The remains of 44 people believed to have been associated with the Continental Army were interred Wednesday at a new memorial in Lake George Battlefield State Park in upstate New York, 250 years after they likely died of smallpox at a military hospital on the southern shore of Lake George. A motorcade of nine Korean War and Vietnam-era military trucks reportedly carried the 44 wooden caskets 60 miles north from the New York State Museum in Albany to the park along Route 9 on May 20. Members of the NY-Penn Military Vehicle Collectors Club operated the trucks, with New York…

Satellite messengers are popular for backcountry communication but satellite phones still have a place in our expedition tool kits. And with subscription plans becoming downright affordable — with some even offering a free phone — why text when you can make a voice call? We’ve been using satellite phones since before (and now after!) they were cool, and we’ve watched the technology advance over that time. Our most recent field testing saw mountain guide Eli Spitulnik make a first ascent in the Alaska Range and on Denali in the same season, while testing two of the best sat phones on…

The Left and its media lapdogs say “MAGA is dead,” but anyone with eyes can see that President Trump’s mission to Make America Great Again is more alive than ever before. President Trump is the undisputed leader of the party and is wielding his political power like no other Republican before him.RINOs are finally learning a brutal lesson and being put on notice. As Townhall’s Matt Vespa opined on Tuesday, if Republicans in Congress and state legislatures across the country want to keep their seats, “follow the leader of the party or be destroyed.”In just…

Hollywood has officially entered its annual “guns are terrible… unless the paycheck clears” phase. This time, the target is Julianne Moore, who recently announced at the Cannes Film Festival that she no longer wants to appear in movies featuring guns, explosions, or violence. Which is a little like a guy leaving Taco Bell after 30 years and announcing he’s morally opposed to burritos. According to an NSSF commentary by Matt Manda, Moore’s sudden discomfort with cinematic violence comes after decades of starring in films packed with murder, shootings, and general Hollywood chaos. Moore told reporters: “I don’t like someone being…

Sandbags, whether store-bought or homemade, are highly versatile and functional training tools that can help you simulate lifting exercises and load-bearing events that enhance the entire body. The entire core system, grip, legs and shoulders can benefit from this simple training tool. It simulates log PT, boat carries and buddy carries and is even part of the new Army Combat Fitness Test, which includes a sandbag event. Here are several ways you can add sandbags to your training, plus the exercises that can help you better prepare yourself for a wide variety of load-bearing events in the military: 1. Put…

We’ve been deep in the backcountry for years. Our team of guides and intrepid wanderers has tested the best satellite messengers on both professional and casual expeditions. Our most recent testing adventure saw GearJunkie Editor Nick Belcaster complete a 115-mile packraft circuit above the Arctic Circle, tracking and sending messages all along the way. While satellite messaging capabilities are coming to mobile phones soon, we still see great utility in carrying a solid device like the Garmin inReach Messenger, our top pick. And if you just need a simple backup device, the budget ZOLEO Satellite Messenger is a solid companion. When push…

Look at any report in the mainstream media about so-called gun violence and it’ll become clear that this is a massive problem in the United States. It’s why the gun control organizations out there keep pushing their anti-gun narrative. It’s all an attempt at identifying the alleged problem and trying to offer a solution to said problem. And let’s be real here. There’s no acceptable amount of “gun violence.” On murders, with a gun or anything else, the only acceptable number is zero. While that’s not realistic, it’s not something we should just shrug off,…

It started in a cemetery after the Civil War. It took a century to become a federal holiday. Now it’s the last Monday in May, and at 3 p.m., the whole country is asked to stop. Memorial Day is Monday, May 25, 2026. It is a federal holiday, the last Monday in May, and the day the United States sets aside to honor the military personnel who died in service to this country. Not veterans broadly. Not currently serving troops. The fallen, specifically — the more than 1.1 million Americans who have died in the nation’s wars since the American…

The United States has circled back to Greenland as the ruling class indicts former Cuban ruler as what many assume is a pretext for invasion. Is the US doing the same thing to Greenland as it is attempting with Cuba and successfully performed in Venezuela? US special envoy Jeff Landry has said that the US needs to reimpose its military presence on Greenland. This news comes as Donald Trump claims that the US should increase its strategic footprint on the island nation. “I think it’s time for the US to put its footprint back on Greenland,” Landry told the AFP…

The function of a flashlight is to see better. But for a flashlight to function better, it pays to listen. That was the Fenix goal in setting out to elevate an already robust lineup of flashlights and headlamps: Hear out the user. Listen to feedback, learn what matters, and apply design decisions based on daily field use to deliver on real-world demands. The result is the RENEGADE line, built specifically to meet a collective U.S. customer base asking for simpler, more compact, and higher-performing lights. The line is highlighted by the LD30 RENEGADE — a compact flashlight designed with the…

South Carolina’s a pretty gun-friendly place, but gun owners in Beaufort County can be excused if they feel a little less welcome these days. The county’s government passed a new ordinance earlier this month that’s mean to restrict the discharge of firearms in unincorporated parts of the county, and while the measure that passed is an improvement in some respects over what what originally introduced, it could now leave gun owners guessing about whether or not their recreational shooting on their own property could get them in trouble.  As proposed, the county’s ordinance would have…

After a rather tumultuous year for Splitgate developer 1047 Games, the team has announced its next project, Empulse, a fast-paced movement shooter inspired by Titanfall. This announcement comes after a series of rumors and leaks suggesting that the Splitgate team was shifting away from Arena Reloaded and working on a parkour-centric, mech-based FPS. Splitgate 2’s launch drew a negative reception, with many in the community citing expensive microtransactions and undercooked features as weak points in an otherwise solid game. Eventually, the problems with the shooter were enough for it to be unlaunched back into beta, resulting in several layoffs at…