Former Navy SEAL Capt. Daron Miller found a new definition of strength when he shifted his focus from elite performance to a career as a U.S. Army chaplain, using his background to support soldiers.At 19, Miller was searching for something difficult to accomplish and a way to define his identity. While browsing a book about Navy SEALs, he found his challenge.“I decided to join the Navy and become a SEAL before I even paid for the book,” Miller said in an Army release.The book mentioned that candidates in the final phase of Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, or BUD/S, were required…
Author: Tommy Grant
South Korea and the United States will cut short annual joint military drills to five days from 11 and scale back some field training, the allies said on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump ordered a substantial reduction in U.S. participation.The change in the drills comes as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits South Korea on Wednesday and Thursday for regional security talks expected to cover developments on the Korean Peninsula.North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, late on Wednesday dismissed the move, saying the nature of the exercises remained provocative and aggressive even if the scale…
Some soldiers at a Georgia base are being offered the chance to reenlist in exchange for four days of stealing cars, carrying out hits for mob bosses, evading the cops and watching scantily clad ladies of the night prowl street corners — virtually, of course.According to a memorandum that circulated on social media, eligible soldiers in the 9th Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart who reenlist by Nov. 14 will be authorized a four-day pass that aligns with the release of Grand Theft Auto VI, or GTA 6, at the end of November. An Army official confirmed that the document, signed…
Do the police have the right to stop you just because they saw a pistol printing under your shirt?Imagine walking down a Baltimore sidewalk on a hot July afternoon. Your legally carried handgun, holstered inside the waistband under a T-shirt, prints slightly. An unmarked police car pulls over. A detective orders you to raise your hands. You immediately and repeatedly tell him you have a valid carry permit and offer to show it. Instead, officers handcuff you, remove the holstered gun, reach into your satchel and pockets, and ultimately recover a second firearm and suspected cocaine.This real encounter from July…
We’ve covered what to pack, where to shelter, and how to stock a fallout-ready pantry in other guides. This one steps back and covers the thing itself: what a nuclear explosion physically does, in what order, and why the official government response boils down to three words repeated across every federal guidance document on the subject. Understanding the sequence of events matters because it explains why the standard advice exists at all. Once you understand what’s actually happening in the first seconds, minutes, and days, the rest of your prepping decisions make a lot more sense. What Is a Nuclear…
After much business trouble, Aero Precision, Ballistic Advantage, Stag Arms, and VG6 are coming back in a big way.Our team has recently confirmed with internal company employees that Aero Precision, Ballistic Advantage, Stag Arms, and VG6 are all changing ownership from the financially troubled White Wolf Capital to a new private family investment group. We can’t reveal who the new ownership group is, but we have it on good authority that they’re successful, experienced businesspeople who are strong firearms and Second Amendment enthusiasts.The new ownership says that it recognizes that these are established brands with excellent products, great employees, and…
Airmen in two squadrons deployed to rescue five Navy personnel following an aircraft incident in California last week.Airmen from the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, assigned to the 355th Wing but located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, alongside the 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron, deployed two HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters to rescue the Navy personnel near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, according to a Monday release.The “aircraft mishap” occurred on Aug. 10, per the release. The 88th received initial notification regarding the Navy MH-60S Seahawk hard landing in mountainous terrain during a high-altitude training flight around 11:30…
A U.S. judge ordered on Monday the release of a Kentucky woman who was accused of vandalism at the World War II Memorial in Washington last week, court records showed.U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington, criticized the order that led to the release of the woman, Melissa Farris, 41, who was taken into custody last week and charged with two felony counts.Court documents showed Farris agreed to conditions of her release, including surrendering her passport and not leaving the continental U.S. unless approved by court.The Justice Department urged a reconsideration of Monday’s order and said the…
Let me tell you something about bug out bags: No one gets it exactly right the first time. If you think you can assemble a bug out bag once and then forget about it forever, you are gravely mistaken. There are bound to be a few items missing. Your needs change, your gear wears out, and the season you packed for last year probably isn’t the season you’ll bug out in. That’s why it’s important to regularly update your bug out bag. Most preppers remember the obvious stuff: a knife, a fire starter, a first aid kit, etc. But it’s…
Celebrities come and go in Middleburg, Virginia, a Piedmont hamlet of fewer than 1,000 people, where horses outnumber the residents ten to one and beagles and foxhounds abound.John and Jackie Kennedy, Sen. John Warner and his wife Elizabeth Taylor, Linda Tripp of Clinton-Lewinsky fame, and, as of last month, Vice President JD Vance and his family, all have resided without fanfare in this pastoral area an hour from Washington, D.C.But the region’s newest neighbors — the U.S. Army and 73 horses of the Old Guard’s Caisson Detachment — have divided a community that values the proper care of the horses…