Pearl Harbor dropped a half-crewed destroyer into bloody chaos, and a young Ensign with just eight months of active-duty experience answered by taking command, getting USS Aylwin into the fight, and driving her out to sea. Stanley Caplan was no comic-book superhero. He was something rarer, a very young American officer who performed magnificently when the world caught fire. Second Lieutenants, Naval Captains, and the Strange Math of Rank Serving on active duty as a Second Lieutenant is a fairly surreal enterprise. Nobody who matters takes you seriously. Military service is rightfully driven by experience, and Second Lieutenants just don’t…
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As it stands, we’re probably going to be waiting a bit before we see details about 2025’s “gun crime” statistics. It always takes a bit of time to break those down, though, so that’s not unusual. On Thursday, Cam took a look at 2024’s numbers as they applied to Florida, which had just achieved real permitless carry. Now, I’m going to look at them at a more national level, because Florida’s numbers don’t really matter if you don’t live in Florida, except in an academic sense. The rest of us live in other parts of…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. and Iranian leaders traded further threats on Saturday as the interim deal to end the war buckles under repeated crossfire in the Middle East. President Donald Trump upped threats of further missile attacks against Iran in a string of comments on his Truth Social that came after senior U.S. officials demanded that Iran make a public statement saying the Strait of Hormuz is open and that ships crossing the vital corridor won’t be attacked. Trump also made the comments after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls for the…
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Watch brand Luminox has launched a new watch with the Navy SEAL Foundation as part of its ongoing partnership with the naval charity. The $925 watch is called the Luminox Navy SEAL Foundation 3220.XS.3228.NSF and is made of IP Gun stainless steel to promote durability and toughness. It is blacked out and has an anti-reflective sapphire crystal above its dial. The watch offers 200 meter water resistance and is supported by a screw-down crown and screw-in case back for added protection against water intrusion, according to Luminox, while a sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating further enhances durability and readability. “Luminox…
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