The few and the proud just got a bit more debonaire.For the first time since its authorization for wear in the 1800s, both male and female Marines whose rank or officer status qualifies them can wear one of the Corps’ rarest and most pricey dress accessories: the boat cloak. That’s according to a Marine Administrative message published this month. According to the message, female officers and staff noncommissioned officers are now authorized to wear “either the boatcloak or the cape” with the evening and dress and blue dress Alpha and Bravo uniforms. This decision, along with a raft of other…

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware — President Donald Trump solemnly saluted as the flag-draped cases of three Americans — two Iowa National Guardsmen and one civilian — were carried across the tarmac Wednesday at Dover Air Force Base, days after the president vowed revenge for their killing in Syria.A gray C-17 transport plane landed on U.S. soil with the remains of Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, of Des Moines. The body of Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a U.S. civilian working as an interpreter who was also killed in the attack, followed. An…

This article was originally published by Connor O’Keeffe at The Mises Institute.  Ten years ago, as the world’s governments met in Paris and agreed to eventually force policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions on their respective populations, combating climate change was seen as a major political issue. Then, when Trump and other populist right-wingers began finding political success, climate arguably became the primary issue that helped unify the establishment centrists, moderate left-liberals, and far-left progressives who made up the broad anti-Trump, anti-populist coalition. Fanatical climate alarmism became a way to demonstrate one’s anti-Trump credibility and a way for Trump’s opponents in media, academia, and…

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning a massive reorganization of its health care management system, reducing the number of networks that support VA medical centers and realigning policy offices to promote consistency. In the largest planned overhaul of the Veterans Health Administration framework since 1995, the department will slash the number of Veterans Integrated Service Networks, or VISNs, from 18 to five and require them to report directly to the VA under secretary for health. The plan calls for eliminating the VHA chief operating officer and placing VHA Central Office staff under the under secretary, the deputy under secretary…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. As many Outdoor Life readers and followers might have heard by now, our staff writer Tyler Freel was severely injured during a backcountry hunt in Idaho earlier this fall.  Freel was on a mule deer hunt with some industry partners along with OL’s Shooting Editor John B. Snow in October. The crew was having a great hunt, with Freel taking an old mule deer buck and Snow shooting a big bull elk.  But on the horse ride back to the trailhead,…

A Pentagon watchdog found that the Army and Navy failed to accurately calculate the number of recruits who scored low on military aptitude tests, a practice that risked circumventing legal limits and rules meant to govern enlistment quality. The Army and Navy counted scores earned after enlistees attended their respective preparatory programs, the Future Soldier Preparatory Course and Future Sailor Preparatory Course, instead of the marks recruits received when they first signed up, a Dec. 11 report by the Department of Defense Inspector General said. The report specifically discusses Category IV enlistments, which are recruits scoring in the 10th to…

United States President Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. This move has been condemned by Caracas as “warmongering threats.” The Trump administration is desperately trying to tie the drug trafficking to the current Venezuelan regime, as it looks for an excuse to remove Nicolas Maduro from power. WAR ALERT: Trump Administration Considers “Murder Mission” And Seizure Of Venezuela Oil Fields The US has also recently conducted several deadly strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boats, and has significantly built up its naval presence nearby. The U.S. Strikes 3 MORE…

The Senate on Wednesday passed a major policy bill that authorizes the Defense Department to spend $900.6 billion in fiscal 2026.The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which the House passed Dec. 10, will now head to President Donald Trump, who has pledged to sign it. The Senate overwhelmingly passed the bill 77-20.The bill was praised by the top two senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and ranking Democrat Jack Reed of Rhode Island, who said it makes critical investments to strengthen the U.S. military.“The bill sets us on a path to modernize our defense capabilities…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. The OL editors are all serious hunters that persue everything from ducks to moose throughout the country. We spend all year testing the latest hunting gear at our head-to-head tests and in the field. Below you’ll find our 29 top picks for apparel, trail cameras, boots, knives, packs, and more. These selections are from our larger Field Tested program, which highlights the best guns and gear from 2025. Hunting Accessories Turkey Hunting Apparel and Footwear The Real Grit is our retail…

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier docked in its homeport of Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, on Tuesday for what is scheduled to be its final visit there.The world’s oldest aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1975 with a service lifespan of 50 years, is set to return to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, in 2026 and be decommissioned. The Nimitz returned from a nine-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleets that began March 21 when it set sail from Kitsap.“We have traveled more than two-thirds of this planet during this nine-month deployment, and I cannot overstate the positive impact…

Adm. Daryl Caudle assumed the U.S. Navy’s highest post in August as the service’s 34th chief of naval operations. Caudle subsequently outlined his priorities as CNO in his “Foundry, Fleet, Fight” initiative, one that, factoring in personnel, platforms and industry, aims to ensure maritime supremacy amid an era of rapidly evolving strategic environments and fierce competition by near-peer nations like China and Russia.At the core of that relentless push are sailors, who in recent years have grappled with, among various challenges, new missions and readiness shortfalls while simultaneously being tasked with mastering tech developments that stretch human-machine integration far beyond…

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A measles outbreak in Utah has sparked fears of a wider spread, as the disease gains a foothold in the state. South Carolina has also been experiencing a measles outbreak. Measles Outbreak In South Carolina The new measles cases were identified in the Southwest Utah Health District, which now has 82 cases, and Utah County, which now has ten cases. Those areas have the highest number of cases throughout the state. Measles is a highly contagious disease that can cause serious complications. Health officials recommended two doses of the MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccination in order to be protected from…

The life of movie actor Jimmy Stewart is inching closer to the big screen.Set to debut in theaters Nov. 6, 2026, Burns & Co. Entertainment released the first look at KJ Apa (“Riverdale”) as the World War II veteran and famed “It’s a Wonderful Life” star, Jimmy Stewart.The teaser trailer, which dropped on Dec. 17, opens with Apa performing Stewart’s famed monologue as forlorn George Bailey reaching his breaking point while sitting at Martini’s bar in the fictional town of Bedford Falls.The trailer then spans to Apa, surrounded by flashing camera lights as the voice of Louis B. Mayer, played…

Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. Today, Jack O’Connor, sheep hunting, and the Model 70 Winchester in .270 are linked in our collective subconscious. It was not always that way. When he started the quest for his first desert sheep, O’Connor carried a 10 ½-pound rifle, a 26-inch-barreled .30/06 with a heavy German scope. In the furnace that was August 1935, he hunted Mexico’s Sonoran coast. Returning home empty-handed, he knew what a sheep rifle was not. Later that summer, O’Connor hiked mountains in Sonora with a “slender little Minar-stocked 7x57mm…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that the United States is not in a position to be critical of Venezuela’s ruler.  The U.S. should refrain from lecturing other countries, too, after the controversial victory of Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race, Lukashenko added. In an interview with the U.S. media network Newsmax, excerpts of which were previewed by Belarusian media on Tuesday, Lukashenko commented on Washington’s strained relations with Caracas, including its refusal to recognize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as the country’s legitimate leader. “Americans are in no position to count votes in Venezuela,” Lukashenko said. “Do you remember how Trump…

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This article was originally published by Rhoda Wilson at The Exposé. President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (“BBC”), alleging the broadcaster deceptively edited clips from his 6 January 2021 speech to make it appear he incited violence during the Capitol riot. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, claims the BBC intentionally and maliciously spliced together segments of his speech – separated by over 54 minutes – to falsely suggest he urged supporters to march on the Capitol and “fight like hell.” The BBC…

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