The Brief: A high-speed police pursuit in Orange Park, Florida, ended after a suspect abandoned a stolen vehicle and broke into a residential home through a garage. The homeowner confronted the intruder inside the residence and shot him in the leg to defend his family. Responding deputies took the wounded suspect into custody and confirmed he had active warrants for grand theft and armed robbery. Law enforcement affirmed the homeowner acted legally in self-defense, and no charges will be filed against him. ORANGE PARK, FL — A dangerous high-speed police pursuit ended in a residential neighborhood after an alert homeowner…
Author: Tommy Grant
A U.S. Air Force officer and two Army Corps of Engineers civilians were among eight people killed in a plane crash in Western Alaska last week.2nd Lt. Leah R. Borsich, 23, was a project programmer in the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, located in Anchorage, Alaska, according to a Monday base release.Borsich was among eight people killed Aug. 20 when a civilian-contracted aircraft crashed at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, roughly 450 miles west-southwest of Anchorage.“Lt. Borsich was a positive leader who brought tremendous energy and enthusiasm to our command,” Col. Timothey Meerstein, commander of…
For those who don’t know, an emergency ration bar is a food designed to keep you alive during some sort of survival scenario. Emergency ration bars have a very long shelf life, but most importantly, they are calorically dense. Typically, one bar has several hundred calories, which makes them ideal for bug out bags or survival caches. There are a couple of downsides to store-bought ration bars, though. They usually don’t taste very good, and they’re not very nutritious. In fact, you could say they’re downright unhealthy, since the ingredients are mostly flour, sugar, and shortening. Yes, they’ll keep you…
Within the Defense Department’s ongoing efforts to revitalize the industrial supply chain across the military branches, the U.S. Navy announced it is standing up a new defense industrial base office to “expand the domestic manufacturing ecosystem, mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities, and integrate dual-use commercial technologies to enhance the lethality of the Navy-Marine Corps team,” according to a Monday release. Andrew Magliochetti, who previously served as the director of the Navy’s Office of Small Business Programs, was tapped by Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao to become the first deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for the defense industrial base.As…
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln will dock in Thailand next week, a Thai official said on Tuesday, following a prolonged deployment in the Middle East and reports of mental health concerns and deteriorating conditions on board.The Lincoln, which left the Middle East on Saturday, has not made a port call in over 200 days, setting a modern-day record for consecutive days at sea, according to Democratic lawmakers.The ship, which has roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard, will be in Thailand for “rest and recreation after their long sea journey,” the official said, asking not to be named.Thailand’s Navy confirmed…
Two U.S. tanker aircraft have left Bulgaria’s Bezmer air base, Bulgaria’s defense minister said on Saturday, nearly a month after their deployment in the Balkan country angered Iran.The United States, which has been at war with Iran since Feb. 28, requested their temporary deployment under an agreement governing the joint use of military facilities. Iran said at the time that their deployment would constitute complicity in “aggression and war crimes”, a charge that Sofia dismissed.The two U.S. Air Force KC-135 planes left Bulgaria on Friday, Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov told reporters.The U.S. authorities could not be immediately reached for comment.…
The Marine Corps and Navy will require personnel to undergo annual gas mask fit training beginning at the end of August, a move the services say is intended in part to “reinforce grooming compliance.”The Aug. 21 announcement links the Marine Corps’ “uniform grooming standards” directly to “operational readiness and compatibility with protective equipment.”In practical terms, the policy is intended to ensure Marines and sailors can establish a proper seal between their faces and gas masks, demonstrating that the fit is not compromised by facial hair.The new requirement comes about 18 months after the services tightened restrictions on shaving waivers for…
If you want to upgrade your tactical shotgun, you need to check out S&J Hardware.The fighting shotgun is a distinctly American invention. When smokeless powder came to rifles, they became the choice for militaries. As a result, shotguns became hunting tools. Except here in the United States. And as they were designed as hunting tools, they have some shortcomings as defensive tools. Like the controls.To that end, S&J Hardware has a line of upgrades to help you better manage your scattergun. They offer magazine tube extensions—but, then again, a lot of people do that as well. What caught my eye…
A tick tube looks like nothing special: a cardboard tube stuffed with treated cotton, tucked into a garden bed or along a tree line. But the idea behind it is smarter than it looks, and it attacks the tick problem from a direction most yard treatments completely ignore. Instead of spraying your grass and hoping for the best, tick tubes recruit the animal actually responsible for infecting most ticks in the first place: the mouse. This guide covers exactly how tick tubes work, what the research actually shows about their effectiveness, why making your own is a worse idea than…
Somewhere near Washington D.C., a company is spending $300 million to dig a luxury apartment complex 200 feet into the ground. The swimming pool sits 20 stories down but looks like it’s perched on the edge of a cliff. Robots run the medical wing. A single membership costs $20 million, and only 625 people will ever hold one. The project is called Aerie, built by a Virginia firm named SAFE, short for Strategically Armored and Fortified Environments. They’ve spent decades building panic rooms and fortified estates for the mega-rich, including one home with its own Formula 1 track. Aerie is…