The U.S. Air Force identified hundreds of service members who were involuntarily discharged for declining the COVID-19 vaccine and allowed eligible veterans to be entitled to some upgrades, boosting their ability to return to service without a waiver, service officials announced Thursday.The Air Force Review Board Agency conducted the review and upgraded personnel records nine months ahead of the deadline set by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a December 2025 memorandum, according to an Air Force release.In that memo, Hegseth directed a “proactive review” of personnel records across the service branches to identify those who were involuntarily discharged for refusing…

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its annual threat report Wednesday, outlining the broader intelligence community’s assessment of dangers to the U.S. and its interests and military installations abroad.In remarks to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard focused heavily on the threat of foreign terror groups with Islamist ideology to the U.S. and to “Western civilization.” The phrase, while absent from recent threat reports, “fits the broader approach the administration has taken to U.S. allies in Europe, which is arguing that the threat is to Western civilization from immigrants,” according to…

LONDON — The British government gave authorization on Friday for the United States to use military bases in Britain to carry out strikes on Iranian missile sites that are attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz.British ministers met on Friday to discuss the war with Iran and Iran’s blocking of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Downing Street statement.“They confirmed that the agreement for the U.S. to use U.K. bases in the collective self-defence of the region includes U.S. defensive operations to degrade the missile sites and capabilities being used to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz,” the…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, “Trapped in Devil’s Hole,” appeared in the Sept. 1963 issue of Outdoor Life. From the trail along the rim of the gorge, the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River, whiplashing down its canyon 1,000 feet below, looked like a twisting silver snake. It was water that neither John McClary nor I had ever been on, and just the sight of it, even though it was still hours away, was enough to make a fisherman’s heart skip. We were in the rugged, high country…

Denmark dispatched soldiers and explosives to Greenland in January as part of a contingency plan to obliterate key runways if the United States attempted an invasion, the country’s public broadcaster has reported.The strategy, which focused on landing strips in Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq, was designed to prevent U.S. military aircraft from landing troops and equipment. Danish blood banks even flew in supplies to treat potential casualties. The mobilization came amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing campaign to annex Greenland. He has threatened to seize the semiautonomous Danish territory by force, arguing that American ownership is vital for national and international security —…

KYIV — Ukraine has deployed specialist teams to five Middle Eastern countries to help intercept drones and advise on air-defense measures, with officials saying they expect to conclude several significant agreements.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said teams had been sent to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan, states that have come under fire during the Iran war. He said that local air defense units were dealing with ballistic missiles, while Ukrainian specialists were focused on the waves of Iran’s Shahed drones.“I believe no one has experience comparable to ours,” Zelenskyy told journalists in audio messages on a WhatsApp…

Sign up for the Deer Camp Newsletter Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. It’s hard to excite a Texas deer hunter about Montana’s prairie whitetails. With no feeders to concentrate them around bait, and no high fences to constrain their movement, Montana whitetails come as they are. Only last year, they didn’t come, and I suggested to Derrick Ratcliff that he do the same and sit out the season, even though he had drawn a perishable — and increasingly coveted — non-resident deer tag. I expected my downbeat assessment would…

The war with Iran is now entering its third week. In light of escalations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) will reduce Iran’s military “to dust.” Trump Says War With Iran Has Prevented A Nuclear Strike Netanyahu further claimed that Israel and the United States had “decimated” Iran over the past 20 days. Iran has remained defiant, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi vowing “zero restraint if our infrastructure is struck again.” US F-35 Damaged By Iranian Fire In First of War; Israeli Refinery Targeted, Iran’s Caspian Fleet Destroyed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said…

A junior Marine’s 3D-printed fix for a fragile communications antenna is saving the Marine Corps hundreds of thousands of dollars and slashing months-long supply delays across the fleet.Lance Cpl. Eirick Schule developed a low-cost replacement for a commonly broken antenna mast on a Mobile User Objective System, a fix now being used across multiple units to restore the critical communications gear.The solution, detailed in a Marine Corps news release, highlights a broader shift as the service turns to 3D printing and in-house innovation to address persistent supply and maintenance gaps.When Schule joined the Marine Corps in 2022 as an engineer…

A Veterans Affairs social worker died after being shot Tuesday at a VA clinic in Jasper, Georgia. Nicholas “Nic” Crews of Marietta, Georgia, died Wednesday as a result of injuries suffered in a shooting at the clinic. He was airlifted from the scene for advanced medical treatment but succumbed to his injuries, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. His assailant, Lawrence Charles Michels, 51, of Jasper, was shot and killed by law enforcement, the GBI said in a release Thursday. Michels was in the clinic for a walk-in mental health consultation; Crews was the clinic’s social work case manager,…

The United States military is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday.The deployments of the USS Boxer, along with its 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and accompanying warship, comes as Reuters reported that President Donald Trump’s administration was considering deploying thousands of U.S. troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East.Trump told reporters on Thursday that he was not putting troops “anywhere,” but that if was going to, he would not tell journalists.The sources, who were speaking on the condition of anonymity, did not say what the role of…

Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. A months-long battle between two of the biggest names in the firearms market went public last week, signaling a contentious shareholder vote that’s rare in the close-knit gun industry. In September Beretta Holding acquired 7.7 percent of Sturm, Ruger & Co. stock, then increased its total stake in the company to nearly 10 percent. That makes it the American gunmaker’s largest single shareholder. Then in February, Beretta Holding nominated four new candidates to Ruger’s board of directors. The company claims it wanted to leverage…

The vehicles vying to replace the Marine Corps’ aging light armored vehicle fleet hit the water for the first time earlier this year, completing a series of tests to demonstrate safety and performance across a spectrum of sea conditions and highlighting some new features in the process. The testing, which involved the variant of the future advanced reconnaissance vehicle, or ARV, equipped with a 30mm autocannon, took place in January and February at Camp Pendleton, California, according to a recent Marine Corps news release. Prototypes by two designers, Textron Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems, underwent the water entry, swim…

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F-35 stealth jet takes on Iranian fire, emergency landing: CNN Trump dials up threat, seeking leverage, denies approving Israeli Pars strikes; however, reports from The Wall Street Journal and Axios say the White House was aware. The US is sending more troops to the region. Energy war hits breaking point: tit-for-tat strikes are now directly targeting Gulf energy infrastructure, with Qatar’s Ras Laffan damaged, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain sites attacked; Saudi trust in Iran “completely shattered.” Iran’s navy in the Caspian Sea reportedly destroyed. Missile strikes key Israeli refinery. Europe pushes off-ramp, refuses entry into conflict: Macron urges direct talks  “reckless escalation,” while…

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