing it proudly for the remaining two years of her life. So her family has a sense of how she’d respond to President Donald Trump’s June 10 announcement that nine Army bases renamed in 2023 — including one honoring her — would revert to their original names, initially given to commemorate Confederate Civil War generals. Of the nine bases…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, “Living End for Bluegills,” appeared in the July 1965 issue of Outdoor Life. WE KNEW THAT in the lake there were bluegills the size of pie plates. They had spawned six weeks ago, and at that time we had quickly put limits on our stringers when we fished for them in the reedy shallows. But now, in late July, it was hot in northern Michigan, and we knew the fish had scattered over the lake bottom and were deep and in groups. But where?…

Soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division recently tested a new machine gun optic for the Mk 19 40mm grenade launcher.The new XM152 Mounted Machine Gun Optic, tested in early June, enhances engagement capabilities in two ways, the Army said. First it offers a wide field-of-view holographic reticle for rapid, close-range target acquisition, and second, adds a three-times magnifier to extend the effective range and improve accuracy, according to an Army release.The 10th Mountain soldiers received instruction from the Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, or TACOM, before testing it on the range.Spc. Ryan Loggins, an ammunition control specialist with 10th Mountain…

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