Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhen we think about prepping, we often focus on food, water, and shelter. These are critical, but there’s one element we can’t survive without for more than a few minutes: clean air. You can go three weeks without food, three days without water, and three hours without shelter in harsh conditions. But you only have about three minutes without oxygen before your brain starts to suffer. Air quality isn’t just a concern for extreme survival scenarios. Events like chemical spills, gas leaks, and wildfire smoke can turn the air you breathe into a serious…
More than a decade after leaving the Army, Medal of Honor recipient Clint Romesha still thinks about service. Not because he’s wearing a uniform. Not because he’s receiving orders. And not because he’s reliving the battle that earned him the nation’s highest award for valor. Instead, Romesha sees service as something that continues long after military service ends. Taking the uniform off gives us the opportunity to continue to serve, Romesha told Military.com. As the United States is at the 250th anniversary of its founding, veteran advocates say that mindset may be one of the military community’s greatest contributions to…
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There’s a lot of noise right now about Venezuela, threats, posturing, and who’s actually capable of what. So instead of taking … Watch full video on YouTube
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe move through dozens of different environments every single day. Home → car → gas station → work → school → store → restaurant → home again. Each time we step into a new place or mix with new people, our risk profile quietly shifts. Most folks never notice. I do. You should notice too. All it takes is thirty seconds to update my head—my mindset and situational awareness—and I’m set to go. That habit keeps me calm and keeps me prepared. I always have a plan to get through the few seconds to…
This article was originally published by Willow Tohi at Natural News. Iran’s use of cluster munition warheads successfully penetrated Israel’s multi-layered air defense systems, striking targets in West Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, and Haifa. Israel’s War Ministry announced Iron Dome upgrades in June 2026 following “operational lessons learned” during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Iranian hypersonic missiles with decoy capabilities overwhelmed Israeli defenses using swarm and saturation tactics. Israel faces critical shortages of ballistic missile interceptors, with U.S. officials anticipating depletion as Iran exploits vulnerabilities. The Iron Beam laser system, delivered in December 2025, remains not yet operational, with at least…
The American Revolution is often remembered as a clean story of liberty, courage and founding ideals. Former U.S. Navy officer Ray Deptula sees something rougher, more violent and more useful for Americans today. Deptula, author of Can’t Find My Way Home, the second book in his two-book Those Damned Yankees series, said the Revolution was not simply a patriotic uprising told through famous names and polished speeches. It was also a brutal war fought in towns, farms and backcountry communities where political division could turn deadly. “The history does not ever focus on how horrible it was, how messy it…
One of the new proposals regarding gun buying and selling is that it’ll be possible for me to buy a gun from my wife’s uncle, who has a gun store that’s a bit of a drive away, without having to make that drive. We’re both in the same state, after all, and so no shipping of a gun across state lines will take place, but it can come to me just the same. It’s pretty rad, if you ask me, and while I’d also like to buy guns from friends in other states and have…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has responded to the Department of Justice’s lawsuit taking on the state’s new ban on Glocks and other striker-fired pistols, and it’s a doozy. First, Bonta claims that the government’s request for a temporary restraining order barring enforcement of the law should have been filed when AB 1127 was signed into law, not when the law took effect on July 1. The DOJ’s lawsuit is based on a pattern and practice complaint, though, and until the law was actually being enforced there was no pattern or practice of violating the…
As the United States prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding, the military is once again confronting a question almost as old as the nation itself: What does religious freedom look like inside an institution built on discipline, uniformity and readiness? The debate isn’t new. Chaplains have served alongside American troops since the Continental Army. Service members have long balanced personal convictions with military requirements. But over the past two years, the Department of Defense has quietly implemented a series of policy changes that collectively offer perhaps the clearest snapshot yet of where faith stands inside today’s armed…
An Army officer who secretly gave abortion medication to a pregnant junior enlisted soldier, causing the loss of her unborn child, was sentenced to 12 years in prison following a guilty plea at a court-martial on June 24, according to Army officials. Capt. Brandon Jones-Adams, 34, pleaded guilty to multiple offenses, including intentionally killing an unborn child, domestic violence, fraternization and conduct unbecoming of an officer. The sentence was handed down during a military trial at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Washington. According to Army officials, Jones-Adams admitted to secretly placing a pill in the soldier’s drink after investigators determined…
There are exceptions to a great many gun control laws, but not for most of us. Those are usually for law enforcement officers or the military. When they’re performing their duties, that makes perfect sense, but most of those exceptions aren’t limited to just when they’re on the clock. So, it’s more than a little bizarre for someone who has such an exception to then misuse their special status, only to be hoisted up as the poster boy for why gun rights should be further restricted.Take South Carolina. An editorial out of the state just…
Ubisoft continues to announce new features for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, with the latest tease changing how players will be able to explore the deep sea areas in the game. Although the existence of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced may have been one of the worst kept secrets before its eventual reveal, it seems likely that many may have underestimated just how many new features, fixes, and other quality of life improvements Ubisoft Singapore has made to the original game. For most, the biggest change for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced was the move to the Anvil Engine, giving…
Earlier this year the National Rifle Association sued their subsidiary organization the NRA (1791) Foundation in federal court. As we previously reported, the judge dismissed some portions of the suit because they felt D.C. Superior Court was the most appropriate venue. The NRA has now filed its complaint in D.C,’s local courts, and in it the NRA alleges that the NRA Foundation — now rebranded to The 1791 Foundation — engaged in trademark infringement, cybersquatting, and claimed their sister organization was withholding funds from the NRA proper. The Foundation claims that they have been upholding…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has berated and belittled many of his European counterparts expected to attend next week’s NATO summit in Turkey. But host Recep Tayyip Erdogan has drawn on his close ties with the U.S. leader to secure his presence at the Ankara event — an appearance that may even come with a significant gift related to Turkish defense. Trump has frequently praised Erdogan, calling him a “hell of a leader” and a good friend. “I would not have gone for most people,” Trump said last week. “But he called me up. He said: ‘Please, I have…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Months after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader at the start of its war with the United States and Israel, mourners will hold a dayslong funeral and burial for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The mourning period will see Khamenei’s body carried through cities in both Iran and neighboring Iraq. Iran’s theocracy likely will encourage the public, government employees and paramilitary forces to fill the streets in his honor. Khamenei, who led Iran for nearly four decades, was killed on Feb. 28 when the U.S. and Israel jointly launched the war. The funeral was…
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream under the title: Not Just A “Super El Niño”: A Record-Setting Worldwide Ocean Heat Wave Is Causing Insane Weather Chaos All Over The Globe The oceans on our planet have never been this hot, and this is causing explosive weather throughout the world. Record high temperatures are being set all over the northern hemisphere; we are witnessing absolutely crazy storms, and gigantic wildfires are erupting at a blistering pace. We have never experienced anything quite like this before, and it is going to be very…
Gun sales in Virginia were 241% higher in June than they were one year ago, and Rhode Island sales weren’t far behind, with a 201% increase compared to June, 2025. The National Shooting Sports Foundation reported the staggering figures on Thursday afternoon, with Managing Director of Public Affairs Mark Oliva declaring, “this is what freedom looks like.” Our right to keep and bear arms begins at the gun counter and states like Virginia and Rhode Island chose to throttle the Second Amendment rights of their citizens by ending the legal sale of the most-popular selling centerfire…
LONDON (AP) — Michael Scurr has been volunteering at Britain’s National Archives for the last 11 years, spending his Thursday mornings painstakingly cataloging documents for the benefit of future researchers. Then one day last May the retired insurance executive made a discovery of his own while sifting through the letters of an 18th-century Royal Navy captain. There, attached to a report on the capture of the American privateer Dalton on Christmas Eve 1776, was an enclosure identified only as “another paper.” Carefully unfolding the document, Scurr stopped when he saw the word “Declaration” printed across the top. “I thought, oh,…
For Andrew Song, joining the military was a byproduct of his upbringing plus a drawing of inspiration from a select group of individuals. Song, 26, a junior commissioned officer (O-2) in the U.S. Navy, spoke to Military.com while stationed at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor with USS Nevada (SSBN-733). He graduated from Yale University in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in global affairs, where he served as the battalion commander his senior year in charge of roughly 40 midshipmen. They were awarded the Department of Defense Partnership Excellence Award in 2022 under his leadership as the best ROTC unit in the nation.…
