New York governor Kathy Hochul was one of those politicians who was pro-gun when it was convenient for her, then flipped like a switch when she decided to run for statewide office. We know this is what she truly wants, versus just being politically acceptable, because of how much attention she focuses on it while there are actual problems in her state. She and her fellow travelers like to pretend that gun control works swimmingly. In fact, find an anti-gunner who will admit that gun control doesn’t work. Go on, I dare ya.Obviously, anyone who…
These are the Defense Department’s child-care fees for 2025-2026. Military child-care fees vary according to family income and the local market rate. The market categories are low, standard or high. The installation commander chooses which market rate applies locally. Fees for Defense Department child care typically change in the fall. The weekly rate is $361 in 2025-2026 for non-service members, such as military contractors, whose children may attend DoD child care on a space-available basis. The cap on assistance for service members’ children to attend community-based providers is $2,000 per child per month. DoD officials told Military.com that the military…
United States President Donald Trump said that the US-Iran ceasefire is over after Tehran attacked a tanker that “ignored repeated warnings.” Trump made the comments as the US military conducted a series of strikes on the Islamic Republic over alleged attacks on three tankers that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. US Allegations: Iran Fired Missiles At Vessels In Strait of Hormuz On Wednesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it hit dozens of Iranian ground and naval targets “in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” denouncing Tehran for “aggression [that] was…
The New York budget bill has provisions that require 3D printers to have software which will block the creation of firearms and certain accessories. Some say this will crush manufacturing. The budget bill — signed on May 28 — has language included in it which requires changes to 3D printer hardware. Those changes come in the form of limiting what a “three-dimensional printer” can and cannot create. The problem with the definition of a three-dimensional printer is that this will include any and all computer-aided rendering or subtractive manufacturing machines. Our friends at Eye on…
Army officials announced Tuesday that the service has scrapped its decades-old height and weight standards, tape tests and supplemental body fat assessments in favor of a single waist-to-height ratio, becoming the last military branch to adopt the standard the Pentagon ordered in December. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll signed the directive July 1, and it took effect immediately July 7. Every soldier has 90 days to get measured and recorded under the new system. Waist divided by height now has to be below 0.55. On its face, the change looks fairly straightforward. Measure the waist, divide by height, stay under the…
Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More Travel trailers are, with a very few exceptions, a variation on a theme. It’s a box, usually made of wood and fiberglass, mounted on a wheeled frame of some kind with a tow hitch at the front. It works because they’re relatively simple to design and produce, and are made of affordable materials. What if there were a different way of doing it, though? LIV Travel Trailers thinks there is. Called the E-Leaf, it was introduced in June, and it involves a whole lot…
While Ubisoft is still staying quiet about what’s coming in the next Far Cry installment, a notable dataminer has recently leaked details about what the development team is planning for Far Cry 7, and the claims suggest a major departure from the series’ formula. Far Cry fans haven’t seen a new entry since 2021, marking the longest stretch without a new game for a franchise that had reliably maintained three to four-year development cycles. Far Cry has been a staple franchise for Ubisoft for over two decades now; however, its future remains a mystery. Recent interviews with Ubisoft CEO Yves…
The Trump administration hasn’t been perfect on Second Amendment issues, but I think it’s fair to say that there’s a night-and-day difference between it and the Biden administration when it comes to firearms, gun owners, and “gun violence.” Under Donald Trump, the DOJ is going after cities and states infringing on our right to keep and bear arms, while the ATF is focused on disrupting gun trafficking networks and pursuing violent offenders instead of adopting rules and policies that are aimed at firearm manufacturers and lawful gun owners. While those of us who care about our…
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. will give a license for its Patriot air defense systems to be made overseas for Ukraine to counter Russian missile attacks, a huge coup for Ukraine which has badly needed the technology in the war now in its fifth year. Trump made the announcement as he met Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO summit in Turkey, praising him as having “done an amazing job” and “been very effective” in the war. “We’ll give them the right to make Patriots. We’ll show them how to do…
For military families, permanent change of station moves are an expected part of life. The average military child attends six to nine different schools before graduation, building new friendships, adjusting to new teachers and adapting to different graduation requirements with nearly every move. Those challenges become especially significant during high school, when coursework, athletics, leadership positions and college applications can all be disrupted by a last-minute relocation. To help reduce that disruption, the Army and several other military branches offer programs that allow some families to delay a PCS move so a child can finish high school. While each service…
Every summer, thousands of service members leave the military and begin the next chapter of their lives. June is one of the busiest retirement periods of the year, but the reason has less to do with preference and convenience than with military pay. “It is really more of an administrative timing,” said Sarah Roder, Director of Partnerships at Armed Forces Mutual. “June 30 is the last day of the third fiscal quarter. If you retire on June 30, then you would see your pension check immediately on July 1.” For Roder, however, the retirement date is only the beginning. The…
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The death of a young sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman has been ruled a suicide, nearly three weeks after his body was found in the water near the piers at Naval Station Norfolk. Engineman Fireman Apprentice Isaac Benjamin Morris, 22, died from drowning, according to the Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. His manner of death was determined to be suicide, according to local media reports on Monday. Morris, from California, was last seen at Naval Station Norfolk on June 14 and was reported missing before authorities found his body on June 19. The…
Sony recently announced that the online storefronts for the PS3 and PS Vita will be shutting down over the course of the next year. As a result, PlayStation users will be losing digital access to a variety of classic PS1 games that are very expensive to purchase physically. In anticipation of this shutdown, there are around 20 games that are worth picking up now to avoid having to pay ludicrous prices for an original PlayStation copy. The shutdown of the PS3 and PS Vita stores will begin in August 2026 in Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua, while additional Latin America and…
Some of us really love bacon, but unfortunately, it has a shelf-life. A common storage option is to freeze it, and that works fine… for about a month. That’s the tough thing about storing bacon. You can only keep it in the fridge for a couple of weeks, and the longest you can extend that is a month in the freezer. One alternative that some people like is bacon-flavored TVP or textured vegetable protein. It does add a bacon flavor to food as a topping, and it can last up to 10 years, but it’s not really bacon. It’s soy…
It’s spring in Alaska, and I’m on a multihour run in the temperate rainforest. Moss clings to the branches of old-growth forests, and waterfalls cascade from the precipitous mountainsides above. The rain is ceaseless. Combined with an ambient air temperature of around 35 degrees, these are the type of conditions where I can’t stop moving without risking hypothermia in a remote setting. Pausing briefly for a snack break, I pull out my three extra layers and don them under a large Sitka Spruce. Carried in the Hyperlite Pemi 15, my extra layers are safe and dry, allowing me to comfortably…
I’ve developed a healthy distrust of our digital world, and for a number of reasons, but none of them involve a distrust of technology as a whole. I absolutely love technology. I’m still delighted that I get to live with modern medicine and air conditioning, for example, and I think the coolest tech I’ve seen in my life is the 3D printer. In my mind, it opens up so much potential for evolution that it’s likely to change manufacturing forever. I can, for a reasonable price, buy a device that will let me prototype a…
Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards, commanding officer of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, has been identified by the U.S. Navy as the sailor who went missing following a helicopter’s emergency landing in the Arabian Sea on July 1. The Navy made the announcement Tuesday evening, two days after announcing that the search for Edwards had been suspended. Edwards and three others were aboard an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter last week and assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. The aircraft made an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea at about 3:30 a.m. EST, according to U.S. Naval Forces…
