When you tell a former athlete who is now a recruit preparing for various military training opportunities that they need to do both heavy weightlifting and more cardio, it hits hard for many. Typically, depending on the recruit’s athletic history, one (strength or cardio) is very likely a weakness and the other a strength. For instance, strength athletes may be weak in muscle stamina and cardio endurance. Endurance athletes may be weak in strength and power. Here is a question commonly asked by athletes seeking to join the military: Stew, I’m trying to get my ruck times down for selection,…

The conversation around veteran suicide prevention has grown considerably in recent years: more funding, more programs, more technology, more public awareness. What has not grown at the same pace is the understanding of one of the most significant risk factors driving that suicide rate: traumatic brain injury. Veterans diagnosed with TBI face a 56 percent higher risk of dying by suicide compared to veterans without a head injury diagnosis. That statistic is not new. What is new is that a national coalition launched in March 2026 is specifically building its entire model around it. Heads Up Vet, announced in March…

The Department of Veterans Affairs began enrolling veterans in its first-ever clinical trial of therapy assisted by MDMA, or Ecstasy, in May 2026. The program targets treatment-resistant PTSD and alcohol use disorder. The announcement did not come with a major press rollout. But for veterans who have cycled through medication management, group therapy, prolonged exposure, cognitive processing therapy and residential programs — and are still struggling — it landed anyway. The trial is real, and it is a meaningful step. It is also, by design, small, tightly controlled, and years away from producing results. Veterans reading about it should understand…

Being a public servant of any kind can be kind of tricky. After all, you’re working for the government, and that can mean massive swings in what that government actually seeks to accomplish. It’s also important that those who work for the government do their best to keep their own opinions in check, at least while working in an official capacity. Everyone is welcome to their own opinions, but they’re not free to express them on the taxpayer’s dime. However, in Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners’ Cory Gaines argues that some public servants are…

A new law extends free TSA PreCheck to certain severely disabled veterans. Active-duty members have always had it free through their Defense Department ID. Gold Star families qualify, too. Here is a complete breakdown of who gets what and what each group needs to do. How to Get TSA PreCheck for Free TSA PreCheck, the program that lets travelers keep their shoes on, skip the regular security line, and move through a dedicated fast lane at more than 200 airports, costs $85 for a five-year membership through the standard civilian process. For a growing number of military-connected travelers, it costs…

The military produces entrepreneurs at rates higher than the general population: Veterans are 45 percent more likely to be self-employed than nonveterans, according to Small Business Administration data. What it produces less reliably is the business training and startup capital to turn that entrepreneurial drive into sustainable companies. Warrior Rising, a nonprofit supported by the SBA, has built a pipeline designed to address both gaps, and the grant funding at the end of that pipeline can reach $20,000. The VA has been highlighting Warrior Rising’s Warrior University program across its news channels this year as a resource for veteran and…

Let me tell you something about bug out bags: No one gets it exactly right the first time. If you think you can assemble a bug out bag once and then forget about it forever, you are gravely mistaken. There are bound to be a few crucial items missing. That’s why it’s important to regularly look over and update your bug out bag. Most preppers focus on the obvious stuff: a knife, fire starter, first aid kit. But it’s the overlooked items that tend to bite you when things go sideways. The difference between a good bug out bag and…

California isn’t the only state to have banned Glock handguns, but it was the first and the largest. While anti-gunners and their media buddies have termed them “DIY machine guns,” the truth is that the Glock isn’t anything of the sort. The auto sears, which are illegal under federal law and have been since the moment they were invented, are the machine guns. Still, anti-gun states don’t care, and with California, that lack of care impacts all of us. See, the problem isn’t just that residents in California are prohibited from buying the most popular…

Current and future transgender military service members have claimed a new victory after a court granted a motion for class certification as part of a legal battle that began in January 2025. The Federal District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday afternoon granted a motion for class certification in Talbott v. USA (formerly Talbott v. Trump), the ongoing legal challenge to the transgender military ban pushed by President Donald Trump and executed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The ruling for class certification allows plaintiffs to seek to extend protections won in Talbott v. Trump to all transgender service…

This article was originally published by George Ford Smith at The Mises Institute.  It must be owned that Mr Locke, and other theoretical writers, have held, that “there remains still inherent in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative, when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them: for when such trust is abused, it is thereby forfeited, and devolves to those who gave it.” But however just this conclusion may be in theory, we cannot adopt it, nor argue from it, under any dispensation of government at present actually existing. .…

The Wolford decision comes immediately on the heels of Hemani, which is shortly after cases like Bruen. This particular court has come down heavily in favor of the right to keep and bear arms, particularly as an individual right and one that should not be relegated to second-class status. It’s a glorious thing to experience, especially after decades of absolute silence from the Supreme Court on gun rights. We had Heller and McDonald a while back, which suggested that things were changing, but then back to silence.Now, we’re seeing action, and almost all of it…

One of the most frustrating parts of the VA disability claims process has always been what happens when VA needs more information. The request arrives by mail. You respond by mail. The claim sits while the paper moves. The VA has now built a direct digital alternative, and if you have a pending claim, it is worth knowing about before the next request lands in your mailbox. The Claim Assist Portal, launched in March 2026, gives veterans a secure online way to respond when VA asks for additional evidence, documentation or clarification on a disability claim. Instead of printing, signing…