If you’re at all serious about hunting, a quality headlamp is an absolute, no-questions-asked must. A lot of hunting happens on either side of daylight, whether you’re hiking to a glassing point before sunrise, following a blood trail after dark, breaking down an animal, or just trying to find your damn boots in a tent at 4 a.m. A bad headlamp is one of those pieces of gear you quickly learn not to tolerate. This piece of gear alone will help you fill more tags because it lets you not miss out on those dawn/dusk opportunities. A few musts of…
Most transitioning service members treat LinkedIn like a second resume: Upload a headshot, job title, rating, MOS, AFSC, or designator, write the About section, copy-paste the Experience section. Done. Except that’s not how LinkedIn was designed to be used. It’s not a copy of your resume or a billboard for your certifications and credentials. More so than you might expect, it’s a knowledge-sharing platform that can serve as an informational website about you and your talents. Take the “About” section, for example. This is by far my favorite part of someone’s online profile. Here, you get to tell me your…
Interest in outdoor recreation has exploded since COVID, which is great for people’s health and wellness, as well as tourism spending, but can pose logistical challenges. Increasing crowds have led to long entry lines, parking problems, and impacts on wildlife in popular areas. Several national parks have instituted timed-entry systems (where you reserve a day and time to enter the park), which have sparked controversy. Now, several states, including California and Florida, are implementing a similar reservation system in state parks to handle booming demand. What Is Timed Entry? Beginning in 2020/2021, several popular national parks, including Yosemite, Arches, Glacier,…
The headline is accurate, but with limited space, I couldn’t really note that they didn’t do it by choice. See, Montgomery County decided to make a whole lot of places gun-free zones. As this is Maryland, it’s likely they didn’t figure the state would have any issues with what they were doing. After all, they love gun control there. But they went too far. They flew too close to the anti-gun sun, and the state Supreme Court slapped them down.That meant they needed to make some…adjustments, which is what they just did.To comply with a…
American suppressor makers just got some welcome news. The Trump administration has finalized a long-awaited rule change that moves suppressor export licensing from the State Department to the Commerce Department, a move the firearm industry says will make it much easier for U.S. manufacturers to compete overseas. The change completes a regulatory overhaul that first began during President Trump’s first term in 2020. While firearms, ammunition and many accessories had already transitioned to the Commerce Control List (CCL), suppressors remained behind. Until now. NSSF praised the move, calling it a major win for American manufacturers. The Final Rules are a…
A VA research team in Madison, Wisconsin, has identified a protein that plays a central role in driving melanoma growth, finding that genetically silencing it dramatically slows how quickly the cancer spreads and survives. The findings, published in the journal Cancers in February 2026, open a potentially new treatment pathway for one of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant forms of skin cancer — and one that carries specific relevance for veterans. Melanoma is a presumptive condition under the PACT Act for veterans with qualifying toxic exposure during military service. That means the VA assumes the cancer is connected to service,…
Marine Corps ranks for officers are split into two tiers: officer and general. Commissioned officers do not enlist. They serve indefinitely at the pleasure of the president of the United States. They hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of their specific rank. Marine officer ranks consist of commissioned officers and general officers. Promotion of officers are confirmed by the Senate. Marine Corps Ranks: Officers Second Lieutenant (2LT) (O-1) Second lieutenant is the first rank a commissioned officer makes when joining the U.S. Marine Corps. Due to their inexperience, they are often guided by senior officers or…
The Outdoor Market Alliance is an incredible trade show focused on recreational outdoor products. With dozens of top brands on site, there is little fluff, just the best new products coming to the market soon. We spent 2 days scouting it for every newsworthy product. Below is an unfiltered view of what we found. No gatekeeping, we’ve summarized our notes on every meeting. These are every brand’s top stories and products you’ll see in your favorite stores in the coming months. Danner Updates a Popular Hiker (Photo/Danner) Danner updates the 2650 to the new 2652, now recraftable (midsole and outsole)…
And this time around it’s not Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier doing the warning. Instead, Second Amendment group Florida Carry has informed officials in Alachua County that it’s found four separate ordinances on the books that are incompatible with state statute. The first deals with the county’s ordinance that supposedly gives a designated “Official Authority” the power to “[s]uspend or limit the sale, dispensing, or transportation of alcoholic beverages, firearms, explosives, and combustibles” during a declared state of emergency. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation last year that removed the ability of local governments to…
This article was originally published by Kevin Duffy at Natural News. Over the weekend, I traded notes with Marc Faber—global investor and editor of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report. One snippet from our chat set the tone: At major market tops, it isn’t uncommon to see the formation of anti-bubbles alongside bubbles. And those anti-bubbles can bottom when the bubbles peak. In fact, some of the greatest buying opportunities can take place at major tops such as 2000. If you look at some of the Old Economy rejects, the cheapest many of them ever got over the past 30 years was…
There’s no doubt that The Trace was less than pleased about the Third Circuit ruling overturning New Jersey’s ban on so-called assault weapons. The opinion made it pretty clear that, under Bruen, there’s no judicial ground for such a thing. That’s the good news, even if some people aren’t interested in listening.Over at The Trace, they opted to tell us how they really feel, including where they think it’s going to go from here.For the first time, a federal appellate court has struck down a state assault weapons ban on Second Amendment grounds. On July…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States on Wednesday carried out another wave of strikes on Iran, where air defenses opened fire over the capital, Tehran. Iran launched a missile attack on a Jordanian city on Israel’s doorstep, and alerts were issued in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The 11th night of American airstrikes on Iran came as diplomatic efforts have shown little public sign of progress. Officials on both sides have dug in on their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway for global energy that remains largely closed because of Iranian attacks. Iran has avoided…
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NEW YORK (AP) — A former U.S. Army soldier was charged with arson and jailed without bail on Tuesday after prosecutors say he confessed to carrying out a fiery attack on a Manhattan federal office building where immigration hearings are held. Andrew Arrabaca, 43, plotted the attack for months and considered striking other New York City targets before setting a fire, lighting fireworks and firing a pellet gun Monday morning outside 26 Federal Plaza, Assistant U.S. Attorney Samantha Fry said. Arrabaca told investigators that he understood people could’ve been hurt or killed and that he he was willing to accept…
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Nearly 8 in 10 veterans believe that government shutdowns are harmful to national security, according to a new poll published amid concerns that the U.S. federal government is headed for another lapse of funding this fall. Polling of 800 military veterans and active military members by YouGov found that 77% hold this negative view about a shutdown, which occurs when Congress does not pass funding bills and causes non-essential government services to close. Another 47% said a shutdown was very harmful, while 30% said that it was somewhat harmful for national security. Just 4% said it was either somewhat helpful…
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