The head of the Department of the Air Force’s recruiting efforts, who has overseen the service’s turnaround from missing its goal for the first time since 1999 to hitting it three months early, believes those slumps are solidly in the rearview mirror.Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein has served as the commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service since June 2023 — a role he’s set to leave later this month. In an interview with Military.com where he looked back on the Air Force’s recruiting turnaround, the one-star general said he believes the service is on some of the best footing it’s…
The Pentagon has confirmed reports it has pulled Navy Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly from promotion and a new job overseeing the Navy’s Pacific fleet after a conservative news outlet again highlighted his role in allowing sailors to hold drag shows aboard a ship he commanded nearly 10 years ago.A senior defense official confirmed that “Secretary Hegseth has chosen to withdraw Adm. Donnelly’s nomination to lead 7th Fleet” in a statement provided Friday, adding “the department will open up nominations for the 7th Fleet commander” — the fleet that operates in the Pacific and especially around Japan and China.On Thursday, conservative…
A former Marine who exploited roughly two dozen minors, including by posing as a teenage girl online, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday. He extorted multiple victims into creating child sexual abuse material and threatened to release it to their friends and family.Anthony Fritzinger, 25, committed the offenses while he was an active-duty lance corporal in the Marine Corps at Cherry Point, North Carolina, according to his indictment and service record. His criminal conduct was first discovered in 2020 when he used an anonymous account to threaten an 18-year-old woman with the release of nude pictures taken…
By James Tarr Ed Brown, who passed in 2024, was one of the 1911 Illuminati, a small group of gunsmiths in the 1970s and ’80s who figured out how to turn a clunky service pistol into an accurate, reliable, user-friendly sidearm that became the number-one choice of professionals for years. Among many other upgrades, Ed Brown’s “beavertail” grip safety puts the shooter’s hand higher on the gun than any previous design, and he invented the “Speed Bump” at the bottom to ensure deactivation, which is now copied by many. Twenty-five years ago, Brown launched the “Bobtail” featuring a…
By Logan Metesh The May edition of GunBroker.com’s Top Selling Report presented by GunGenius.com, shows Smith & Wesson’s Model 686 revolvers moving up in both new and used revolver categories. The recent release of a Lipsey’s exclusive Mountain Gun version of the 686 has breathed new life into this 45-year-old design.The Model 686 is built on Smith & Wesson’s L frame, which is often seen as a Goldilocks size for revolvers. It’s larger than the K frame on which the Model 19 is built, but smaller than the N frame on which the Model 29 is built.The Model…
A Utah woman fighting to get her Second Amendment rights restored more than a decade after she became a prohibited person because she wrote a bad check is going to have to wait a little longer to learn what the Department of Justice has to say about her legal fight. Melynda Vincent petitioned the Supreme Court to accept her case in early May, and the DOJ originally had a June 11 deadline to respond. In early June the Solicitor General’s office requested and received a one-month extension, which pushed the deadline to July 11. In…
When you are a non-swimming athlete and your time in the pool is basically limited to backyard games such as Marco Polo and Sharks and Minnows, you may need a swimming routine to get you better prepared for a fitness test.This system requires swimming five days a week, but each week includes the following staple workouts:TechniquePracticing the stroke technique you will use on military fitness tests is the first step. For strokes such as the sidestroke, breaststroke and the modified sidestroke — referred to collectively as the combat swimmer stroke (CSS) — you should receive technique training. This can occur…
The modern uber-luxe G63 AMG, a ubiquitous sight in West L.A. and Calabasas, traces a direct lineage back to historic military vehicles built by Magna Steyr in Austria. Those older G-Wagens featured solid front and rear axles, zero creature comforts, and the ride quality of a delivery truck. Not anymore, though. Mercedes started selling the G in the United States and eventually switched out one of the solid axles for independent front suspension, while doubling down on all the luxury trappings imaginable. The top-spec G63 AMG now has supple leathers, extensive tech features, and unbelievable power from a mild-hybrid twin-turbo…
Chicago pretty much dictates politics for the rest of the state. That means Illinois’s anti-gun bent isn’t because of most of the rest of the state, but because people in the Windy City want gun restrictions. And, of course, they don’t work.But as you already know from the headline, this is a bit of a weird story. It’s not a shocking one, though, because nothing about this is truly surprising, overall. That’s probably the only surprising thing about it.The father of a rapper whose album release party was the setting of a River North mass…
Related Tags: Buzz, News Forty-eight guns in 40 seconds. That’s what three perps were able to make off with last Sunday morning in a smash-and-grab burglary at Beech Grove Firearms in Indianapolis, Indiana. Greg Burge, the owner of the store, spoke to WISH-TV about the incident. “What I can say about the investigation is three agencies, Beech Grove, IMPD and ATF, are doing phenomenal work. I am very pleased at the direction the investigation has taken so far,” said Burge, who is retired from Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. “The investigation is going in the right direction, and I predict it will…
Posted in Bullpup, Daily News, Rifles by with No CommentsTags: FAMAS, FAMAS F1, gunbroker The owner of this French FAMAS wants over $100,000 for this low-serial-number gun. Is it worth the price? How’d you like to own a FAMAS? Me neither. Especially when it’s going to set me back six figures. Admittedly, I don’t know much about the FAMAS other than that it is a French-made bullpup rifle that has been in service with the French military since the late 1970s. Known for its distinctive appearance, the FAMAS has become a popular collector’s item, perhaps in no small part to Ian…
The Marine Corps has announced that it is deactivating a historic training battalion at Parris Island as a sign that it is making serious progress toward integrating men and women into a single training pipeline at its iconic training base. In a press release issued Wednesday, the Corps announced that it will deactivate the 4th Recruit Training Battalion — a unit that has trained female Marines since 1986 — in a ceremony on June 15, 2023. “Today, successful recruit training standardization makes an all-female training battalion unnecessary, as all recruits have been training in gender-integrated companies since 2022,” the service…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A man on Tuesday was sentenced to life in prison without parole in the killing of three people at an Alabama church dinner in June.Robert Findlay Smith, 71, pleaded guilty to capital murder and waived his right to appeal, AL.com reported.Smith was indicted in the June 16, 2022, shootings of Walter “Bart” Rainey, 84, of Irondale; Sarah Yeager, 75, of Pelham; and Jane Pounds, 84, of Hoover. They were killed during a potluck dinner at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, a community just southeast of Birmingham.“I relive the night of June 16 over and over and over, and I probably…
From C&H Precision . . . While polymer striker-fired pistols revolutionized the defensive and competition shooting world, there is always room for improvement. Glock – one of the most recognized firearm brand names in the world – has long been the standard for striker-fired pistols. They continue to expand their offerings with new generations of firearms. However, one area with room for improvement on Glock firearms is the cavity in the grip. Many companies have produced grip plugs for a variety of reasons. One of the first reasons is to keep dirt and debris out of the cavity in…
Ever since the United States Federal Reserve (the central bank) began hiking interest rates in early 2022 to “combat inflation”, fears of recession have grown. But the next recession is going to be an ugly one, and it will appear as if “the whole country take a pay cut” according to former Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg, who is also the president of Rosenberg Research. “The leading indicators are telling me that the recession is actually starting this quarter,” he said in a recent YouTube interview with Blockworks Macro. “If it’s not this quarter I think it’s next quarter. It’s…
Second Amendment supporters in North Carolina are urging lawmakers to act quickly on a constitutional carry bill in the hopes of securing passage in the state House before a key legislative deadline arrives later this week. On Tuesday, a House committee signed off on HB 189, but the legislation still needs to clear one more committee and receive approval from the full House before May 4th in order for the legislation to stay alive; not only for this year’s session but next year’s as well. An email alert from Grassroots NC to its members this week noted that if that…
Over the past week, Washington, Maryland, and Colorado have been joined by Oregon in passing some of the strictest gun control laws in recent history. Last Friday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed four bills that will raise the age requirement for purchasing firearms and impose a waiting period for Coloradans to access their Second Amendment rights, among other restrictions. Here’s the full slate per NRA-ILA: House Bill 23-1219 delays Second Amendment rights by imposing a three-day waiting period before an individual may receive a firearm that they lawfully purchase, with limited exemptions. There is no evidence that waiting periods reduce violent…
Posted in Daily News, Firearms Customization, Gunsmithing, News, Pistols, Semi-Auto by with No CommentsTags: hellcat, Hellcat Threaded Barrels, springfield armory, xd-m Two staples within the Springfield Armory handgun line-up are their micro-compact Hellcat for everyday carry (EDC) as well as their full-frame XD-M (Xtreme Duty Match). While they can be likened to each like a big-little brother relationship, if you were ever in the market for a threaded barrel for either of them, you had to go swimming in the aftermarket parts world to hopefully find one with a good fitment. Now, Springfield Armory is offering XD-M threaded barrels for…
An on-campus death of an Air Force Academy cadet is under investigation, according to an academy news release Tuesday. Jesse Fimian, 25, was found dead Sunday night by academy first responders, the academy said in its news release. Fimian, a cadet 2nd class, from Brookfield, Mass., was majoring in political science with hopes of graduating in 2024 and becoming a space operator in the Space Force, the academy said. Fimian served in the Massachusetts Air National Guard as an ammo troop before entering the Air Force Academy through its preparatory school. “Today, we are saddened by the death of one of our own at our Academy,” Academy…
Carry without limits with Alien Gear’s new, all-in-one Photon Light-Bearing Holster – the ultimate solution for every day firearm carriers who demand comfort, concealability, and reliability. The Photon holster is designed to meet all of your needs in one incredibly versatile holster. The Photo lets you carry your EDC pistol how and where you want. Do you have a pistol light on your carry gun? No problem. Do you have a red dot sight mounted? Check. Threaded barrel? Suppressor-height sights? The Photon can accommodate all of them. The Alien Gear Photon is infinitely configurable. Its ambidextrous design lets you set…
Sometimes you just feel like a refrigerator during a power outage: in need of more power. If you’ve spent a bit of time staring at the offerings of your gun cabinet of late and started to feel the desire for more oomph, you may have found yourself wondering… Is this the winner…keep reading to find out? “What is the most powerful handgun you can buy?” If that’s where you’re at, you’re not interested in the peewees of the handgun world. You have to delve into the subject of the big boys. And when it comes to the baddest of the…
