Israel has invaded Lebanon, beginning a ground operation against Hezbollah. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stated that it has started a “limited and targeted” move against the terrorist group in order to protect Northern Israeli citizens. WAR EXPANDS: Iran Pounded Israel With Missiles Overnight In a statement on X, the IDF explained that the “limited and targeted ground operations against key Hezbollah strongholds” are “part of broader defensive efforts to establish and strengthen a forward defensive posture, which includes the dismantling of terrorist infrastructure and the elimination of terrorists operating in the area.” According to a report by RT, the Israeli military noted that…
Author: Tommy Grant
A woman raising two children was among the six U.S. service members killed last week when a military refueling plane involved in the war with Iran crashed in western Iraq.Tech Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, hailed from a large family in Bardstown, Kentucky, and was “very, very” proud of her military career, her husband Gregory Pruitt said Sunday.“I’ll give you something brief: in a word, radiant,” he said in a phone interview, trying to hold back tears. “If there was a light in the room, she was it.”Survivors include the couple’s 3-year-old daughter and Sgt. Pruitt’s stepson.Pruitt joined the military…
SETERMOEN, Norway — Norway’s elite soldiers for Arctic warfare swear by an old-fashioned method for staying hidden from drones’ sophisticated sensors: quinzhees, or snow caves, carefully dug by hand.Deep in Norwegian woods, some 400 kilometers away from the Russian border, an officer of the Norwegian Long Range Reconnaissance Squadron is hidden in a snow-made shelter, with only his light-grey firearm peeking out.The officer, nicknamed Poster Boy, is part of the country’s elite Arctic task force, designed to operate far behind enemy lines to conduct surveillance missions. The snow cave serving as his concealment is known as a quinzhee, 1.5m high…
An Iranian missile strike damaged five U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft on the ground at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, two U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal.The aircraft were parked on the flight line at the time of the strike and sustained damage but were not destroyed, according to the officials. The tankers are being repaired and are expected to return to service. No U.S. personnel were killed in the attack, The Wall Street Journal reported.President Donald Trump disputed those characterizations in a Saturday Truth Social post, saying, “The Base was hit a few days…
United States energy companies could bring in billions of dollars if the war in Iran continues. The global rise in energy prices, which has resulted from the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, will make the U.S. one of the biggest beneficiaries. The Financial Times (FT) [behind a paywall] has reported that the U.S. stands to make billions of dollars from the rising cost of fuel, while citing estimates provided by the investment bank Jefferies. Oil prices have already surged past $100 per barrel due to the fallout from the ongoing war in the Middle East. If they remain elevated this year,…
As the Navy builds out new career fields focused on operating drone boats and submarines, it’s repurposing special insignia pins taken from other job fields with similar requirements to recognize the work they do.At the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium in January, Lt. Miles Graham, commanding officer of the freshly established Chimera Detachment Alpha, revealed that his sailors were now earning the Craftmaster Insignia, a distinctive and rare device featuring a ship’s wheel and crossed anchors. Chimera Detachment Alpha, activated in January, operates the Navy’s medium unmanned surface vessels including Sea Hawk and Sea Hunter; the DARPA-built no manning required…
United States ruler, Donald Trump, has claimed that Iran “is being decimated,” while the “fake news” mainstream media outlets lie about it. Trump has threatened the outlets with “treason” over their reporting of the Iran war. On Sunday, Trump composed and published a long Truth Social post in which he made all kinds of claims about the reporting on the war, and how horribly Iran is being “decimated.” “The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they ‘win’ are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets,” Trump wrote. He also disparaged the…
Most preppers have the gear sorted. They have a bug-out bag, a water filter, a fire starter, and enough food stored to last months. What many of them cannot do is carry that bug-out bag five miles through broken terrain without stopping, outrun a threat on foot, or work a physically demanding job for twelve hours straight when the grid goes down and there is no other option. Physical fitness is the survival skill that does not fit in a bag and cannot be bought on Amazon. It is also the one that most preppers neglect because it takes longer…
If there are any boats in the Air Force special warfare training pipeline, you can bet David Goggins will be carrying them.Goggins, who retired from active duty in the Navy SEALs in 2016 and has gone on to build a brand as a bestselling author and motivational speaker, has reenlisted at age 51. He is now assigned to the Special Warfare Training Wing, Air Force officials confirmed to Military Times.While Goggins did not publicly announce his return to active duty, the military-focused Instagram page “Come.Sit.And.Relax” set veteran communities abuzz March 13 when it posted a photo of Goggins in an…
A new effort claiming to be a “coalition of stakeholders who represent many perspectives on firearms in America” that is “dedicated to working together to reduce gun harms while respecting the rights of responsible gun owners” is drawing fire from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). Called Bridging the Divide on Firearms Policy, has outlined a set of eight state-level “harm reduction” policies created by a panel that purportedly included both gun rights and gun control advocates. According to a news report written by Larry Keane, NSSF vice president and general counsel, the package includes many proposals and was developed…