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Decades ago, nuclear safety drills were common practice throughout the United States. “Duck and cover” taught an entire generation of Americans to fear the possibility of a death by nuclear weapon, and potentially with good reason, as the United States and Soviet Union raced one another to produce ever larger stockpiles of the most powerful […]
About 35 local boat captains simulated swarming attack maneuvers in fishing boats rigged with machine guns while fighter jets, attack helicopters, and the A-10 “Warthog” simulated attacks from above in the Choctawatchee Bay, Florida. The Air Force at Eglin Air Force Base organized the simulation, called Combat Hammer, to address one of the more pressing threats […]
Keeping with his Montana roots, Secretary Ryan Zinke rode on horseback with the US Park Police to his first day on the job as the Secretary of Interior in Washington D.C. yesterday. Sec. Zinke is the 52nd Secretary of Interior and was sworn in on Wednesday after the Senate approved his nomination 68-31. Secretary Zinke was proud to accept […]
DARPA has been using ambulances outfitted with special equipment to keep the nation’s capitol safe from nuclear weapons. The Pentagon’s research-and-development shop announced on Wednesday the conclusion of its biggest and longest-running test deployment of its Sigma program. The test run had been running for seven months and finished in February. DARPA installed roughly 73 radiation […]
Twenty-one years ago, the skies over combat zones were a very different place. Aircraft of all sorts screamed across the sky just as they do today, but just about every one of them had a person at the helm – controlling the craft from within and using a radio to communicate to ground elements and […]
Boston Dynamics, a Google subsidiary that focuses on robotics, officially unveiled their latest creation on Monday: a machine that the company’s own founder refers to as “nightmare inducing.” Their new robot, called Handle, stands at an intimidating six and a half feet tall, with limbs that are just human-like enough to give you the creeps […]
Four days before Christmas in 1968, Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first human beings ever to leave Earth and successfully complete an orbit around the moon. It was the second manned flight of the Apollo program, and its success created the basis for Neil […]
Marine veteran Stephen McMenamin and his wife, Hanna McMenamin posted images of multiple elderly veterans waiting several hours at the Durham VA hospital and their Facebook post has gone viral over the weekend. The elderly veterans featured in the images and video were visibly in pain, either neglectfully waiting hours in their wheelchairs or lying on the ground. After […]
Bill Paxton is that guy you’ve seen in a hundred movies, but somehow always manage to confuse with Bill Pullman. One of them gave an incredible speech in “Independence Day” (Pullman) – the other played characters that were sometimes cringeworthy, like the wannabe-spy car salesman wooing people’s wives in “True Lies” (Paxton), but for guys like […]
Michèle Flournoy met with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in December about coming on board as his deputy, but she ultimately turned down the job. A roundtable discussion in Politico Magazine published on Monday finally reveals why: Her own conscience would have made it difficult. “When [Mattis] called me to ask me to consider ways to help, I […]
“No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force.” That is a quote from German military strategist, Helmuth von Moltke, in its unabridged form, as he uttered it during his tenure as chief of staff of the Prussian General Staff from 1857 to 1871. Words to live by, […]
According to White House Budget Officials, President Trump is preparing to unveil his new defense spending plan, which will include adding $54 billion to the existing defense budget, and cutting the same from non-defense related costs, including a large reduction in foreign aid. “This budget will be a public safety and national security budget,” Trump […]
SIG Sauer is a world-class firearms manufacturer trusted by military, law enforcement, and responsible civilian shooters, delivering precision-engineered weapons, optics, and training systems while maintaining a strong commitment to veteran hiring, American manufacturing, and the professionals who rely on their gear when it matters most.
FightCamp is an at-home boxing and kickboxing training system built around real technique, structured programming, and measurable performance. Members train with fighters and professional coaches while using connected punch and kick trackers that record volume, speed, and power in every round. The result is training that builds conditioning, skill, discipline, and resilience — all from home, on your schedule.
Barrett is the world leader in long-range, large-caliber, precision rifle design and manufacturing. Barrett products are used by civilians, sport shooters, law enforcement agencies, the United States military, and more than 75 State Department-approved countries around the world.
Hywell is a premium gear brand specializing in heavy-duty Merino wool boot socks for blue-collar professionals and outdoorsmen. Backed by an ironclad 10-Year Warranty.
Praesidus builds rugged, American-assembled watches inspired by historic military timepieces. Designed for accuracy and tested for endurance, each watch is made for outdoor explorers, everyday adventurers, and anyone who needs reliability when it matters.
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Have you ever tried to wear a fleece hoodie in bad weather? We don’t recommend it. That’s why we founded BÆRSkin in 2019 – to create the world’s best outdoor gear that’s just as comfortable at home as it is durable outdoors. “Bad fitting, bulky, and boring” is how we felt about 1000’s of regular fleece hoodies we tested.
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