The Navy has awarded a $22.9 billion contract to Raytheon to develop Tomahawk missiles. The U.S. has used missiles like these, which are capable of flying low to the ground to evade detection and can carry 1,000-pound conventional warheads to accurately strike targets up to 1,000 to 1,500 miles away, since 1991. The contracts come amid reports of potential weapons shortages in the U.S. Hung Cao, the acting secretary of the Navy, said in prepared remarks that the “landmark investment” with the company will accelerate the development of the missiles “at unprecedented speed.” Exact specifics regarding the details of the…
It took longer than anticipated, but the Justice Department has officially rolled out its new process for felons and others prohibited from possessing firearms to have their Second Amendment rights restored. The DOJ first announced its intent to provide an avenue for rights restoration last March, and in July published its proposed rule detailing the process that individuals would have to go through. The DOJ says it received more than 15,000 comments during the public comment period, with 91 percent of them generally supportive of the idea. Technically, there’s been a process to have federal rights…
Three years after a homeless man was shot three times while breaking into a Portland, Ore., granite shop, he is suing the business owner—an Army veteran—for $10 million. Kenneth Voyles, 43, broke into James Grant’s countertop shop before dawn on March 6, 2023, and was shot during the confrontation that followed. Grant, 72, was never criminally charged, according to Oregon Live. Voyles reportedly entered the closed shop through a damaged garage bay door. Grant, who has a concealed weapon permit, confronted him inside and shot him three times, striking his arm and torso. Voyles suffered a collapsed lung and shattered…
As Cam noted last week, all indications are that we’re set for yet another historic drop in the violent crime rate. This is very important if for no other reason than it disproves the anti-gun talking point that went around after Bruen that with more people carrying, there would be more arguments that would escalate into violent confrontations. That just hasn’t happened.Unfortunately, it seems that part of the reason we haven’t seen anti-gunners backpedal is that they just haven’t gotten the news that we’re safer than ever.Students should never have to fear gun violence in…
The height/weight standards used in the military for decades to measure body composition were never able to distinguish between muscle mass and body fat. This is perhaps the biggest reason the military has made the universal change from measuring weight to measuring waist circumference. However, the new method does not do so, either, but maybe it is better? The waist to height ratio (WHtR) is the new method adopted by all services in 2026. Are there ways to improve both short- and long-term on this measurement test? Well, height is normally fixed unless a service member is still growing and…
When Portland, Oregon business owner James Grant shot an intruder who’d broken into his business more than three years ago, police declined to arrest him and prosecutors in the progressive city never brought charges against him. Kenneth Voyles, the man who was shot by Grant, believes that he’s the real victim. He filed a lawsuit against Grant seeking $10 million in damages. The trial started last Monday and is expected to wrap up this week. Voyles says he was homeless, hungry, and cold when he decided to break into Touchstone Granite & Marble in March 2023.…
A Marine Corps Veteran living in Arizona was prepared to give up his three elderly dogs that had been with his family for over 10 years after he was left homeless and unable to transition them to a new place. An employee at Maricopa County Animal Care and Control helped Rick Dennis find housing where all four of them could remain together. Through the Department of Veterans Affairs, Dennis found alternative means of living. The problem was that the housing was unable to accommodate the animals. With this in mind, the Marine veteran opted to live out of his car…
A veteran takes a lump-sum payment on the way out of the military and files for disability years later. They then move on with life. Eventually, a letter arrives from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The monthly disability check, it says, will not be coming. Not reduced, mind you. Withheld entirely, month after month, until the government recovers separation pay it handed the veteran years or even decades earlier. That is the practice two U.S. senators are now trying to stop. How they would stop it says a lot about what kind of relief disabled veterans might see. A Democrat…
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Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness returned to Paramount+ for a third season Aug. 2 with Zoe Saldaña’s CIA officer Joe McNamara leading another covert mission. The Paramount series is based on a real U.S. military program, although its fictional operatives bear little resemblance to the women who carried the Lioness name in Iraq. Those Lionesses included Army mechanics, clerks, engineers and other support soldiers, as well as female Marines pulled from specialties across the Corps. They were given a job commanders had not originally planned for. Zoe Saldaña as Joe in Lioness season 3, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Lauren “Lo”…
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Americans have built an enormous nonprofit infrastructure around the men and women who served in the military. There are organizations helping veterans find jobs, navigate benefits, improve their physical and mental health, reconnect with their communities, pursue education, overcome homelessness and make the transition from military to civilian life. More than 40,000 veteran-focused nonprofits have operated across that landscape, according to previous research cited by Time. Yet the sheer number of organizations, and the billions of dollars that flow through the broader veteran-support ecosystem, raises a deceptively simple question: How do we know which programs actually work? For many veteran…
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Imagine the grid going down for weeks or even months. No cell service, no internet, no quick lookup when you need to know how to treat a serious wound, preserve food without power, or fix a broken tool. In a long-term disaster, knowledge is just as valuable as anything in your survival kit. Wikipedia is one of the largest collections of practical information ever assembled. It covers medicine and first aid, water treatment, gardening, food preservation, mechanics, chemistry, history, and nearly every other subject you can think of. The problem is that it normally lives online. If the internet goes…
We’re hitting record lows for violent crime. We’re safer than we’ve probably ever been in this country, and this is despite a lot of reasons why we probably shouldn’t be. Income disparity, racial tension, political upheaval, and anti-police animosity all would seem to create a recipe for violence, and while it has to some extent, it’s not spilling over into people’s everyday lives. As Cam noted earlier this week, some are expecting the drop to be even greater for 2026.In addition to what I noted above, something else to consider is that anti-gunners claimed that…
The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East visited the long-deployed USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea during a regional tour that ended on Saturday, the U.S. Central Command said. A Hamas delegation and, separately, U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner were in Egypt for Gaza ceasefire-related talks with Egyptian officials. And the 60-day negotiating period that began with the June 17 signing of an interim agreement between the U.S. and Iran is set to end with no word of an extension. Here’s a look at the latest developments on Sunday in the Iran war and the wider Middle East. Full…
I’m a woodworker, and something that I always hear in that field is that you can never have enough clamps. Likewise, I’m pretty sure you can never have enough holsters, particularly if you want the optimal one for each gun and purpose. An inside-the-waistband holster for concealed carry is dope for everyday use, but it might not fit every gun you’re going to carry. Sometimes, carrying openly is what you want, which is a different holster entirely. And even if they’re not everyone’s cup of tea, some of us grew up watching enough cop shows…
According to a recent survey from the Federal Reserve, nearly 40 percent of Americans would have trouble paying for an unexpected expense of $400 or more with cash. Another recent survey from a company called Omnisend found that about 30 percent of Americans are paying for essentials like groceries and gas with credit cards, knowing that they may not be able to pay off their bill. “Affordability” has become the buzzword of the 2026 campaign cycle, as more and more of us are feeling the pinch. But while most politicians are at least paying lip…
The previously unclaimed remains of 15 U.S. military veterans will be escorted across Pennsylvania on Friday before receiving a funeral with full military honors at the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. The group includes seven Army Veterans, three Air Force veterans, four Marines, and one Navy veteran, according to a recent announcement from Delaware County. The remains of the heroes were being held at the Medical Examiner’s office in Delaware County before the Missing in America Project helped arrange the proper transfer and burial of the veterans. The dignified transfer was scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday at the medical examiner’s…
