Hershel “Woody” Williams and other Medal of Honor recipients are getting their permanent due in Washington. The U.S. House of Representatives, in a rare manner of bipartisanship, unanimously passed S.858, the “Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act.” It is named after the last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient and would situate the new monument near the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed S.858, the “Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act.” It is named after the last surviving World War II…

The Supreme Court has finally agreed to hear an assault weapon ban case. Considering the long and “storied” history behind these laws, as well as the absolute stupidity behind them, it’s clear a case of it being about time. But better late than never, I suppose, and they’re hearing one now.That means we’re going to hear about the plaintiffs’ briefs and amicus briefs aplenty as both sides try to make arguments for and against the law. One of the groups that has already done so is the Second Amendment Foundation.From a press release:Following closely on…

Sign in to your Military.com account Members of the Armed Forces stand on the field before an NFL game between the New York Giants and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo) Fall is approaching, and that means it’s time for football. Whether you’re hoping to catch some NFL games in person or cheer your favorite team on while streaming games at home, you can take advantage of special military deals to make the wins even sweeter. And don’t forget to use military discounts to show off your team spirit with…

Which military branch has the best retirement benefits? This question has a simple answer that people may not expect — with an exception: No branch pays a better military pension than any other. Retirement pay is governed entirely by federal law and Department of Defense policy, not by the individual services, and the underlying math is identical whether someone spent 20 years in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard. One variable does exist, but you can’t count on it just by joining a certain service. Two Systems: What’s the Same Across Every Branch Service…

A staggeringly unrealistic article recently came out entitled “This Is The Income A Family Needs To Live Comfortably In Every U.S. State.”As expected, certain high cost-of-living states dominated the list, such as California, Massachusetts, Hawaii, etc. In these states, the income necessary for a “comfortable” lifestyle can top $300,000. So of course, the first thing I looked up is the income necessary for a comfortable lifestyle in Idaho. And do you know what income allegedly is? $226,000!!!!! My outraged comment to Don was, “On what planet?” Seriously, I know no one – literally no one – whose income even remotely approaches that…

reThinkSurvival.comImage Credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-white-bucket-sitting-on-top-of-a-set-of-stairs-gHi1sRKZBFQUseful Bucket UpgradesJuly 24, 2026I”m a huge fan of 5-gallon buckets. I think they should be a top priority purcahse for any prepper. There are many uses besides storing food or hauling water. But what I hadn’t thought about enough is how they can be upgraded. The video below shows how they can be upgraded in several different ways, most of which I wasn’t aware of, including as a: grit trap, bucket dolly, tool organizer, mousetrap (a commerically made product), swivel seat, carry strap, and more. There are other upgrades that I already knew about, such as the…

Recently something rather baffling happened: Don and I were at the receiving end of an act of charity.A contractor came into the house to receive the final payment for a hefty home improvement project he had just completed. We had saved for this project for two years and therefore had the cash on hand to pay for it in full. But without any prompting whatsoever, the contractor offered us a steep discount for the work he had done. We tried to argue that we could afford to pay for the project and were more than pleased with the final results,…

Most prepping conversations about disabilities focus on the physical stuff, like wheelchairs or CPAP machines, and that kind of thing. What gets less attention is how many ordinary people depend on daily medications just to function, like blood pressure pills, insulin, heart meds. I believe upwards of 90% of all seniors rely on medications to manage chronic conditions.A short disruption, most people can ride out. A few days without power or maybe stores closed for a week, that’s annoying but survivable. But Puerto Rico’s outage after Hurricane Maria stretched past 300 days in some areas. That’s a scenario where “I’ll…

Sign in to your Military.com account A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the space observatory Roman Telescope lifts off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.Credit: AP Photo/John Raoux Originally published by  Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope shortly after daybreak aboard a triple-the-firepower Falcon Heavy rocket. Roman blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles (1.6…

The video argues that the CDC removed a firearm “defensive gun use” statistic after pressure from gun control advocates, then later restored the same range on its website. It claims the deleted figure came from a CDC-cited research report estimating 60,000 to 2.5 million defensive gun uses per year, and says the removal was driven by an email from Mark Bryant of the Gun Violence Archive. The speaker frames the episode as evidence that officials and activists tried to suppress a pro-gun statistic rather than challenge it with better research. The video concludes by saying the lower end of the…

The acting Secretary of the Navy ordered the Marine Corps to help a military spouse get her and her family back to the United States, after she took to social media to express concern that she and her kids might be stuck in Germany as she and her husband divorce. The military spouse, identified by Task & Purpose’s sister publication We Are the Mighty as Jamie Lenio, said that she was worried she would be stuck in Germany if her divorce and custody proceedings happen while still in Germany. She identified her husband as an active-duty Marine who wishes to…

On Friday, the war over the Strait of Hormuz reached a milestone that took four and a half months of some of the most dangerous work in the United States military. Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, announced in a video address that American forces have cleared the Iranian sea mines from the strait’s transit routes, an effort led by Navy divers and SEALs against weapons the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps laid in the spring.  “The circumstances were challenging and dangerous, to say the least, but we got the job done,” Cooper said in the announcement first reported…