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Navigating military homebuyer benefits can feel overwhelming with complex eligibility rules and changing requirements. A VA home loan offers powerful advantages like zero-down financing, lower interest rates, and no monthly private mortgage insurance, making it one of the most valuable resources for eligible service members, veterans, and surviving spouses. However, knowing whether you qualify, how entitlement works, and what properties are eligible can quickly raise crucial questions. This comprehensive FAQ guide breaks down everything you need to know, including service guidelines, divorce impact, and using your benefits multiple times, so you can confidently secure your dream home. Key Takeaways VA…

Although there are dozens of active Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers in the U.S. Navy’s fleet, there’s something special about the USS Kidd. It doesn’t have any secret technology or weapons (that we know of), and its capabilities are the same as any other of its class. The standout feature that tends to capture the attention of even the most landlubberly civilian is the massive Jolly Roger that the Kidd is often seen flying from its mast. The USS Kidd’s pirate flag, the infamous skull and crossbones that hearkens back to the Golden Age of Piracy that spanned the 17th…

The Bondi Beach terrorist attack was just that, a terrorist attack. Had guns been denied these monsters, they’d have used something else. Yet because guns were denied to everyone else, the attackers had free rein to carry out their atrocity. These are simple facts. So what was the Australian government’s response?More gun control. More than that, though, they want to limit how many guns people can have, even if they’re willing to jump through all of the hoops.It seems Tasmania has better things to do.There will not be a cap on the number of guns a…

If you are seeking a job in the military or law enforcement professions, you likely will see an entrance exam that requires you to score well in sit- ups, curl- ups or crunches. All are abdominal exercises with different hand placements that test core strength and endurance and can be a challenging exercise to improve if you are not getting your repetitions in each week. Here is an email from someone who has improved in push-ups and pull-ups but needs help with the last PT element of the Air Force physical ability and stamina test (PAST) for pararescue jumpers (PJ)…

The onslaught of amicus briefs in the Viramontes case created a bonanza of solid rhetoric. One penned by attorney Daniel Schmutter takes a head-on approach to issues with flawed logic. The combined cases of Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins are about to upend the gun control movement’s modern approach to subverting rights. It’s not a foregone conclusion that the Roberts Supreme Court will abolish the practice of hardware bans, but it is looking pretty good. Bearing Arms has been covering the swell of amicus briefs that have been filed. A brief by acclaimed New…

ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group on Thursday took over Yemen’s port city of Mokha, an area vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea, Houthi and Yemeni officials said. Mokha is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a waterway that connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and through which about 12% of the world’s goods are typically shipped. The Bab el-Mandeb’s importance to global oil supplies has grown since shipping through the nearby Strait of Hormuz has been impeded by Iran during its war with the United States and…

When I first got into guns, I was one of those who suffered from the Dunning-Kruger Effect in a pretty serious way. I’m a quick learner, so I hit that point pretty quickly, but I did manage to get out of it a bit quicker than the norm. Or some would say I’ve never made it out. …Fair enough.Anyway, there were some discussions on forums in various places where the subject of revolvers as defensive guns came up, and I believed that semiautos are great and should absolutely be people’s first choice. I wasn’t afraid to…

When actor John Wayne visited American soldiers in Vietnam in the summer of 1966, he was warmly welcomed. As he spoke to groups and individuals, he was presented gifts and letters from American and South Vietnamese troops alike. This was not the case during his USO tours in 1942 and ’43. According to author Garry Wills’ 1998 book, “John Wayne’s America: the Politics of Celebrity,” the actor received a chorus of boos when he walked onto the USO stages in Australia and the Pacific Islands. Those audiences were filled with combat veterans. Wayne, in his mid-30s, was not one of…

You can’t go to the Hard Deck, the bar featured in “Top Gun: Maverick,” in real life because it doesn’t actually exist. The good news is that there’s a place both exactly like it and even better at the same time. While former naval aviator Capt. Brian Ferguson was working as a technical adviser for the production of “Top Gun: Maverick,” he decided to take the film’s director and producers to a real Navy hangout and explain the camaraderie behind sharing a drink and sea stories with other pilots. The place he took them was the I-Bar on Naval Station…

Yes, many of us want the ATF abolished. Yes, Robert Cekada is the first ATF director who doesn’t suck, at least as far as I can remember, and he’s doing a lot of good things. However, I still want him out of a job. Why?Because as good as he’s been, there’s nothing to stop the next guy in that role from not just undoing everything, but making things worse. That’s why it needs to be abolished, in my mind.Yet there are more reasons, and I saw this piece when it was shared by Lee Williams…