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Jefferson Kelley wants his son home and is willing to trade places with the Navy sailor. Kelley, of Cincinatti, Ohio, wrote a letter Aug. 13 addressed to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) that includes a rather unique proposal: He wants to switch spots with his son, Jackson, 20, due to ongoing reported conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln that has exceeded 250 days of deployment. He calls it a “parent swap.” The vessel has drawn widespread attention in recent days due to various reports regarding limited food rations, safety concerns, water contamination and poor mental health, which has purportedly led to…
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The Air Force has a vision for the future of aerial warfare. Instead of flying solo, pilots could enter combat accompanied by several drone partners, carrying a variety of weapons, sensors, and electronic systems. Turning these aircraft into effective wingmen goes beyond reliable autonomy. The Air Force must first determine how pilots can use these effectively in battle, and how costly mistakes can be. From Test Range to Realistic Operations A recent exercise at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, offered the service another opportunity to work through these challenges. The service’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft Experimental Operations Unit operated semiautonomous aircraft…
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Many of us have preserved everything from fruits to vegetables as jams, jellies, and pickles. A lot of us have never had a reason nor the inclination to can beef or any other meat for that matter. But there are good reasons to consider canning meats like beef. You’re concerned about the rising price of meats like beef and want to stock up before prices spike higher. You want to buy a side of beef to save money but have run out of freezer space. You live remotely and off-the-grid and simply don’t have the ability to freeze foods. You’re…
When anti-gunners get worked up about concealed carry, they try to argue that shootings will increase. This may well be true, but only if you lump all shootings into one pile. The bad guys might shoot just as many people as before, but armed citizens will shoot some of those people, too. Thus, you end up with more overall shootings, but self-defense shootings should never be considered as remotely similar to violent crimes. And these same anti-gunners try to claim defensive gun uses are rare, even though we all know otherwise. They try to figure…
The Coast Guard has launched a search for a 73-year-old man who entered Lake Erie’s waters after a vessel overturned near Conneaut, Ohio, on Aug. 12. The search began after Coast Guard Sector Eastern Great Lakes watch standers received notification of the 22-foot overturned vessel at around 10:50 a.m. on Wednesday. Three people had entered the water some 9 miles offshore, according to the service. A good Samaritan rescued two of the boaters who were uninjured and wearing life jackets. But one, who was not wearing a life jacket according to the local Fox 8 in Cleveland, remained missing. Authorities…
Though the Department of Justice declined to ask a federal judge to extend the stay on his decision that the NFA’s registration scheme is unlawful when it comes to now-untaxed items, allowing his injunction to take effect as of today, the department still has nearly two months to decide whether or not to appeal that decision to the Fifth Circuit. Not asking for the stay to remain in place is a very good sign, but a statement that DOJ does not plan to appeal would be even better. Unfortunately, when given the option to do…
A military base has responded after photos on social media claimed to show poor shower conditions at one of their sites. Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), a military based in Texas, told Military.com it was “addressing the state of the showers” in Camp Bullis after an image posted on Reddit showed the shower with stained floors and yellowing water. Bullis is a training site long used by the base, preceding World War I. “Camp Bullis is an aging training facility in which several military units transient for various exercises and operations,” a JBSA spokesperson told Military.com on Thursday. “The units…
There was a time in my running journey when I almost exclusively wore Merrell shoes both on the trail and on the road, but the barefoot kind with minimal cushioning and a tight, narrow fit. Then I moved to shoes with more cushioning, a wider toe box, and a minimal drop. So when I had the chance to test the MTL SpeedArc Peaks, I was curious about the mid-level cushion, thick lugs, and, most notably, the split carbon plate. These years-in-the-making shoes come out of the Merrell Test Lab, where numerous athletes help literally shape the shoe. The SpeedArcs were…
One thing that’s always a little awkward, at least for me, when carrying a firearm is using the bathroom. The gun weighs down my pants, and if I’m just taking a leak, I don’t want to completely drop trow. When I get home, before I start to change clothes, I’m eager to get the gun off first because of that weight and how it just makes changing clothes a bit more of a task. Maybe that’s just me, though. I may have never wrapped my brain around the best practices to avoid all of that.I…
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Thursday announced its latest efforts to establish the first-ever multi-domain, multinational attack drone task force. Called Task Force Falcon Strike, the unit will reportedly employ one-way attack drones consisting of unmanned systems from above, on, and below the sea and operated by U.S. military support staff and regional partners. The timing of the launch comes nine months after CENTCOM established Task Force Scorpion Strike, the U.S. military’s first dedicated one-way attack drone squadron in the Middle East. “Task Force Falcon Strike will expand on Scorpion Strike’s success given the tremendous innovation happening among our regional…
The federal government’s ban on carrying firearms in U.S. post offices may soon be over, now that the Dept. of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel has issued an advisory opinion stating the ban does not comply with federal law. Last month the DOJ also voluntarily withdrew its appeal of a district court decision that held the ban unconstitutional, keeping in place an injunction barring enforcement of the carry ban for those plaintiffs who want to carry “inside an ordinary United States Post Office or the surrounding Post Office property.” The plaintiffs in that case include…
The Army is opening some of its most advanced test ranges to private companies, giving these organizations the opportunity to battle-test their most advanced technology before going into the prototype phase. The ranges that are being opened are mostly in the United States, with one being in Morocco. Companies can use the ranges for the research, development, and processing of emerging technology for the betterment of troops. No weapons contract with the U.S. government is required for access. The Army has stated that the effort is to bolster drone technology, counter-drone technology, long- and short-range missile systems, and a variety…
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Suppressors are century-old technology, more or less. Sure, those today are generally better than Hiram Maxim’s first successful silencer, but the idea behind them has been around for a long time now. While suppressors are more easily available today than at any other point since 1934, the export of them is a different matter entirely. It seems the Trump administration has moved the regulation of these devices from the State Department over to the Commerce Department. You still need approval to export them, but it’s not quite the same ordeal.And Everytown’s so-called publication, The Smoking…
A World War II veteran has received a special military honor some 80 years after his service. Army Capt. Louis Vernon Landry, a former physician from Bossier, La., served in World War II and on Aug. 12 posthumously received a Bronze Star Medal. He served in the conflict in the Southwest Pacific and England, treating wounded soldiers under fire. He earned a combat medical badge for his service, which made him eligible for the Bronze Star Medal. But it was not presented to him before his death, leading his family to seek recognition for Capt. Landry. Now, 80 years later,…
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Montezuma County, Colorado Sheriff Steven Nowlin isn’t the only sheriff in the state who’s refusing to issue the new Firearms Safety Course Eligibility Card that’s now required in order to purchase AR-15s and many other semi-automatic firearms in the state. According to a new filing by the Colorado Shooting Sports Association, the sheriffs in Teller and Bent counties are also declining to participate, with Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell attesting that the burden imposed by the state on his small department is too great. I believe that, in order to cover the cost of the permit-to-purchase…
