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Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, under the headline, “We Pined for the Comforts of Home. We Got Tube Socks and Old Candy for Christmas Instead.” Subscribe to their newsletter.It started as a rumor. But like war stories, rumors tend to grow with the telling, and as deployment dragged on, the number of packages we were expecting doubled and doubled again, eventually reaching delirious heights that surpassed all reason.A hundred care packages?Too high and too round a number, I thought. Clearly made up; a conversational…

The U.S. Navy launched a one-way attack drone this week from a littoral combat ship, marking the first time a suicide drone was deployed from a U.S. vessel at sea. A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System drone, known as a LUCAS drone, was launched from the flight deck of the USS Santa Barbara, an Independence-class littoral combat ship currently operating in the Arabian Gulf. The launch was carried out by Task Force 59 of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet, the maritime component of U.S. Central Command. The task force is the Navy’s first unit dedicated to autonomous operations.…

An executive order signed Thursday by President Donald Trump would reclassify marijuana as a controlled substance with potential medical use — a designation that will make it easier for the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct research on cannabis’s effectiveness for pain management, mental health conditions and other symptoms. However, reclassifying cannabis from a Schedule I drug on par with heroin and ecstasy to a Schedule III substance in the same category as ketamine, steroids and testosterone, will not change the VA’s policy that prohibits its doctors from prescribing medical cannabis. That would require a change in federal statute. Trump’s…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  It is hard to believe that 2025 is almost done. This year has flown by, and it has been absolutely packed with historic events. Unfortunately, I fully expect 2026 to be even more chaotic. We are facing all sorts of economic challenges, terror attacks are becoming more frequent, and nations all over the globe are preparing for war. Meanwhile, the ground underneath our feet continues to shake with alarming regularity. In fact, the state of California was just hit by a significant earthquake swarm for the fourth day in a row……

Top Air Force leaders announced this week that airmen will only be required to undergo a standards and readiness review once a year, backtracking on a move earlier this year to hold those reviews quarterly.Acting Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Scott Pleus said in a Wednesday memo, which was posted on the unofficial Facebook page Air Force amn/nco/snco and confirmed as genuine by the Air Force, that unit commanders will start holding annual reviews beginning in 2026. The unit commander will have the discretion to choose what uniform airmen will wear during the reviews, Pleus’ memo said. Unit commanders…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Gray wolves in the Lower 48 have bounced on and off the Endangered Species Act list for years now. And on Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would remove federal protections yet again and bring wolf management back to the states. The Pet and Livestock Protection Act cleared the House by a vote of 211 to 204. The bill, sponsored by Reps. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO), aims to delist the populations of gray wolves…

The U.S. Marine Corps is slated to implement a sex-neutral physical fitness test scoring system for Marines with combat military occupational specialities beginning Jan. 1, 2026, according to a recent service memo. The physical fitness updates, which also include changes to the service’s body composition standards, follow a September memorandum from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that emphasized more strict fitness requirements for troops. Starting Jan. 1, combat arms Marines will be required to attain a minimum PFT score of 210 points, or at least 70% of a perfect score. If Marines do not meet the requirement by the end of…

It was a miracle of deliverance. Orders had gone out to military officers to collect “every kind of watercraft … that could be kept afloat and had either oars or sails,” to slip roughly 9,000 men across the water to safe harbors and away from a much larger, determined enemy. Except this retreat was not in 1940. There was no Vice Adm. Bertram Ramsay feverishly stringing together Operation Dynamo to extract 338,336 soldiers — most of whom made up the bulk of the British Expeditionary Force — from ignominious defeat at the hands of the Germans at French port of…

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. Picking the best coyote calibers, or more properly stated, cartridges, really depends on what you want and need out of a coyote rifle. Most people shouldn’t overthink it. We’ve had great coyote-killing cartridges for more than a century but, if you’re buying or putting together a new gun now, there are fresh options that offer even better performance.  What does better performance look like? After…

China has issued a warning to the United States over its continual arms sales to Taiwan. Beijing has demanded that the U.S. “immediately stop” selling arms to the island nation. China’s warning follows the Department of War greenlighting a massive package of advanced weaponry for Taiwan. UK Warns Of War With China Over Taiwan China, which views the self-governing island as part of its territory, called the move a “dangerous act” and an infringement of its sovereignty, according to a report by RT.  China has condemned Washington’s recent decision to approve a record $11.1 billion weapons sale to Taiwan on…

Sailors at 56 U.S. Navy installations will be the beneficiaries of about $375 million in barracks improvements projects to address “critical living conditions,” Navy officials announced Thursday.About $300 million will go into major projects to benefit around 2,000 sailors and Marines at six bases with larger, more urgent needs.The remaining $75 million has been identified for 95 smaller projects at 50 installations, including some overseas. They include projects such as kitchen modernizations; heating, ventilation and air conditioning system upgrades; flooring replacements and new furniture.Officials said they received about $375 million in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for Navy unaccompanied…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. The government may soon be required to publish access points, watercraft restrictions, and other detailed information online about all federally-managed freshwaters. The Modernizing Access to Public Waters Act — also just called the MAPWaters Act — passed the U.S. Senate Tuesday after already clearing the House. It now heads to the president’s desk to be signed into law. The MAPWaters Act was introduced in the last days of the Biden administration and is part of an ongoing effort to improve access…

An affordability crisis has been crippling the United States economy. Polling has shown that food prices are universally creating an overwhelming financial stress, burdening households. This financial distress is not limited to the U.S. Canada is also experiencing the pain of rising prices and the sting of “going without.” According to an Abacus Data poll, 67 percent of Canadians say the cost of living in their area is the worst it has ever been. Another 21 percent report it is bad, although they recall more challenging times. Only 11 percent believe it is not a significant issue. David Coletto, CEO…

KYIV, Ukraine — “The problem with this round of negotiations is that they lack all credibility,” one senior European diplomat with knowledge of the peace process told Military Times this week. “It’s just stupid.”The exasperation of the official, who was granted anonymity to discuss negotiations that are sensitive and ongoing, comes after weeks of what he described as an “endlessly frustrating” peace push — built around damage control, public pressure and shifting drafts — that has forced Ukraine and its European backers to “pretend to play along” even as demands circulated that are “impossible for Ukraine to accept.”“There is no…

In 2025, the U.S. Navy marks 250 years of protecting the American people, defending our values and enabling our prosperity. From the age of sail to an era of nuclear propulsion, long-range strike and undersea dominance, our Navy has been the decisive instrument that keeps danger far from our shores and opportunity close at hand. But as we commemorate this legacy, we must also confront a strategic environment unlike any we have faced in generations.For decades, American naval supremacy has been assumed. Today, that margin is narrowing. Our adversaries are building vessels explicitly designed to contest our ability to project…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. A flock of black-bellied whistling ducks circled the decoys, twice. They flared just as they were about to drop their long, lanky legs for a landing. My buddy Austin Crowson and I just watched as they banked away and faded into the Florida swamp. Minutes later a flock of blue-winged teal landed in the decoys. A hawk chased them out, nearly plucking one from the sky. Another pair of teal landed, followed by a flock of more than 20 that turned…

From the beginning, when the United States ruling class began its bombing campaign on “narco terrorist” civilian vessels in the Caribbean, most understood it wasn’t about drugs. The U.S. wasn’t committing war crimes in order to stop a few civilian drug smugglers from getting illicit substances into the U.S., and now, we know the truth. It’s all about “oil rights”. Since September, US forces have conducted strikes against alleged drug traffickers operating at sea, killing more than 90 people in operations targeting what Washington describes as cartel-linked vessels. Trump has also threatened to extend strikes onto Venezuelan territory, accusing Caracas…