Images by the author Let me begin by telling you about my experience with the Super Blackhawk. It was 1979, and I was showing my Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt to my good friend Mitch’s dad. He was a military collector and had a basement just this side of Wonderful. I loved to go down there… every wall was filled with rifles, pistols, helmets, and other items. He even had a 6-foot-tall mannequin, Herman, decked out in a complete Wehrmacht uniform with helmet, correct in every detail, with a Gewehr Karabiner 98k slung over his shoulder. Herman could creep you out…
Author: Tommy Grant
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the promotions of four Army officers — two Black men and two women — to the rank of brigadier general, the New York Times reported Friday.Hegseth’s actions are in line with the broader Trump administration’s attacks on efforts across the federal government to support and promote the concerns of minority populations — what President Donald Trump and Hegseth have derided as “DEI,” which stands for diversity, equity and inclusion.Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell disputed the Times’ reporting, telling the Guardian, “Under Secretary Hegseth, military promotions are given to those who have earned them. Meritocracy, which…
The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) is appealing a ruling by a Texas judge that the state’s concealed carry ban at bars, racetracks, and sporting events is constitutional under the Second Amendment. In the case Ziegenfuss v. Martin, FPC and three individual plaintiffs brought a facial challenge under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments against Texas Department of Public Safety Director Freeman Martin, arguing that the state’s location-based bans violate the right to bear arms for immediate self-defense in public. However, U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman ruled that Texas can continue banning the carry of firearms at racetracks, businesses that derive…
Editor’s note: This is a developing story. Ten U.S. service members were wounded Friday in an Iranian missile strike on Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal first reported. Two of the 10 personnel, all of whom were reportedly inside an installation building at the time of the attack, are in serious condition.Attempts to contact U.S. Central Command had not been returned as of publication. Friday’s strike, which reportedly damaged multiple U.S. refueling aircraft and involved Iranian drones as well, comes as the U.S. military continues to pour assets into the region. The Pentagon on Wednesday confirmed…
U.S. Space Command is operating a small Program Management Office with about 20 personnel at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the phased relocation of its headquarters, Gen. Stephen N. Whiting told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.The command plans to break ground on a new headquarters facility on an approximately 60-acre site near the center of Redstone Arsenal in 2027, according to the City of Huntsville. The facility is scheduled for completion around 2031, with an additional year for personnel move-in.“To guarantee uninterrupted command and control throughout the transition, USSPACECOM will phase the relocation of personnel…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: Pentagon Weighs Sending Another 10,000 Ground Troops To Middle East, Suggests Seizing Iran-Controlled Islands The Pentagon is looking at sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East to give the US President more military options, even as he weighs peace talks with Tehran, according to unnamed Department of War officials The earlier five-day deadline for resumption of US attacks on Iranian energy has now been moved to ten days (it was set to expire Fri/Sat). The following was issued by President Trump late Thursday afternoon on Truth…
Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, “A Cry in the Night,” appeared in the February 1967 issue of Outdoor Life. After a miserable and unsuccessful day of trying to catch flounders in the Gulf of Mexico at Dauphin Island, Alabama, my two brothers-in-law and I headed for home at about 10:30 p.m. on November 24, 1965. For me, a teacher and principal at Elsanor School in Robertsdale, Ala., home was Bay Minette. For my brothers-in-law, Marvin E. Myer, a medical technician, and Ray I. Horton, a shipyard operator, it was…
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, and The Border Chronicle, which produces independent, investigative journalism on the U.S.-Mexico border. On a warm, winter Sunday, the Playas de Tijuana in Mexico is filled with families picnicking.The beach here presses right up against the border wall with the United States. Music blares, teenagers film TikTok videos next to the 30-foot high fence, which is covered in painted murals on the Mexican side—butterflies, faces, human hands reaching out.Looking through the slotted wall to the American side, the beach…
Images by the author I wish I had invested in sights for AR-pattern rifles years ago… I could’ve retired all over. There is a vast ocean of sights, both iron and electronic, for the AR owner to choose from. I have reported on many of them over the years, especially those of the red dot variety, but there’s something special about “plain” iron back-up sights. If your optic fails at a critical moment, whatcha gonna do, to use the vernacular. If you have this set of sights, just flip them up, and you’re good to go. XS is a sight…
The cherry blossoms are in bloom; glints of hope are still fresh in fans’ eyes; beer is flowing; hot dogs are being consumed at alarming rates— it’s baseball time.But amid the festivities is a tradition, now in its third year, that intersects America’s favorite pastime and military service. Ahead of Opening Day, Arlington National Cemetery placed official MLB baseballs — courtesy of the Nationals — on the gravesites of six men, all former baseball players turned citizen soldiers. The baseballs were placed at the gravesites of:Luzerne “Lu” Blue: Blue, a D.C. native who rose to prominence under Ty Cobb’s Detroit…