The week-long national convention of veterans and active-duty military support organization, The American Legion, came to an end on Sept. 4, with a major development. The organization adopted a resolution that backs the use of psychedelic therapies to treat veterans and other members of the military who may be suffering from mental health conditions such as PTSD, depression or a traumatic brain injury. The resolution titled “Novel Therapeutics for Mental Health Conditions and Traumatic Brain Injury” was adopted to support the Veterans Health Administration’s Novel Therapeutics Preparedness Act. It’s a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate in March by…
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The Marine Corps confirmed a five-year growth plan that adds more than 6,500 billets across infantry battalions, drone units, air defenses, and new occupational specialties. The extra structure is meant to staff the systems the Corps has already bought and the units it is still building. A Sept. 1 statement from Marine Corps Combat Development and Integration laid out the Force Structure Review in public for the first time. The service said it has an executable plan for 4 percent end-strength growth by 2031 and assessed another 1 percent the following year. Those Marines will be spread across 64 initiatives.…
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The Second Amendment Foundation is one of the premier organizations litigating Second Amendment issues in the courts. During an interview, Executive Director Adam Kraut discussed what they’ve been up to. While attending the 2026 National Rifle Association Annual Meeting, Kraut stopped by to discuss the Second Amendment Foundation and their past and present legal battles. This interview was made possible by Beretta Holding, the sponsor of the Voices of the Second Amendment at the NRAAM.Kraut is SAF’s executive director, a role he took on about four years ago. SAF was founded in 1974 by Alan…
American Airlines Flight 77 struck the western face of the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. Sept. 11, 2001, killing 184 people — 125 inside the building and 59 aboard the aircraft, according to the Department of Defense’s account published for the 2008 dedication of the Pentagon Memorial. Unfinished construction work saved an untold number of lives that morning in 2001, and the people who ran back into a burning building to pull colleagues out were, in many cases, service members. The Renovation That Saved Lives The section of the Pentagon that Flight 77 struck had just emerged from a three-year, $258…
Leela Gray has come a long way since working at Golden Corral to support her higher education efforts, eventually serving decades as a military leader who is now vying for a legislative seat in Washington. Gray is a retired brigadier general in the U.S. Army, a small business owner and 20-year Tampa Bay resident vying for a bigger seat at the table. She threw her hat into politics and so far has experienced great results, winning her Democratic primary in resounding fashion earlier this year. She’s facing off against Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna in the competitive 13th Congressional District…
Days before the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a military judge excluded what prosecutors called their best account from the man accused of planning them. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Schrama ruled Aug. 28 that statements Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave FBI agents at Guantanamo Bay in January 2007 were involuntary, according to CBS News. The ruling suppresses the confession; it does not dismiss the charges or decide Mohammed’s guilt. He and three co-defendants still face a capital military commission now scheduled to begin in June 2028. Why the FBI Interview Failed Mohammed’s disputed confession came from four days…
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Congress is trying to save an aircraft by naming a bill after the sound of its gun. The bipartisan BRRRRT Act would require the Air Force to maintain at least 126 A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft through fiscal 2033 and rebuild support programs that the service has already started dismantling. The name stands for the Bolstering Recognition, Resurgence, Retention, and Remembrance of the Thunderbolt Act. It also imitates the unmistakable noise produced when the A-10 fires its 30 mm cannon. Behind the memorable name sits a serious disagreement over whether the military should retire an aging aircraft before it has a…
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In the days after terrorists attacked the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, families began arriving at a hotel in Crystal City, Virginia, carrying questions that often had no answers. Some still hoped their loved ones might have survived. The FBI was collecting toothbrushes, hairbrushes and other personal items that could provide DNA. A hotel ballroom became a briefing room. Families waited as victims were identified. And Bonnie Carroll was there. Carroll, founder and president of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, or TAPS, had been in Alaska when the attacks occurred. An Air Force reservist assigned to the Pentagon’s Office…
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Ask anyone the kinds of things that preppers stockpile and you’ll hear the same things every time: food, water, flashlights, batteries, first aid kits, etc. These things are the foundation of any serious prepper plan, and for good reason. They’re things that will keep you alive when the power goes out or the store shelves empty. But there’s another category of gear that a lot of experienced preppers rarely bring up in conversation. These are things that don’t make it into the typical beginner checklists, not because they’re useless, but because they sit in a legal gray area or carry…
Straw buys are overhyped as a source of guns, at least in my opinion, but they’re still an issue. Even if you dislike the laws that lead to such things, the truth is that it’s illegal, and it’s going to be leveraged for more gun control at every opportunity. Yes, even if there’s no interest in actually enforcing the laws in the first place. Which is why the National Shooting Sports Foundation is teaming up with the ATF and the Department of Justice.NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, together with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin on Saturday for renewed talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. The meeting that lasted more than three hours behind closed doors ended without announcements of any breakthroughs. Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov described them as constructive, frank and useful to journalists afterward, but didn’t talk about specific outcomes. Witkoff and Kushner are expected in Kyiv on Sunday. The talks come as both sides continue to escalate aerial attacks. Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy both agreed to pause strikes on each other’s…
