New details are being rolled out about the nation’s first museum dedicated to the Coast Guard, opening one year from today. The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday announced that the National Coast Guard Museum, described as a museum “dedicated to preserving and sharing the history, heritage and enduring missions” of the service, will open to the public during the week of Aug. 2, 2027, two days prior to the Coast Guard’s Aug. 4. The museum, currently being built along the Thames River waterfront in New London, Conn., will consist of 80,000 square feet and reportedly feature five public decks with…
One of the perks of military life that helps offset such expenses as moving every two years and deployments is the tax-free shopping service members and their families enjoy at the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES). This summer, depending on where you live, you might be able to double those savings as AAFES has announced it will offer an additional discount to match local tax savings around back-to-school, tax-free weekends. Yes, double. Military shoppers in states with sales-tax-free holidays can save at Exchanges with an in-store discount equal to their state’s sales tax rate during these promotional periods.…
The Army has awarded an 18-month contract to American Rheinmetall under Project Sustainment that will field hybrid-powered autonomous trucks to move supplies for company-sized units, keeping soldiers off some of the most dangerous resupply routes in contested environments. Executed through the National Advanced Mobility Consortium, the award makes American Rheinmetall the prime contractor to deliver next-generation uncrewed ground vehicles. These platforms are designed to autonomously transport supplies to and from the forward line of troops, cutting risk to soldiers while improving the efficiency of tactical sustainment. “This award expands American Rheinmetall’s growing portfolio of uncrewed ground systems within the U.S.…
Riley Williams thought he won a sweepstakes contest. Instead, his life changed in the negative direction when he lost $100,000 and almost a lot more. Williams, 81, a retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer from Knoxville, Tenn., who has Parkinson’s and dementia, was scammed out of a reported $100,000 after he gave repeated batches of money to a scammer who claimed he had won a prize but needed to pay taxes to receive it, according to local news outlet WATE. The scam started when Williams received a call in January from an individual claiming to be called David Martin, who…
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Around 2010, Scott Stump realized his own children did not know what Desert Storm was. Stump had been there. A Marine, he deployed to Saudi Arabia on the last day of 1990, part of the largest American combat force assembled since Vietnam. Almost two decades later, he found that the war he fought had almost all but vanished from the country’s memory. He noticed a vague understanding of the Middle East or outright confusion with the invasion of Iraq that came later. To a generation of young Americans, and even to his own kids, it had become something closer to…
A congressional candidate charged with felony vandalism after allegedly shooting a Flock camera has received almost $12,500 from hundreds of donations towards his legal defense. Adam Lee Heimerman, 37, of Lenoir City, Tenn., is an independent candidate for Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District. Blount County authorities arrested him July 30 and charged him with four counts of felony vandalism, claiming that Heimerman admitted to using a gun to shoot four automated license plate reader systems over the course of eight days in July. Donations began funneling when a GoFundMe was started for Heimerman on July 31, receiving $12,435 from 350 donations…
Steam users can now purchase Baldur’s Gate 3 for the lowest price that Larian Studios’ acclaimed RPG has been since the game’s launch. However, Steam users only have a few more days as of this writing to take advantage of the offer. Originally released on August 3, 2023, after an extensive early access period, Baldur’s Gate 3 quickly became a fan-favorite entry in the series. Set in the land of Faerûn, BG3 offers players different ways to play and explore all that the campaign has to offer. BG3 utilizes a custom rule set that blends Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition…
The German automaker wants to give its forthcoming RS 6 Avant and Allroad models a few more station wagon siblings. Credit: Audi Originally published by CarBuzz Despite their stodgy reputation with most American consumers, luxury-badged station wagons are actually surprisingly popular. Buyers for the long-roof Mercedes-Benz E-Class are among the company’s most fiercely loyal (and high-net-worth), while BMW saw such strong demand for the M5 Touring that it’s considering bringing the next-generation M3 wagon to America. Audi is reportedly doing the same introspection, and it’s possible that the RS 6 Avant and allroad wagons will get more siblings before the end…
When I write about something out of USA Today, it’s rarely complimentary. The same people who brought us the chainsaw bayonet freakout haven’t really improved all that much since then. So, if they decided to do something different, I feel obligated to applaud them for it. While it’s an op-ed, it’s still a piece that does what ABC News did on Monday and celebrates an act of armed citizen heroism, rather than some of the other options. In fact, the op-ed in question says we need more of what we saw over the weekend, not…
One of the more interesting elements of Silent Hill: Townfall is its departure from series convention. It’s the first full Silent Hill in first-person, yes, but it also takes place in Scotland, being the second game in the franchise to go beyond US shores after Silent Hill f. I played Silent Hill: Townfall for about three hours during a press event in LA this July, and even had some time to chat with Jon McKellan, lead writer and director of Townfall, and Motoi Okamoto, lead Silent Hill producer since 2019. Both of these men play critical roles in not just…
Last year, Caroline Himbert set the unsupported fastest known time (FKT) of the John Muir Trail (JMT) in dramatic fashion. She passed out after extreme hallucinations, woke up, and managed to race on, beating the FKT on the 223-mile trail by just 8 minutes. Himbert recently took on the JMT record again, this time beating it by a huge margin, cementing her status as one of the reigning crushers of the JMT. What Is the John Muir Trail? The John Muir Trail is one of California’s most scenic — and challenging — backpacking trails, crossing both Mt. Whitney and Yosemite Valley.…
Singapore-based studio Garena has just announced Palworld Online, a new, officially licensed spinoff that will bring the creature-collecting survival crafting experience to iOS and Android devices. Though an exact release date hasn’t been given just yet, Palworld Online is set to launch sometime in 2026. Released in early access in January 2024, Palworld has come a long way in the last two and a half years. With just over 40 updates under its belt, Palworld is naturally a much bigger and better game than it initially was. That’s never been truer than it is right now, with Palworld finally receiving…
I’ve been reviewing vehicles professionally since 2017, and in that time, I’ve driven everything from affordable commuters to motorcycles to million-dollar supercars and everything in between. One thing I’ve never done is drive a side-by-side, and that’s not entirely by accident. See, almost every car journalist I know who has driven one has managed to crash or roll it, and I try to avoid those sorts of experiences wherever possible, because crashing sucks. A lot. Fast-forward to this summer and the start of my tenure at GearJunkie. It turns out that you all (our fantastic audience) seem to like side-by-sides…
Zero tolerance policies were, at least in theory, a tool schools were going to use to deal with students who crossed the line by bringing guns to schools…or who displayed dangerous tendencies that might suggest their being a school shooter in the making. The problem with that is that no one seems to actually deal with the behavior of would-be mass killers and, instead, just goes after things like t-shirts and Pop Tarts. Last week, Cam wrote about a Georgia kid who was suspended because he ate his sandwich into the shape of an “L”…
A major Second Amendment win came out of Wisconsin last week, where the state’s Court of Appeals ruled that foster parents don’t have to give up their constitutional gun rights just to open their homes to children. In a lengthy 119-page decision, the court sided with Brian and Katie Lafferty, a Washington County couple who spent nearly five years fighting Wisconsin’s firearm rules for foster parents. Here’s what happened Back in 2020, the couple was told they had to follow several new gun rules if they wanted to renew their foster care license. Those rules required them to: Keep every…
Walking is one of those exercises that helps us remain independent as we age. If you are able, never stop walking. Now, if you are a runner, lifter or active in sports, you may not think you get much from going for a walk. But if you are sedentary, a 15-minute walk can be a gut check. So, how walking will work for you depends on your current condition. Regardless, walking is something we must maintain and can use to stay healthy, stay alert at work, and de-stress after a challenging day. When you are used to pushing your heart…
A federal judge in Illinois has upheld rules restricting firearm possession in at-home daycares and foster homes, ruling that those locations are akin to schools and can properly be deemed “sensitive places.” The lawsuit, filed by an Illinois couple along with the Second Amendment Foundation, Illinois State Rifle Association, and Illinois Carry, challenged the rules set forth by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services that require operators of in-home daycares to prohibit handguns on the premises “except in the possession of peace officers or other adults who must possess a handgun as a…
If you’re looking for a compact .300 Blackout rifle built with suppressors in mind, Primary Weapons Systems has a new option headed your way. The Idaho-based manufacturer has officially unveiled the MK107 MOD 2-M, a 7.75-inch .300 Blackout Personal Defense Weapon (PDW). It combines the company’s long-stroke piston operating system with a compact package weighing just 5.2 pounds. Like other PWS rifles, the new gun ditches the traditional direct impingement system in favor of the company’s AK-inspired long-stroke piston design. The idea is simple. Keep more heat and carbon out of the action, especially during high round counts or suppressed…
Israel’s plan to surround part of a prison with Nile crocodiles survived warnings that the animals could endanger prisoners, employees and the public. It moved forward after the country’s Supreme Court found that the state had failed to provide adequate food to Palestinian security prisoners. Officials allocated 21 million shekels (around $6 million USD), began digging a 560-foot channel, and trained officers to handle the reptiles. None of those concerns stopped the project. The plan went on hold only after an animal rights organization argued that the crocodiles might suffer. The Jerusalem District Court’s Aug. 2 injunction does not require…
