Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics GLEN HEAVNER CAN THINK of a dozen ways to describe the Lower White River: the diamond of Arkansas, the land that time forgot, a state of mind, his favorite place on the planet. “I used to drive 600 miles every day. Now as far as I go is the boat ramp,” says Glen, a retired trucker who lives half a mile from the dock where he and his dad, Larry, keep their twin johnboats. “Life slows down on the White River.” The White flows fast and…

“We know that existing treatments can help the majority of traumatized veterans, but none works for everyone,” said Brian Dempsey, government affairs director at Wounded Warrior Project, during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. “We want to ensure that policy and science are moving together so that new treatments are being studied safely and effectively, and decisions are being made based on evidence, informed research and deep consideration of veteran health and safety. There is reason for hope in so many directions.”The new Veteran Alliance for Legislative Outreach and Reform (VALOR) — spearheaded by Veterans Exploring Treatment…

A federal appeals court heard oral arguments Tuesday about an appeal from a U.S. military contractor ordered to pay $42 million for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of three former detainees at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago.Reston, Virginia-based CACI appealed last year’s civil lawsuit verdict to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.The appeal before the three-judge panel centers on whether the lower court had proper jurisdiction.Suhail Al Shimari, Salah Al-Ejaili and Asa’ad Al-Zubae testified at last year’s trial that they were subjected to beatings, sexual abuse, forced nudity and other cruel treatment at the prison…

The mainstream media has started its fear-mongering of Donald Trump’s budget cuts that allegedly “threaten” the progress made on stopping the New World screwworm infestation. The recent Maryland case of the parasitic infection highlights the need for more research, according to the media. Even with the budget cuts, the United States has still managed to put three-quarters of a billion dollars into tackling the parasite. U.S. Makes $750 Million Investment In Tackling Screwworm The patient in Maryland was diagnosed in August with New World screwworm, a parasitic fly, after traveling to El Salvador. Accoridng to a report by The Guardian,…

A decorated Army and Navy veteran turned Boston firefighter, commended for bravery during the deadly 2017 North End fire, was arrested at his Massachusetts home after Milton police found him in possession of five unregistered assault rifles, five unregistered handguns, 2,000 rounds of ammunition, 76 magazines, four ballistic vests, and several tourniquets.  But this isn’t just any run-of-the-mill Massachusetts disregard of the Second Amendment, as the suspect also had his own 200-foot-long shooting range built out in a basement beneath the home, making this gigachad a pretty swell guy and gun owner of the week in my book.  Boston Fire…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics False albacore are weird. In the South where they’re called “bonita” they’ll chow down on almost any lure, fly, or bait you can get in front of them. Set out a chum slick and they’ll hang around for hours and hours. But that’s not the case in the Northeast. Here, albies have a cult-like following. In the late summer and early fall, they migrate so tight to the beach that surf anglers get shots. They’ll flood sheltered harbors where kayakers can play. The game, however, is…

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The U.S. Air Force last week awarded defense firm Applied Research Associates a two-year contract to design and prototype the next version of the massive bunker-busting bomb that this year struck a key Iranian nuclear facility.ARA will work on the air-to-ground Next Generation Penetrator, the successor to the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based company said in a statement Friday. Boeing, which originally made the MOP, is teaming up with ARA on the Next Generation Penetrator, the companies said. Boeing will design and develop the tail kit for the new bombs and support all-up round integration.The Air Force…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.  For some reason, Germany loves recruiting migrants into its police force in the name of diversity. In 2022, roughly 42% of police recruits who took the most common path into Berlin’s police force were migrants or came from migrant families, according to a major survey (37% including all pathways). What’s more, Berlin is the only German state where the proportion of new police recruits with a migration background matches or exceeds the city’s own population share (35%) according to that same survey. Now, (shocker!) roughly 55% of Germany’s new police recruits don’t meet German language standards for…

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Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot of the Eighth Air Force’s famed “Bloody Hundredth” Bombing Group, died in his home Sept. 1, his family announced. He was 103. Born March 16, 1922, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Luckadoo would join the U.S. Army Air Forces months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was just a wide-eyed 21-year-old lieutenant assigned to the Mighty Eighth’s 100th Bomb Group when he manned the controls and took to the sky for his first bombing mission over Nazi Germany as co-pilot of a famed B-17 Flying Fortress.The aeronautical revelation at Luckadoo’s fingertips…

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadYou’ve probably heard it before: that 90% of Americans would die within a year of an EMP attack. It’s one of the most quoted numbers in all of preparedness. But that number didn’t come from a study or model. It came from a single sentence in a 2005 Senate hearing. It wasn’t a forecast—it was one extreme of a range, from no deaths to full collapse. Still, over time, the 90% death rate became gospel. And too many people now treat it as an inevitable outcome, especially in the prepper community. I’m not an…

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIf you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by preparedness and life in general, you’re not alone. I received a message from someone in the Mind4Survival community that said: “I feel so overwhelmed by everything I need to do, and it keeps me from doing anything.” That kind of overwhelm—the kind of overwhelm that keeps you from doing things because it paralyses your ability to take action is more common than you might think. And it makes sense. You’re juggling family, work, stress, life in general—and on top of that, you’re supposed to plan and prepare for…

We were surprised but pleased last August when a district court judge, ruling in a Kansas case, found that the federal restriction on machine gun ownership was unconstitutional. At the time, U.S. District Judge John Broomes used the Supreme Court’s instructions set down in the Bruen ruling to determine that the Second Amendment protects ownership of machine guns as well as other arms. However, on September 2, a three-judge panel of the Denver-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the district court’s decision in U.S. v. Morgan, ruling that the court was wrong to conclude that charges against a Kansas…

Construction is underway on what’s billed as a “first-of-its-kind” barracks designed to significantly improve the quality of life for junior unaccompanied service members at Fort Irwin, California. The privatized barracks project, slated for completion in April 2028, will replace existing barracks with 276 modern apartment units in three-story buildings, designed to house 545 service members. The project marks a pilot program “with the potential to reshape junior unaccompanied housing across the Army,” Army officials said in an announcement about the groundbreaking ceremony held Friday. It’s a partnership between the Army and The Michaels Organization, a partner in military privatized housing…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Puerto Rico on Monday as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean.Their arrival in the U.S. territory comes more than a week after ships carrying hundreds of U.S. Marines deployed to Puerto Rico for a training exercise, a move that some on the island have criticized.RELATED“We thank President Trump and his administration for recognizing the strategic importance of Puerto Rico to U.S. national security and for their fight against…

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. Hornady’s OAL gauge is a useful tool for determining maximum overall length for your handloaded ammunition. It utilizes a modified case (that you can buy) that’s drilled and tapped to thread onto the end of the gauge. This piece of brass doesn’t have the neck tension to hold a bullet securely, so when installed on the gauge you can drop a bullet into the neck,…

This article was originally published by Laurent Thynes at The Mises Institute.  New Yorkers appear to be on the cusp of electing a self-described socialist, Zohran Mamdani, as their next mayor. At first glance, his youth-friendly marketing comes off as rather gimmicky, as do some of his policy recommendations, such as free public buses and state-provided baby baskets. But make no mistake, his core agenda forms perhaps the most heavily interventionist platform the city has ever witnessed, and his proposed price controls could very swiftly bring about the return of the misery of the 1970s. $30 Minimum Wage by 2030 His platform states, “As Mayor, Zohran will champion a new…

Pelican Re-set Kit Buy Now When it comes to expensive rifles needing maximum protection, nobody’s buying a soft case. Pelican hard cases have been the industry gold standard for many years, but now they’re being upgraded in the Re-Set package. A short bit of lore before we get rolling. I recently finished up the M110-ish article series. While the base rifle is a PSA Sabre-10, I had some custom work done to the barrel to add an M110 gas block. By the time I finished, I had a Leupold MK4 LR/T 3.5-10x scope, a Paq-4 IR laser, a Griffin Armament…