If you’ve spent any serious time behind a suppressed firearm, you’ve either burned yourself, nearly burned yourself, or developed the kind of cautious respect for hot metal that takes a good scare to earn. You may also know the frustration of heat mirage rising off a hot can and ruining an otherwise clean scope picture. For many years, the suppressor industry’s answer to heat was essentially “wait.” Or strap a cover on it. Neither solution is particularly satisfying when you’re on the clock, whether that clock is measured in shooting strings at a match, minutes in a hunting blind, or…
Author: Tommy Grant
The U.S. Navy announced the winners of its annual award recognizing excellence in food service among the branch’s vessels, boats and installations.The fiscal year 2026 Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award was given to eight afloat and three ashore mess hall teams on Monday, according to an ALNAV administrative message.“These annual awards encourage excellence in Navy food service programs with the objective of improving the quality of life for our Navy personnel,” said an administrative message issued by Navy Secretary John Phelan.The service has made its troops’ nutrition a main priority over the last decade, specifically with the introduction of…
U.S. President Donald Trump, upset at NATO allies’ failure to help secure the Strait of Hormuz and angry that his plans to acquire Greenland have not advanced, has discussed with advisers the option of removing some U.S. troops from Europe, a senior White House official told Reuters on Thursday.No decision has been made, and the White House has not directed the Pentagon to draw up concrete plans for a troop reduction on the continent, said the official, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.But the discussions alone underscore how sharply relations between Washington and its European NATO allies have deteriorated…
In 1994, U.S. Air Force’s Wright Laboratory in Ohio were pressing the bounds to the question: Fellas, is it gay to fight for your country?In the early aughts of the 1990s, the Pentagon was working on developing a whole host of non-lethal chemical weapons that would render an enemy force incapable of being anything other than … amorous or annoyed.Within a three-page declassified document came a blink-and-you-miss-it line positing using “Chemicals that effect human behavior so that morale and discipline in enemy units is adversely affected.”“One distasteful but completely non-lethal example,” it continued, “would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the…
*All photos by author Thanks to the Marine Corps, I’ve got natural hearing protection — lol (moderate-to-severe hearing loss). So these days, I take ear pro seriously and rely on solid in-ear earplugs every time I hit the range. I’ve grown to prefer this style of hearing protection for its minimalist footprint. Yeah, there are some slick electronic in-ear options on the market, and they work great — but they also tend to be pretty damn expensive. I keep a set of electronic over-ear muffs in my range bag for when some guy decides to mag dump with a comp…
Eligible active-duty U.S. Air Force aviators can receive up to $50,000 per year in bonuses for shorter contract lengths in an effort from the service to retain airmen with “critical skills that are highly sought after.”For fiscal year 2026’s aviation bonus program, the force is offering the monetary incentive to select aviators in exchange for an active-duty service commitment, according to a Wednesday Air Force release.The statement lists specific eligible pilots: remotely piloted aircraft pilots, air battle managers and combat systems officers among those the service wishes to “decisively shape and retain” with the bonus opportunity. “The aviation bonus is…
I love growing beans, but bean trellises can be cumbersome and difficult to build. Bean teepees, on the other hand, are a creative and efficient means of supporting your pole beans. And they’re easy to build! Pole beans need to twine some kind of a support or pole, so giving them a teepee to grow on will make a nice addition to your garden. Beans germinate and grow quickly, so it won’t take long to enjoy your work! In this article, we’ll talk about how to build a bean teepee for your pole beans. We’ll also talk about the best…
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.On a serene Saturday afternoon, thousands of miles from conflict, soldiers with the California Air National Guard are scattered among stations, hunched over a buddy. Some apply tourniquets. Others practice life-saving skills, checking for breathing, tilting chins to clear airways, searching for blood loss and hidden wounds.This is how they learn to keep a soldier alive.“They’re getting ready to deploy,” said Dr. Dean Winslow, a professor of medicine at Stanford University and an instructor at the…
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. It is difficult to believe the pace at which global events are now moving. Apocalyptic threats are being thrown around recklessly, and severe damage is being done to the global economic system every single day. A lot of people still seem to think that economic conditions will snap back to normal once the war ends, and that is because they don’t understand the level of destruction that has already taken place. Even if the war ends tomorrow and commercial traffic starts flowing freely through the Strait of…
President Donald Trump on Thursday again chided NATO for its reluctance to support U.S. operations in Iran, just a day after a tense private meeting with Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.Rutte travelled to Washington to mollify the president, who remains incensed at the alliance for refusing to intervene in the de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery that typically carries a quarter of the world’s oil and gas. The strait’s near-closure has prevented roughly ten million barrels of crude oil daily from reaching global markets. But Trump, following the face-to-face talks, was far…