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Master the Art of Preparedness and Survival

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Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews, and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.

The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force, Joint Interagency Task Force 401, is set to test a high-energy laser system against drones at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico over the weekend.“By working hand-in-hand with the [Federal Aviation Administration] and our interagency partners, we are ensuring that these cutting-edge capabilities are…

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer died Thursday from injuries he suffered while responding to a distressed mariner aboard a large vessel offshore of Washington state.Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Jaggers was deployed to the vessel as part of a helicopter medical evaluation team, according to a U.S. Coast Guard…

Unemployment rates for veterans fell in February following two months of increases, while the rate for the general population ticked up in a weakening labor market rocked by blue-collar job losses, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.In its monthly jobs report, the BLS stated that the unemployment rate for…

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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. About this time last year, I cashed in my 13 nonresident preference points for Wyoming elk, applying for a unit with a reputation for big bulls but drum-tight hunting access. That equation is getting more common around the West, and it can be hard to know if the limited access produces mature bulls or whether a reputation for big bulls limits the access. But this unit in Wyoming seemed like either, or both, could be true. Access to the best public…

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Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, “Mucha Trucha,” originally ran in the April 1953 issue of Outdoor Life. WHEN THIS FISH took the lure, he did not explode in a geyser of white water. He did not rocket out of the water like a 12-inch projectile. He did not erupt, or detonate, or blast the lure, or attempt any of the other warlike measures commonly attributed to big fish in the literature of the outdoor magazines. Being intelligent, if not widely read, he tried to eat the lure.  Being also…

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that nine Iranian naval ships have been sunk as part of combat operations against Iran.“I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important,” Trump wrote in a post on X, adding that Iran’s naval headquarters has been “largely destroyed” in a different attack.“We are going after the rest — They will soon be floating at the bottom of the sea, also!” Trump wrote.U.S. Central Command officials said earlier Sunday that an Iranian Jamaran-class corvette was struck by U.S. forces at the…

Iran has launched retaliatory strikes at United States air bases after joint attacks with Israel killed supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The “martyr” was killed in the ongoing Israel-U.S. strikes, according to an official statement. The joint strikes, which Washington and West Jerusalem described as a “preemptive” operation, targeted the Iranian leadership.  Military and nuclear-related facilities have also been struck. Trump said the attack was aimed at destroying Iran’s missile industry and navy, as well as forcing regime change in Tehran, according to a report by RT.  “The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “Flesh and Rock,” first appeared in the June 1953 issue of Outdoor Life. Lying there on our bellies, we could stare over the brink of the precipice and figure how long it would take a boulder, pried loose from the top, to reach the sink of the valley below. Several seconds, probably. Through our 6X binoculars we watched an osprey hover over the wind-scuffed waters of Last Man Lake, then power-dive and come up with what looked like a…

This is a developing story.Three U.S. service members have been killed in action during combat operations against Iran, U.S. Central Command officials announced Sunday. Five more have been listed as “seriously wounded.” Several other troops “sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty,” according to the CENTCOM release.A barrage of Iranian retaliatory strikes were launched at U.S. military installations across the Middle East on Saturday on the heels of a U.S. and Israeli air, land and sea bombardment across the Islamic Republic — a campaign dubbed Operation Epic Fury. Initial reports…

Master the Art of
Preparedness and Survival

Master the Art of Preparedness and Survival

Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews,
and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews, and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.