While many associate Veterans Day and Memorial Day with service, the two are not the same. Veterans Day is a celebration of those who serve and have served. Memorial Day is a day to reflect on veterans and military personnel who are deceased. Memorial Day this year is Monday, May 25, 2026. May is also National Military Appreciation Month, and many businesses offer special discounts to veterans over Memorial Day Weekend. Visit the Military Appreciation Month Discount Center to find out what offers are available throughout May. 2026 Memorial Day Events Arlington National Cemetery The Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Day…
To thrive and survive outdoors, safety starts the minute you get behind the wheel. Don’t overlook the first, and most critical, rule of the road: Put on your seat belt. Beyond the drive there, an accident-free first climb up a destination crag comes down to etiquette and execution. Planning and preparation matter, whether the route is in your backyard or at the end of an epic road trip. Here are a few best-practice reminders on how to be a good steward, plus safety keys for moving your rock climbing outdoors, and then coming home alive. Gym-to-Crag Safety Tips for an…
At some point over the next couple of months the Supreme Court is likely to rule that the federal prohibition on gun ownership for marijuana users violates the Second Amendment, but for now it’s still illegal for any “unlawful” user of drugs to purchase or possess firearms, even if they’re not in violation of state law. That federal prohibition led to a pair of Jersey City police officers getting reassigned for their off-duty consumption of marijuana, but the New Jersey Court of Appeals recently sided with the cannabis-loving cops and ordered the Jersey City Police…
The state of diesel in the US is such that you can pretty much dominate the segment if you just stick to your guns and offer a few different models with diesel engine options. If you’re willing to risk the production costs that come with building and installing an engine that few American drivers will want to buy. Gasoline is cheaper in the US than in most of the world, meaning that we’re not really looking to diesel as a cost-efficient alternative, and Dieselgate scared a lot of us off these engines entirely. According to Baum & Associates, diesel made…
United States President Donald Trump has rejected an Iranian peace plan, calling the proposal “totally unacceptable.” At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that the war was “not over.” Trump issued the statement on his TruthSocial feed, rejecting the “unacceptable” Iranian proposal aimed at ending the war. “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called “Representatives.” I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! Thank you for your attention to this matter.” Iran offered to transfer some of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to a third country, but rejected the idea of dismantling its nuclear facilities,…
To thrive and survive outdoors, safety starts the minute you get behind the wheel. Don’t overlook the most critical rule of the road: Put on your seat belt. Launching a great adventure then extends beyond the drive to etiquette and execution, planning and preparation. Whether you are new to your favorite sport and traveling near, or are comfortable with more experience and farther distance, mind these best safety practices to help ensure that you come home alive from your next car camping trip. Car Camping Tips for Near Trips (Photo/Shutterstock) Buckle that seat belt. Deer love last-minute crossings, and blind…
This article was originally published by Matt Hisrich at The Mises Institute. While reading The Wealth of Shadows—Graham Moore’s excellent historical novel about pre-World War II global finance—I couldn’t help but feel a growing sense of unease regarding the current state of international economics. Set just before the United States enters World War II, the book follows the adventures of a plucky group of Treasury Department employees unofficially working to undermine the German economy while officially maintaining the US position of neutrality. Two figures outside of the US loom large in the narrative—Hjalmar Schacht in Germany and John Maynard Keynes in…
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of military operations. The Pentagon has expanded partnerships with major AI companies for classified systems, the Army is integrating AI into battlefield intelligence analysis, and defense planners increasingly see AI as essential for future command-and-control systems. That expansion has created a serious new security concern: AI sleeper agents. Most people worry about AI making mistakes or generating false information. AI sleeper agents are different. The danger is not accidental failure; it is instead hidden behavior intentionally embedded inside an AI system that remains dormant until a specific event or set of conditions activates it.…
A son of the Illinois Quad Cities is being honored as a respected World War II hero who crashed through the glass roof of a greenhouse in France during the D-Day invasion and survived. The Rock Island Arsenal Museum is opening an exhibit in the name of Henry Langrehr, featuring about a dozen of his personal items that he kept and held close during the war and upon returning home. “It’s a memorial exhibit to Henry, displaying a collection of his personal effects, including his uniform, dog tags, even a picture of his wife that he carried with him during…
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For almost 50 years, the family of Coast Guard veteran Lonny Reeves searched for answers to his mysterious disappearance. They finally have closure. Remains discovered in North Florida back in 1978 have been positively identified as Reeves, ending a nearly five-decade-old cold case. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday that skeletal remains found along I-10 belonged to the Coast Guard veteran. Reeves was a young man in his 30s when he went missing in the 1970s. Wednesday’s press conference to announce the discovery was filled with tears and hugs as Reeves’ sister, Linda, said she never gave up…
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If you’ve been to a grocery store lately, you may have noticed that prices are rising faster again. The war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is causing the biggest energy crisis in history, which will affect the price of everything. Food prices are going to rise particularly fast due to the lack of fertilizer being exported from the gulf. Currently, farmers are using less fertilizer than usual, and that will affect the price of food significantly come harvest season. So what do we do? First of all, don’t panic-buy. Instead, what you want to do…
Among the many Second Amendment-related lawsuits that are percolating around the country is one known as Bergmann-Schoch v. Davenport, which challenges New Jersey’s prohibition on hollow-point ammunition. Besides the named plaintiff, the Coalition of New Jersey Firearm Owners, Gun Owners of America, and Gun Owners Foundation are suing the state over the hollow-point ban, and the plaintiffs attorneys recently submitted their reply to New Jersey’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The entire brief is a joy to read, but the Firearms Policy Coalition highlighted one particularly important part of the response that beautifully rebuts the…
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — The remains of a U.S. Army soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco a week ago have been recovered in the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. military said Sunday. Military teams are still searching for a second missing soldier. The remains found are those of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., a 14A Air Defense Artillery officer, who was among two U.S. soldiers who fell off a cliff during a recreational hike in Morocco while off duty. He was 27 years old. The two were reported missing May 2 after participating in African Lion, an…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, Iran’s state-run media said Sunday. Pakistan confirmed receiving it. Iran seeks to end the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, and to ensure the security of shipping, its state TV said. Washington’s latest proposal addressed a deal to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and roll back Iran’s nuclear program, an issue that Tehran would rather discuss later.…
DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk’s daughter, born just a few weeks ago, probably had her afternoon nap interrupted on Friday. See, there was some noise over the house. The walls probably shook a bit, too. That’s what happens when an F-16 flies over the family home, repeatedly — and Tkachuk didn’t mind whatsoever. The star forward for the Florida Panthers was a civilian passenger with the Air Force’s air demonstration squadron Friday, getting to ride in the back seat of a Thunderbirds F-16 Fighting Falcon ahead of this weekend’s Fort Lauderdale Air Show. Tkachuk was part of a…
The United States has used force to seize enriched uranium from Venezuela. This announcement, made triumphantly by the US ruling class, comes with an understanding that Iran has a much larger stockpile of HEU (highly enriched uranium). The U.S. is in an Ongoing WAR With Venezuela In a statement on Friday, the Department of Energy (DOE) claimed that it had completed the “removal of all remaining enriched uranium from a legacy research reactor” in Venezuela, and transferred it to the US for processing and reuse. The quantity removed was 13.5 kg (30 pounds). The move “sends another signal to the world of…
