U.S. Navy service members with shaving waivers who are classified as having a permanent skin condition will face administrative separation, the service announced Tuesday.Active duty and reserve sailors granted facial hair accommodations will be allowed to receive medical treatment for up to 12 months under new Navy grooming standards, but if the irritation they face from shaving is incurable, then they will be evaluated for discharge.The new guidance doesn’t apply to waivers for Navy grooming standards submitted on the basis of religious accommodations.“Mission accomplishment hinges on stringent compliance with standards and ensuring implementing policies are clear, unambiguous, and compliant with…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics As a tournament angler, one of the most frequent questions I get is how to fish large bodies of water in a kayak. Most folks jump to the conclusion that a kayak limits how much water I can cover. There is some truth to that, but it doesn’t stop me from successfully fishing big water, either. There are a few different ways to prepare on the front end before hitting the water that can lead to success. Here’s my own playbook for breaking down big lakes…

This article was originally published by Willow Tohi at Natural News.  The antidepressant market was valued at $6.9 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach $9.37 billion by 2030. Depression diagnosis rates surged from 3.33% to 17.8% among Americans between 1992 and 2025. Pharmaceutical industry funding creates a conflict of interest with FDA regulatory oversight. Gut-brain connection research shows that 95% of serotonin is produced in the digestive system. Nutritional deficiencies, hormone imbalances and gut health issues offer alternative treatment pathways. The diagnosis explosion: What happened and why it matters A dramatic shift in how Americans understand and experience…

A U.S. Army combat medic who fled to the United Kingdom while under investigation in 2022 was convicted by a military jury this month of desertion, larceny and making a false official statement, according to the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel. The ruling marked the end of a yearslong effort to return him to military custody. Spc. Oliver E. Board, 33, disappeared after the Army charged him with fraudulently procuring family separation pay, which is a monthly allowance to help families offset expenses when a service member’s job forces them to be apart for over 30 days. At the…

As Air Force Maj. Jason Watson ascended the Capitol steps last week wearing his military uniform and armed with one protest sign, he knew the risks and was prepared for the consequences, no matter how severe.Watson, 40, a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate with 17 years on active duty, stood on the steps of the House of Representatives in roughly 100-degree weather on July 1, silently holding a sign that read “Impeach Convict Remove” to call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. After standing on the steps for approximately three minutes, Capitol Police arrested…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. SOMEWHERE IN THE flat, gray mist that hung like a shroud over the dripping tangle of cabbage palms and moss-bearded water oaks, a lone duck shattered the stillness with a sharp, plaintive cry. A chill whistled down my spine. Duck or no duck, it sounded like the wildcats we’d heard screaming from the depths of Tate’s Hell the night before. “Watch for him,” whispered Gene Padgett who was sculling the skiff. “He may come in.” I blinked the mist out of my eyes and squinted…

Oil prices have surged as the United States and Iran have reignited their war. The US ruling class revoked a two-month sanctions waiver and renewed strikes against the Islamic Republic after reported tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), an unidentified projectile struck a tanker off the coast of Oman, causing a fire on board. The WSJ reported that one of the damaged vessels may have been the Al Rekayyat, a tanker owned by Qatar’s Nakilat. The vessel reportedly sustained damage near its engine room, while all crew members remained safe. Axios…

The U.S. Air Force squadron tasked with overseeing the force’s fleet of global vehicles is now using Salesforce’s Missionforce National Security platform to manage their assets.The 441st Vehicle Support Chain Operations Squadron, located at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, will use the IL5-authorized platform to manage its $13.5 billion fleet of over 84,000 vehicles across nearly 400 locations, according to a Wednesday Salesforce release. “By consolidating onto a single, interoperable platform with Missionforce National Security, the Air Force has turned fragmented logistics operations into a strategic advantage,” Kendall Collins, CEO of Missionforce and government cloud at Salesforce, said in the release.…

The Pentagon is exploring cheap, long-range drone options that may eventually replace the MQ-9 Reaper. The search comes after dozens of MQ-9s were swatted out of the sky during the Iran war, according to a May 13 Congressional Research Service report. With the Air Force currently possessing about 135 Reapers — which cost approximately $30 million apiece — such a loss rate is not sustainable, especially against a force like Iran, whose air defenses are less sophisticated than those of China or Russia. “The Joint Force’s reliance on low-density, high-value ‘exquisite’ (>$30 million) manned and unmanned aircraft is unsustainable against…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. The locals who work for safari companies have an apt and often unflattering way of naming sportsmen. Almost never do they call them by their proper American or European names, as these names are as strange, meaningless, and as difficult to pronounce for them as their own names are for the sportsmen. So when my wife, Eleanor, and I were hunting in Mozambique with two friends, we all got names. Dr. Sib West, a Willows, California, dentist was very lucky. He had a tape recorder…

On July 25, 1968, Leonard Louis Alvarado enlisted in the U.S. Army and by August 1969 he was a Specialist 4 and a rifleman in Company D, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).Barely a year later, the California native found himself part of a small reaction force advancing through thick jungle near Duc Phong in Phuoc Long Province, in response to Vietnamese communist soldiers threatening another American platoon. What followed was a counterattack that put D Company in jeopardy, in which Alvarado played a vital role. As his platoon moved toward the ongoing fight, Alvarado detected enemy…

United States President Donald Trump said that the US-Iran ceasefire is over after Tehran attacked a tanker that “ignored repeated warnings.” Trump made the comments as the US military conducted a series of strikes on the Islamic Republic over alleged attacks on three tankers that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. US Allegations: Iran Fired Missiles At Vessels In Strait of Hormuz On Wednesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it hit dozens of Iranian ground and naval targets “in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” denouncing Tehran for “aggression [that] was…

The Air Force just gave 135 security forces airmen some bad news: a previous notification that the personnel were being promoted to E6 was an error. The mistake was “an isolated and highly unprecedented anomaly,” officials announced in a July 7 release.“Following the recent technical sergeant 26E6 promotion cycle release, an enlisted promotions team member at Air Force Personnel Center discovered that an outdated scoring key was used for the 3P071 (security forces) Specialty Knowledge Test,” officials stated.Air Force officials conducted a full re-score for all 2,285 security forces promotion eligibles and identified 135 airmen who should not have been…

Sign up for This Happened to Me News on backcountry adventure and wilderness survival. Venturing into the backcountry always comes with some level of risk. With experience, we learn to measure and manage those risks while recreating in the woods and mountains. In other words, we do our best to be safe while doing dangerous things — but accidents still happen. I’ve had my fair share of close scrapes and near misses, but last year a horse wreck in the mountains of Idaho put me on the operating table at the Saint Alphonsus Trauma Center in Boise, under the knife…

Pentagon leaders increasingly argue that future wars will be won by the force that can sense, decide and act faster than its enemy. Lessons from Ukraine and growing concerns about potential conflict with China have intensified the Defense Department’s focus on what officials call “information and decision advantage” — the ability to make informed decisions quicker and more accurately than an adversary.Through its Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, known as CJADC2, the Pentagon is dedicating billions of dollars in artificial intelligence, advanced battlefield networks, data integration and autonomous systems designed to accelerate commanders’ decision cycles. Defense Secretary Pete…

North Atlantic Treaty Organization member the Netherlands has officially run out of opportunities to supply Ukraine with weapons. According to Defense Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, the Netherlands has been an active supporter of Kiev in its conflict with Moscow until now. The Netherlands helped Ukraine in several ways, including by supplying United States-made F-16 fighter jets as part of a scheme with Belgium, Denmark, and Norway. “We don’t have opportunities anymore as the Netherlands because we have done so much,” Yesilgoz-Zegerius told Bloomberg on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye, on Tuesday. “We are at our limit,” she said…

ANKARA — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States will give a license to Ukraine for Patriot missiles as he said both Russia and Ukraine want to see the war settled.“We’re going to give a license to you to make Patriots. That’s pretty cool. This way, you can’t complain that we’re not giving ‘em enough,” Trump said at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO summit in Ankara.“It’s a defensive weapon, which I like better than an offensive weapon,” Trump said.The U.S. president’s comments were quickly picked up by Russian state media, which keeps…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Squid were coming over the rail like live hand grenades into a foxhole, and it was all we could do to get them in a bucket before they exploded with ink all over the boat. The fisherman to my right took a blast to the face, and so did the deckhand, Mike, next to him. On the other side, another angler pulled in a double-header, and we got the first squid off just before the second one blew up. She dodged the shot like Neo in…

After years of development and nearly $2 billion in investments, the Army is finally calling time of death on its much-hyped Integrated Visual Augmentation System – at least in its current form.That’s according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office, which found that three versions of the augmented-reality “all-weather fighting goggle” developed between 2018 and 2025 were deemed not ready for fielding and will stay in a warehouse rather than ever reaching soldiers.The news, tucked within the GAO’s annual weapons systems assessment, was first reported this month by Task and Purpose. The watchdog agency did note that the…

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ANKARA — President Donald Trump threw a summit of NATO leaders into disarray on Wednesday as he demanded the United States cut trade ties with Spain and made renewed claims on Greenland, irking another NATO ally Denmark.Speaking in the Turkish capital Ankara, Trump called Madrid a “terrible partner” in NATO as he railed against allies for not supporting the war on Iran and ordered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to halt all trade with Spain.Trump’s remarks, also declaring the fragile ceasefire with Iran to be over, overshadowed a summit that European leaders had hoped would project unity and support for Ukraine…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. Best Handheld Tunise Camping Fan Best for Tents On Sale Now Odoland Portable Fan Best Large Ryobi Hybrid Portable Fan It’s time to add a new piece of gear to your arsenal of tools for beating the heat of August: the camping fan. But with so many options, from little handheld minis to dedicated tent ceiling fans, which one is right for your needs? To help you choose, I tested thirteen models to find the best camping fans for a variety of scenarios. The Best…

This article was originally published by Willow Tohi at Natural News.  Iran announced service fees for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with “special considerations” for China and other friendly nations Tehran rejected an Omani plan for a southern shipping route that would have been overseen by the United States The strait was closed by Iran after the U.S.-Israeli war began Feb. 28, and remains a critical chokepoint for global energy supplies Iran attacked a Singaporean ship attempting the southern route, causing the International Maritime Organization to abandon the plan Iran and Oman have since reached an agreement on joint…