Ninety-six days after arriving at Camp Pendleton, California, for her family’s third permanent change of station, Michelle Pasco is still searching for work.She left behind a teaching career she loved in San Antonio, Texas. Since arriving in California, Pasco has spent months navigating state credentialing requirements including additional coursework, English learner authorization and California-specific licensing before she can return to the classroom.“The fastest way to get ghosted after a job interview is by telling them you’re a military spouse,” Pasco said. “They’ll say, ‘You’ve lived in a lot of places,’ and then comes the awkward, ‘Yeah … I’m a military…
Author: Tommy Grant
The Brief: In June 2026, a Clovis, New Mexico resident fatally shot Abel Abeyta after Abeyta drove an SUV into their home late at night. Responding officers found significant structural damage and the driver with multiple gunshot wounds. Abeyta later died at a specialized trauma center from his injuries. The District Attorney declined to file criminal charges, concluding the shooting was a lawful act of self-defense. Surveillance footage confirmed the vehicular breach, and New Mexico law requires the state to disprove self-defense claims. Prosecutors determined they could not overcome this legal burden at trial. CLOVIS, NM — A late-night vehicular…
U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Brown of the Florida Army National Guard and U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Fouts of the Arizona Army National Guard were named the 2026 Army National Guard Soldier of the Year and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, respectively, after winning this month’s Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition. The event was held July 11-14 at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Florida.Brown and Fouts earned the honors after four days of competition against 12 other top soldiers and noncommissioned officers representing 14 states. The competitors completed more than 25 events testing marksmanship, land navigation, tactical decision making…
Every morning, Chelsea Thomas wakes up married, but alone. Her husband, an Air Force service member, has spent the past three years living more than 600 miles away because of military orders. While he relocated to his next assignment, Thomas remained in Florida with their children, preserving careers, school routines and the life they had built.It isn’t a deployment. For the Thomas family, it’s simply military life. For generations, military families were expected to pack up together every time orders arrived. Today, some families are making a different calculation. Rather than uprooting children’s schools, abandoning established careers, leaving specialized medical…
This article was originally published by William L. Anderson at The Mises Institute. He spoke with a very thick Sicilian accent.“Ah, young fellow,” he said to Vito. “People tell me you’re rich. You and your two friends. But don’t you think you’ve treated me a little shabbily? After all, this is my neighborhood, and you should let me wet my beak.” — The Godfather, Don Fanucci tries to shake down Vito Corleone In the mid-1990s, Microsoft stood atop the high-tech world, and its founder and chairman, Bill Gates, had guru status among his fellow Americans. Microsoft had recently come out with its…
No. A standard renters insurance policy does not cover flood damage. This surprises a lot of renters, since renters insurance does cover many other types of water damage, like a burst pipe or an overflowing washing machine. Flooding caused by outside water, heavy rain, storm surge, or an overflowing river or lake is treated as a completely separate category of risk, and it is specifically excluded from nearly every standard renters policy sold in the United States. If you rent and live anywhere near a coastline, a river, a lake, or an area prone to heavy rainfall and flash flooding,…
There is a reason hot honey has taken over restaurant menus, farmers markets, and pantry shelves over the past several years. It is sweet, it is fiery, it is endlessly versatile, and best of all for anyone who values self-reliance, it is one of the simplest condiments you can make at home with almost no specialized equipment. For preppers and homesteaders, hot honey is more than a trendy drizzle for pizza. It is a shelf-stable way to preserve a garden pepper harvest, a barter-worthy homemade good, a natural way to stretch your honey supply with new flavor, and a practical…
Leupold has just launched the long-awaited LCO Pro F2 carbine red dot sight.Leupold is best known for its rifle scopes, but that doesn’t mean that the company doesn’t know how to make excellent red dot sights. The DeltaPoint Pro, a longtime staple among pistol optics, is proof of that, but Leupold wanted to bring shooters an excellent carbine red dot option as well. Hence, the new LCO Pro F2.The Leupold LCO Pro F2 has a lot going for it, but its most standout feature is probably its viewing window. It’s very large and features a premium aspheric lens that provides…
Two defense technology companies filed lawsuits in federal court Tuesday after being excluded from the U.S. Navy’s newest unmanned surface vessel acquisition program.Blue Water Autonomy and Saildrone allege they were kicked out of contention for the Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel Family of Systems program after the Navy failed to comply with its own requirements, among other errors.Blue Water Autonomy said the decision was based on “overly restrictive evaluation criteria, a misreading of Blue Water’s proposal, and irrational conclusions that are inconsistent with the [Request for Prototype Proposals] and statutory requirements,” according to a complaint filed in the U.S. Court…
The ability to fight and maintain superiority in the space domain is becoming increasingly essential to deterrence on Earth as adversaries continue to target space as a first in conflicts globally, say lawmakers and Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, the U.S. Space Force chief candidate.Military conflicts, especially the war in Iran, have “tested” the Space Force substantially for the past five months, Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Sen. Jack Reed, D-RI, said Thursday in a hearing to discuss the nomination of Lt. Gen. Schiess to be the third-ever chief of space operations for the Space Force.“Space Force assets were…