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Ten soldiers from the Vermont Army National Guard completed a grueling cross-country skiing challenge to earn the Norwegian Ski Badge, marking what the service said is the first time the event has been hosted by a unit outside of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The soldiers, assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), completed the event in late February at Ethan Allen Firing Range in Vermont, according to a release from the Vermont National Guard. The foreign military badge is awarded to troops who prove proficient at military skiing in frigid winter conditions. Soldiers are required to finish…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. BY THE TIME we started glassing for moose, I figured the worst of our troubles was over. I was with my buddy Cal Stefanko and his dad, Craig, and this was a bucket-list trip: my first fly-in Alaska moose hunt. It was a do-it-yourself hunt in September a few years ago, and the only help we had was from the air taxi that had dropped us and our gear at the lake we were camped by. I was lucky enough to…

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MILAN — Iran’s drone swarm tactics against Gulf states are prompting calls for cheaper regional defense layers that would avoid interceptor exhaustion, as experts warn of the possibility of a prolonged drone war across the Middle East.Figures published by Gulf defense ministries indicate that as of March 3, Iran has launched more than 540 missiles and carried out over 1,450 drone strikes against regional countries, with drones constituting roughly three-quarters of the attacks, Reuters reported.While the patterns seen since the start of the Iranian attack window resemble the saturation logic observed in Ukraine, where large waves of cheap one-way attack…

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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Choosing the right RV battery setup can make or break your time on the road. Whether you’re boondocking in the desert or topping off your devices at a full-hookup campground, your power source needs to be reliable, efficient, and suited to your style of travel. To find the best options, I researched dozens of batteries and portable power stations, connected with leading brands and experts, and brought a shortlist of finalists on a series of weekend field tests in Oregon. The…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  You can negotiate an end to a military conflict between two nations, but you can’t negotiate an end to global jihad. The radical Shiite Muslims who rule Iran are full of rage, and what they want more than anything else is revenge. In response to the death of Ayatollah Khamenei, 3 different grand ayatollahs in Iran have declared global jihad against the United States and Israel. As you will see below, their followers now have an obligation to conduct a holy war. So this is…

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Sign up for This Happened to Me News on backcountry adventure and wilderness survival. Folding saws have been around for quite a while, but they’ve recently become much more popular with all types of outdoorsmen. Hunters, bushcrafters, survivalists, campers, backpackers and gardeners are all carrying them now. This is because they are incredibly useful tools that can take on a wide variety of tasks without the bulk of a traditional saw, and without the common risks of an axe. Whether you’re brushing in a blind, breaking down big game, clearing a shooting lane, building a shelter, bucking firewood, clearing a…

President Donald Trump demoted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, naming Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to fill the post, which is responsible for overseeing the U.S. Coast Guard, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration and dozens of other federal agencies. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Mullin will take over the department on March 31, although he must go through the Senate confirmation process. Noem will become a special envoy for a new security initiative called the “Shield of the Americas,” which Trump said will be unveiled Saturday. Mullin is a former mixed martial arts…

The U.S. military’s increased use of missile interceptors during the war with Iran poses long-term strategic risks to integral defense capabilities if fighting spills into a long term conflict, experts caution.Military Times spoke with several national security specialists, defense analysts and foreign policy pundits who warned that the U.S. military’s finite interceptor stockpile could be strained and potentially exhausted if the ever-changing projected timeline of Operation Epic Fury depletes a resource that cannot be replenished at the scale and pace of war.“You can’t replace those kinds of missiles overnight,” said Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, a…

The Trump administration is following through with its threat to designate artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a supply chain risk in an unprecedented move that could force other government contractors to stop using the AI chatbot Claude.The Pentagon said in a statement Thursday that it has “officially informed Anthropic leadership the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately.”The decision appeared to shut down the opportunity for further negotiation with Anthropic, nearly a week after President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused the company of endangering national security.Trump and Hegseth announced a series of…