Iran is accusing Israel of attacking Hezbollah even after the ceasefire was agreed upon. Iranian media outlets have reported that Tehran was suspending tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and was considering pulling out of the deal with Washington over Israel’s actions in Lebanon. The United States has denied that the vital waterway has been closed again. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump was aware of reports saying the strait had been closed, but said the reports “are false,” reported CBS News. It isn’t just Israel, either. Iran has also accused the U.S. of violating multiple…
Author: Tommy Grant
The old phrase, “Give them an inch, and they’ll take a mile,” is nowhere more apparent than in the modern gun control movement. Gun-rights groups have warned for decades about the incremental nature of gun bans, while those on the other side of the debate have always laughed the notion off as “conspiracy theory.” Today, we are seeing more proof of this truth in Rhode Island, where anti-gun lawmakers are trying to expand on a bad law they passed last year. Last June, Democrat Gov. Dan McKee signed into law a ban on the manufacture, purchase, sale, or transfer of…
The U.S. Army has advanced at least two bidders in its rotary-wing pilot training overhaul, moving closer to outsourcing how it trains new pilots. Some aviators are hopeful about the change. Bell and M1 Support Services this week announced advancement in the Army’s Flight School Next program, an initiative that would shift key parts of rotary-wing pilot training — including aircraft maintenance and both academic and flight instruction — to a contractor-owned, contractor-operated schoolhouse. The change would also include a new training aircraft.Under the plan, contractors would provide a full training curriculum to produce 900 to 1,500 pilots annually, replacing…
An Army doctor at a Texas base is now facing an expanded set of sexual assault and misconduct charges involving 73 victims.The Army on April 7 preferred more charges against Maj. Blaine McGraw, an obstetrician-gynocologist assigned to the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, according to a Wednesday statement from the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel. He is now facing six charges and 146 specifications to sexual misconduct that the Army alleges occurred between October 2023 and December 2025. McGraw remains innocent until proven guilty, the office said. The charges include dozens of specifications of sexual…
Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “Once Too Often,” appeared in the July 1966 issue of Outdoor Life. The snake was stretched full length on a big, flat rock, and it was the biggest timber rattler I’d ever seen. I wasn’t really snake hunting that Sunday afternoon. It was the third week in July, not the best time to find either rattlers or copperheads, and I’d climbed the mountain above Lovelton, about 20 miles from home, mostly to check on some small mountain ash trees…
The U.S. Navy continues to provide high-speed Wi-Fi to service members living in unaccompanied housing across the globe with the addition of free internet in Italy and Greece.The Defense Department announced a free Wi-fi initiative in September 2024 as part of a broader objective to improve troops’ quality of life.“This initiative is a direct reflection of our unwavering commitment to the well-being of our sailors,” said Vice Adm. Scott Gray, commander of Navy Installations Command. “Providing free, high-speed Wi-Fi is a fundamental step in improving their quality of life, ensuring they have the connectivity they need for personal and professional…
Today’s red-dot sights are a far cry from those of yesteryear, which wasn’t all that long ago. We’ve come a long way fast.History is fascinating. A look into the past often feels like shaking hands with someone long dead. Some inventors were ahead of their time with an intellectual panache limited only by their place in history. Like da Vinci’s helicopter, their inventions could not get off the ground without supporting technology. The history of the red-dot sight or optical sight is long and filled with brilliant inventors and inventions.The optical sight was well on its way when mankind first…
In a very disappointing move, the U.S. Supreme Court chose to not hear an important lawsuit challenging the Illinois law banning carry of firearms for self-defense on modes of public transportation. In the case Schoenthal v. Raoul, the justices denied certiorari, leaving in place a disastrous 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that upheld the ban. In a poorly thought-out decision last September, the court ruled that “crowded spaces” like subways qualify as “sensitive places” where the government may broadly prohibit the exercise of the right to bear arms. “The Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to self-defense… It does…
Small defense industry artificial intelligence startups are suddenly fielding calls from generals, combatant commanders and deep-pocketed investors, after the souring relationship between the Pentagon and its once-favored AI vendor, Anthropic, reinforced the need to diversify and increase the number of AI providers for the military.In the weeks since the Department of Defense’s troubled relationship with Anthropic burst into public view and led to the company being kicked out of the U.S. military, new defense-focused AI companies like Smack Technologies and EdgeRunner AI say they have experienced a shift in interest that would have been unimaginable just months ago. They have…
United States President Donald Trump has reset his sights on Greenland, now that Washington, Iran, and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire. Trump has notoriously suggested that the U.S. take over Greenland, and recently called it a “poorly run piece of ice.” In a Truth Social post Wednesday evening stateside, Trump said that “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!” Danish Prime Minister Says Trump Is “Very Serious” About Acquiring Greenland The latest broadside comes after Trump announced a 2-week ceasefire after more than…