Iran has reorganized its military to be more aggressive abroad as talks on ending the war with the U.S. remain mired in stalemate, a sign that Tehran is preparing for a protracted era of regional conflict. A raft of top military appointments by Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei marks a shift to an “offensive doctrine,” Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who advises the force’s new commander, said in an interview on state TV late Tuesday. “Whenever the conditions are favorable and the order is issued, we must be able to take the operation into enemy…

No Pain No Gain Ceuta is a Spanish city located on the North African coast. Its strategic position at the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea made it a historical prize. Phoenicians, Romans, and Visigoths ruled it sequentially. In 711 AD, the Umayyad Caliphate seized control, integrating it into the Islamic world. Portugal conquered the city in 1415 during the Age of Discovery. In 1580, Spain and Portugal united under a single crown. When the union dissolved in 1640, Ceuta’s residents chose to remain loyal to Spain. The 1668 Treaty of Lisbon officially recognized Spanish sovereignty over the enclave. Today, Ceuta…

When I was a kid, I did a lot of stupid stuff. Being Gen X, we were raised on hose water, Pop-Tarts cold from the foil, and a fair bit of neglect. We did the kind of things that we would never allow our own children to do after we grew up because we watched as the weak among us appeared on Unsolved Mysteries, as nature demanded. We were morons, and we didn’t want to let our kids be morons, too. Unfortunately, some kids are morons, and just like what happened with some in our…

Coast Guard Tuition Assistance (TA) pays up to 100% of tuition for taking college courses while on active duty, as a member of the Selected Reserve, and in certain circumstances, while a civilian employee of the service. TA will not pay for many fees, such as technology or internet fees, transit fees, etc., that may be added by certain schools. Payment Rates Coast Guard members may be reimbursed up to 100% of the cost of a college course, not to exceed: $250 per semester hour $166.67 per quarter hour $16.67 per clock hour $4,500 per fiscal year Members who receive…

Trump Holds Gold in his hand Courtesy: wvnews.com If you haven’t seen President Trump receiving gold last week, as a gift from mining executives, when announcing that the U.S. must become the mineral superpower, you missed the firing shot of the Wall Street bull market in commodities! Throughout the past 33 years, the U.S. has been engaged in systemic liquidation of its mining interests, deeming the resources it relies on, as a dirty industry, which can be outsourced. Last week, the Trump administration placed this industry at the top position in the hierarchy, literally saying that miners built the nation.…

Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More You know the feeling — you’re out on a multipitch climb, and the chimney pitch is next. You wedge your body into the crack, scraping your harness, pants, ankles, and shoes against the rough stone. You don’t think about the beating your gear is taking at the time, because all you care about is upward motion, and trying not to think about how you can’t place any gear for another 20 feet when the crack gets smaller. At least you don’t have to worry…

In 1994, the Clinton administration got its ban on so-called assault weapons. These were defined at the time as any firearm with three or more features that somehow made it more deadly than a rifle with only two of them. Anti-gunners loved it, but something interesting happened. A lot of people got into modern sporting rifles because of the ban. Whereas the AR-15 hadn’t been anything but another rifle on the gun store shelf before the ban, afterward it was the most popular long gun model in the United States.Since then, we’ve seen numerous cases…

As U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned Congress that not appropriating roughly $1.5 trillion towards the Pentagon’s next fiscal year budget is the “greatest threat” the country faces, a new budget report shows that the nation’s rampant spending exceeds the Defense Department’s own budgetary aspirations. The United States borrowed $1.8 trillion in the first ten months of Fiscal Year 2026, according to the latest Monthly Budget Review from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). That amount, which includes $431 billion borrowed in July alone, is roughly $169 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year.…

Odor-resistant T-shirts aren’t a new idea — but weaving gold, silver, copper, zinc, and volcanic ash into bamboo throws the kitchen sink at the grail-like stink-free shirt goal. These multiple mineral additions are supposedly meant to reduce odor in performance T-shirts, even after repeated days of sweaty trekking. And they’ve clearly found an audience. A Kickstarter for HercShirt V5.0 has already raised almost $298,000 as of Wednesday afternoon. At GearJunkie, we’ve tested stink-inhibiting shirts for close to 20 years. Back in 2012, editor-in-chief Sean McCoy tested a (then) new-fangled technology of activated carbon infused into merino wool for months, running…

If gun control works, as anti-gunners repeatedly claim, then the lack of gun control should lead to predictable results. In fact, anti-gunners make this case every time they lose. They do the whole “the streets will run red with blood” bit on social media, screaming to high heavens that this is a disaster and innocent people will die. And they trot out the studies to “prove” this is the case. Pretty much every bit of research out of academia backs up their claims.The problem is that the real world isn’t the same as the one…

The 18-year-old recruit hailed from Texas, according to authorities. The U.S. Marine Corps recruit who recently died during a fitness test has been identified. Pvt. Aiden Craig was the recruit who died Aug. 5 from a medical emergency suffered during a physical fitness test at Camp Pendleton, Calif., according to Task & Purpose. The 18-year-old reportedly earned the posthumously title of Marine, according to Steven Posy, a spokesperson for Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Military.com reached out to MCRDSD for comment. Task & Purpose, citing Craig’s service record, reported that he enlisted in the service on June 1, 2026.…

An investigation remains ongoing after authorities reported a deadly helicopter crash on Wednesday afternoon. An AH-64 Apache attack helicopter based at Fort Hood crashed in Salado, Texas, according to the U.S. Army Fort Hood Media Center, resulting in the death of two pilots. Fort Hood officials said that local emergency response services, along with military responders and law enforcement professionals, actively responded to the scene. “Our immediate priority is securing the site and supporting the initial response efforts,” said Brig. Gen. Ethan Diven, acting commanding general 1st Cavalry Division, in a statement. “Our thoughts are with the crew and their…