The U.S. Navy’s newest destroyer has landed in Whittier, Alaska, marking the first time such a vessel has visited the city in 80 years. The USS Ted Stevens DDG 128 is the US Navy’s newest Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. It is named after former Republican Alaska senator and World War II veteran Ted Stevens, who died in 2010. Stevens received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his flying missions, including transport over “The Hump” in the China-Burma-India theater. “Equipped with cutting-edge systems and capabilities, USS Ted Stevens is ready to answer our Nation’s call to counter aggression and safeguard…
The U.S. Army is putting a major price tag on building an advanced missile defense system that will essentially double the capacity to strike moving targets in a military conflict. The Army and defense contractor Lockheed Martin inked a new $1.2 billion contract to start production of the Increment II Precision Strike Missile (PrSM)—a surface-to-surface precision weapon that will be more compact while still utilizing existing legacy launchers in battle. Hal Kempfer, a retired Marine intelligence officer and global defense expert, told Military.com the contract is a “future game changer.” “With PrSM, they basically double the load,” Kempfer, CEO of…
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It seems self-evident that the Constitution would apply in all U.S. states and territories, but according to the High Court of American Samoa, the Second Amendment is utterly meaningless in the territory. Two years ago, the Court concluded in a case called Wiesner v. Fainu’ulelei that recognition of the Second Amendment would be “impracticable and anomalous” given American Samoa’s history of gun restrictions and its status as an unincorporated territory. Michael R. Davis, the founder and executive director of the Article III Project, says there’s a way to rectify the High Court’s error: remove and replace every…
Selected Reserve GI Bill Payment Rates for institutional training and on-the-job training are updated every year. The monthly payment rates for the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve change each October based on government calculations of higher education costs. Beneficiaries receive different amounts depending on what their “training time” is. For those taking undergraduate classes, their training time is determined as follows: 0-2 hours: 1/4 time 3-5 hours: less than 1/2 time 6-8 hours: 1/2 time 9-11 hours: 3/4 time 12 hours and above: full-time For graduate training, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will pay your benefits based on what…
Not every person is inherently violent. One reason I will never support laws that strip gun rights from adults under 21, even if a violent crime were never committed by anyone outside of that age group, is that it disarms those who don’t represent a threat to anyone. Some people are violent and need to be dealt with, and everyone else should be left the hell alone. Yes, the Second Amendment is the other reason I won’t support such a law.There are bad eggs who walk among us, and the justice system is a slow-moving…
Twenty-five years after HBO’s Band of Brothers introduced millions of viewers to the paratroopers of Easy Company, the National WWII Museum is giving fans a considerably more physical way to follow in their footsteps. Beginning Oct. 1, the New Orleans museum and the Crescent City Classic launched the “WWII Challenge: Easy Company,” a virtual fitness event that retraces portions of the unit’s World War II journey from training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, through England, Normandy, the Netherlands, Bastogne and the Bavarian Alps. Participants do not have to recreate the 101st Airborne Division’s marches across Europe. Instead, they can log miles…
There are things that I don’t think you should do, even if I’ll defend your right to do them. I don’t see this as a contradiction, either. To me, it’s simply a matter of there being a difference between “should” and “can.” When you start regulating what people can do, that’s a slippery slope that doesn’t stop easily. Saying people shouldn’t do something is different. That matters because a case of people doing what they can do, but maybe not what they should do, has people at the University of Florida freaking out.Editor’s note: This…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered military service academies to stop granting tenure to civilian professors, arguing that academic job protections undermine their war-fighting mission. The Pentagon declined to explain to Military.com who the policy affects, the evidence behind it, how the academies will recruit and retain qualified professors, and what will protect faculty from political pressure once tenure is removed and a more liberal administration is inevitably elected in the future. When reached with those questions, a Pentagon official responded: “We have nothing additional to provide beyond the statement and the memo.” The Sept. 29 memo stops new tenure…
We’ll get to the point. Making white vinegar from scratch is not easy. Unlike fruit based vinegars like apple cider vinegar or wine vinegars, white vinegar starts with ethanol. In case you’re rusty on your science that’s alcohol: alcohol as in homemade vodka or moonshine. That’s as opposed to the wines and hard ciders of all of the other fruit based vinegars. And making homemade vodka or moonshine is just the first step. You then need to introduce some aceto bacteria (Acetobacter aceti) to the alcohol to convert it to acetic acid which is the foundation of white vinegar. This…
The Department of Justice issued its own ruling that adults under 21 should be able to buy handguns. I doubt any gun store will complete such a transaction, in part because it’s likely to come back and bite them on the keister down the road if they do. Still, it was the DOJ’s finding, and while some are outraged over the perceived overreach, I don’t see it as anything of the sort. But one outcome we get is an official from Brady trying to twist history to make the case that the ban is, in…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s new class of jet-powered drones rip across the night sky in Kyiv at hundreds of kilometers per hour, leaving Ukrainian air-defense units only moments to intercept them. It’s rarely enough time. With many of the drones getting through to the capital, defense manufacturers are scrambling to develop a new generation of interceptors to counter the deadly threat. They are building their own jet-propulsion systems and training artificial intelligence to help guide the chase. They need to move fast because the Russian drones are driving a new tactic, ramped up in recent weeks, to hit the…
Actually, the headline above isn’t entirely accurate. The Trace is troubled that the DOJ is defending the right to keep and bear arms, which is a right of we the people regardless of whether we’re currently exercising it. The Everytown-affiliated website and its senior reporter Jennifer Mascia have released a new story for their anti-gun readers that offers a broad overview of the DOJ’s efforts to defend the right to keep and bear arms from abuses at the state and local level, though of course that’s not the way Mascia frames the issue. Over the past…
The Navy wants its sailors reading again, but its top enlisted leader isn’t handing the fleet a one-size-fits-all syllabus. Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy John Perryman released “MCPON’s Bookshelf” on Sept. 23, a new collection of professional resources and recommended books built around everything from understanding the Navy and mastering a rating to leadership and personal development. The goal, Perryman said, is ultimately bigger than checking titles off a list. Navy Wants Sailors to Build a Reading Habit MCPON’s Bookshelf is organized into four areas: Reading for Every Sailor, Build Your Craft, Lead People, and Grow Beyond the…
A man who has been charged in the killing of a 62-year-old U.S. Marine veteran said he feared for his life when he fired at the victim’s car. The Birmingham Police Department of Alabama arrested Jeffery Demon Matthews, 27, and charged him with capital murder on Aug. 10 after he allegedly shot dead Randy Rivers on Aug. 8, while Rivers was in his vehicle in Birmingham, Ala. Officers found Rivers, who owned and operated Randy’s Landscaping and Law Service, in a crashed vehicle. Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. Military.com reached out to the Birmingham…
Connecticut’s ban on the sale of Glocks and other striker-fired pistols was supposed to be officially in effect today, but a federal judge granted a reprieve just hours before the new law was set to be enforced. Judge Kari A. Dooley granted the request for a preliminary injunction from Glock and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which have both filed suit over the Connecticut law. In her 12-page ruling, Dooley declared that the state is unlikely to successfully defend the prohibition, and laid out her reasons why. Dooley says the text of the Second Amendment is…
Per diem is a daily payment to reimburse service members for the out-of-pocket costs of food, lodging and incidental expenses that occur while on military business or temporary duty (TDY) away from their home station. Per diem sets the limit on how much a service member can be reimbursed for meals and lodging. The following is a summary of how per diem works:The DoD Per Diem Allowance Each year the DoD Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Committee sets the per diem allowance. Per diem is specific to a given travel location and can range from a standard CONUS (contiguous U.S.)…
I get that most gun control advocates know jack squat about shooting. David Hogg tried to find a niche for himself a while back by making a big thing out of his going shooting; thus, he couldn’t really be anti-gun, but now that no one is buying it, he’s seemingly stopped pushing that as hard. He probably knows more about shooting than most of his buddies in the anti-gun camp, and no one is going to be impressed by his knowledge. Yet it gets hilarious when an attorney for Everytown Law decides to inform us…
