A Georgia naval base agreed to revise its social media policy as part of a settlement with a military spouse who sued after officials blocked him from the base’s Facebook page over comments questioning its handling of a power outage.In the agreement filed last month, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay agreed to no longer block or remove comments based on their expressed viewpoints, which aligns its policy with the Navy’s social media handbook.While there was no monetary award, the base agreed to admit that it violated the Navy’s policy and the plaintiff’s constitutional rights. Officials also had to update the…
Author: Tommy Grant
Advocacy groups joined together to continue a push to halt President Donald Trump’s plans to construct an arch that would obstruct the ability to view Arlington National Cemetery.VoteVets, a Democratic veterans group, was joined by Home of the Brave, a political advocacy group, and the Cultural Landscape Foundation, a nonprofit focused on landscape heritage, in an effort to halt the build of the planned arch as the anticipated date of construction nears. Last week, it was announced on social media that construction would soon begin for the arch, which would be 250 feet tall and sit at Memorial Circle on…
A bug out location is not a campsite. It’s somewhere you may need to live, defend, and feed your family for weeks, months, or longer. That means the land itself has to work in your favor. Some regions have short growing seasons, brutal winters, or almost no surface water. Others are packed with people, hostile to gun owners, or so expensive to own that most preppers could never afford to hold the land in the first place. A spot that looks perfect on a map can turn into a liability once the grid goes down. This is exactly why you…
The Brief: The Department of Justice has reactivated the federal process for restoring firearm rights under 18 U.S.C. § 925(c), shifting review authority to the Office of the Pardon Attorney. This ends a decades-long blockade, allowing individuals prohibited from owning firearms due to past nonviolent offenses to petition for relief. The program requires a rigorous background evaluation, maintaining strong presumptions against violent or recent offenders. While approved relief removes federal firearm prohibitions, it does not constitute a presidential pardon, erase an applicant’s underlying criminal record, or override independent state-level firearm restrictions. WASHINGTON, D.C. — For millions of Americans stripped of…
In the wake of Iranian attacks that devastated U.S. bases in the Middle East, the U.S. Air Force wants portable air-defense guns that can destroy drones and cruise missiles.The Ground-Based, Medium-Caliber Gun Weapon System project is aiming for a weapon “that fires affordable munitions, enables defense against air and missile threats with an initial focus on subsonic cruise missiles (CM) and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to provide persistent defense in support of United States Air Force assets,” according to the Air Force’s Request for Information published Thursday. The deadline is Oct. 9.Iran has unleashed retaliatory strikes at U.S. military installations…
When Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Strohmaier mails out the birth announcements for his son, Ethan, he’ll also be telling his friends, “By the way, the stamp in the corner is mine,” he said.A photo Strohmaier took on Feb. 29, 2024, while stationed aboard the USCGC Bertholf is one of two photos chosen by the U.S. Postal Service for its design of a Forever stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The stamp features photos of the Legend-class national security cutter Bertholf, as well as the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle, the academy’s primary…
A Georgia National Guardsman told police that an argument over U.S. Army hair regulations was just “playful banter” when he pointed his loaded service pistol at another soldier during a break from patrol in Washington, D.C., according to court records. Spc. Zion Mitchell was arrested after the Aug. 25 confrontation, which occurred inside a van carrying seven Guard members. Six of the soldiers later gave police their accounts of the incident, and several described Mitchell drawing his weapon as the argument escalated. Mitchell told law enforcement that he pulled out his pistol but kept it pointed at the ground. According…
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was nominating Hung Cao for the full-time position of secretary of the Navy. Cao has been in the acting role since former Navy Secretary John Phelan’s abrupt departure in April.Yet, Cao will need more than the Senate’s majority rule approval — his nomination from Trump will also require a special waiver to assume the post.Under 10 U.S.C. §8013, federal law requires a seven-year waiting period before former military officers can take several top civilian Pentagon jobs, including deputy secretary of defense, under secretary of defense for policy and comptroller and the service secretaries.…
The deaths of a Delta Force soldier and an Army veteran found shot in the woods of a North Carolina base have for years garnered speculation that culminated in the form of a bestselling book about drugs, violence and the culture of U.S. special forces troops at Fort Bragg. Nearly six years later, a man has been sentenced to three life terms plus 83 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of their murders. Kenneth Maurice Quick, Jr., 26, was convicted in May of eight federal charges from the December 2020 killings of Master Sgt. William “Billy” Lavigne,…
Jim Collins had chased deer ever since he was old enough to hunt, but his enthusiasm level was running at full throttle when the 2000 Oregon deer season began. For the first time, Collins would try to call a blacktail to within range, and his anticipation was high. On November 11, opening day of the muzzleloader season, he used a fawn distress call to entice a six-pointer to within 30 yards. He let the 2½-year-old buck walk, however, figuring something with better headgear would come along if he was patient. A fisheries biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish &…