You spend weeks polishing your resume with an AI tool, walk into an interview, and get asked to explain a bullet point you can’t actually speak to because the tool wrote it, not you. Or you get caught in the hallway by a VP after a presentation and can’t answer a follow-up question, because the deck was AI-built end to end. These are the moments that torpedo promotions and job offers, and they’re happening often as veterans lean on AI to navigate an unfamiliar civilian job market. AI is a useful tool for everything from translating military experience into civilian…
One of my favorite jokes goes something like, “What do you get when you cross a moose with a hippo? An immediate cessation of your funding and a stern rebuke from the ethics committee.” Yes, that sounds like one of those “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should,” kind of moments, which is funny…until it happens. Enter the United States Marine Corps, because of course it would be the Marines.It seems someone decided to see what happens when you attach artificial intelligence to…
As Elizabeth Dole marks her 90th birthday, former Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald says her greatest legacy isn’t found in the Cabinet positions she held, the U.S. Senate seat she occupied or the national organizations she led. Instead, in an exclusive interview with Military.com, McDonald said Dole’s most enduring contribution is her decades-long commitment to recognizing, supporting and giving a voice to the millions of military and veteran caregivers whose sacrifices too often go unseen. For most Americans, Dole’s legacy is defined by a career of historic firsts. She became the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary…
Yeast is Everywhere. You Just Have to Know Where to Look. The yeast we buy in the store was invented in 1868. Before then, bakers used wild yeast to make their bread rise. The Egyptians are believed to be the first to make bread with yeast about 4,000 years ago. We’ll cover a lot of the techniques they used because we’re working with the assumption that you don’t have access to store-bought yeast and don’t have any stockpiled. Given the fact that commercial yeast has a shelf-life of 2 years, stockpiling yeast may not be an answer in the first…
A Missouri gun range has finally come out on top of a decades-long legal battle dating back to the 1980s, after the Missouri Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to end an injunction that had placed tight controls on the range’s ability to operate. Fifty years ago the Glendale Shooting Club acquired some property with the intent of operating a range. A family living adjacent to the property weren’t thrilled with the prospect of gunfire coming from the club, and eventually filed suit claiming the persistent pew-pewing affected their property.In 1987 a judge on…
Most veterans with a service-connected disability who are thinking about education automatically reach for the Post-9/11 GI Bill. That instinct is understandable. The GI Bill is well known, well marketed and genuinely valuable. But for veterans who qualify for Chapter 31, Veteran Readiness and Employment — still widely called Voc Rehab — the GI Bill is often the lesser option and the one that leaves money on the table. Here is the core difference: The Post-9/11 GI Bill caps private school tuition at $29,920.95 per academic year for 2025-2026 and provides 36 months of entitlement. Chapter 31 has no tuition…
On Sunday, a shooting at a Seattle food festival left three people dead and another five injured. It was an undoubtedly traumatizing event for everyone in the vicinity, but it wasn’t the kind of mass shooting we typically see make headlines. This wasn’t the result of some disaffected jackwagon who wanted to make a name for themselves, or who hated the world and wanted everyone to die. This was a shootout between two parties. Two people with no respect for human life decided to shoot up an event meant to be about enjoying good food,…
The Navy is once again requiring flu shots for a wide range of sailors and civilian employees, quietly reversing course three months after the Pentagon made the vaccine optional across the force. New guidance released Friday in a Navy administrative message, or NAVADMIN, restores the requirement for recruits headed to boot camp, sailors in officer training pipelines, certain deploying sailors and reservists, health care workers and some civilian employees. It takes effect immediately, and covered personnel must be vaccinated by Jan. 15, 2027. The order does not mention what happened in between to cause such a reversal. In April, the…
I heaved the fully loaded Exped Lightning 50 off my back onto the ground, right in the middle of a gem of a creekside Colorado campsite. It was packed to the absolute limit with gear and food that was quickly extruded into a neat pile beside us. Within moments, I had alpine charcuterie served, camp chairs pitched, water heating, and a diaper changing station deployed. With a new baby in tow, the demands on my day hiking pack have grown exponentially. 20 liters? Forget about it. I nabbed a sample of the freshly updated Exped Lightning 50 to pull double…
An Indiana man arrested on charges of murder will not face prosecution for the deaths of a father and son, according to the local prosecutor. Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings says after a thorough review of the evidence, he determined that 41-year-old John Christopher Worley has a credible claim of self-defense. The incident in question took place last weekend after Worley got into a fight with a man named Koty Riall. Riall’s father Rodney allegedly joined in the fray, and by the time police arrived both father and son were injured. A witness told deputies that…
ATF Director Robert Cekada and Chief Counsel Robert Leider sat down with journalist Shermichel Singleton for a wide-ranging interview that ran on the We the Free Network and was subsequently broken down by Guns and Gadgets host Jared Yanis. The conversation marks one of the most candid public discussions of the agency’s reform direction since Cekada’s April 29 confirmation and the simultaneous announcement of 34 new rulemaking notices. For an agency that gun owners have spent the better part of a decade viewing as an adversary, the substance of what Cekada and Leider said in the interview matters — and…
The Vortex Strike Eagle 1-10×24 FFP brings motion activation, a useful BDC-style reticle, and real LPVO versatility into a budget-conscious package. It is not flawless glass, but for shooters chasing reach without premium pricing, this optic has more fight in it than the price tag suggests. Vortex Strike Eagle 1-10×24 FFP Review: Big Features Without Big Money The Vortex Strike Eagle 1-10×24 FFP pairs motion-activated illumination with versatile magnification in a compact, budget-friendly package. It targets shooters who want performance without stepping into premium pricing. However, while it checks a lot of boxes on paper, real-world performance shows where compromises…
Hezbollah grabbed Soviet diplomats in Lebanon in 1986 and expected leverage. The KGB answered with ruthless pressure that forced a fast release and sent a message the region still remembers. The Hook: Why This 1986 Hezbollah Kidnapping Still Matters We don’t negotiate with terrorists…that’s a well-intentioned sentiment, to be sure. However, what if they were holding somebody you actually cared deeply for? Kidnapping is one of the most horrific of all modern crimes. It is a powerful tool in the dark, twisted toolbox of the modern criminal terrorist. There is nothing new about any of this. People have been running…
With the 250th anniversary of American independence less than two months away, Revolutionary War reenactors are loading their flintlocks for events that will run from now through July 4 and beyond. They’ll do most of it without filling out a single Form 4473. Under federal law and the laws of most states, the muskets, flintlocks, and percussion-cap firearms used in 1776, and the modern replicas of those guns, aren’t legally classified as firearms at all. The exemption, written into the Gun Control Act of 1968, has been on the books for nearly six decades. It’s getting fresh attention this spring…
The United States and Israel are working together to prepare for a renewed round of attacks on Iran. This active preparation for a restart of hostilities with Iran could result in attacks as early as next week. Accoridng to a report by RT, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to attack Iran soon, increasingly voicing his dissatisfaction with Tehran’s proposals. Trump tore into Iran’s response to an American proposal last weekend, branding it a “piece of garbage” and slamming the current ceasefire as “unbelievably weak.” The New York Times has reported that Tehran has stated that it does not…
The Pacific Northwest used to be home to a lot of people who had good common sense. Then everything changed. Portland became insane, dragging the rest of the state of Oregon with it, and suddenly, they were hostile toward anything that didn’t serve the progressive cause. In other words, they went hard down the anti-gun road. So, when I see gun-related news out of Oregon, I expect to see something full of stupid.However, it seems that a court of appeals there actually exercised a bit of actual reason in a case that involved a convicted…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A drone strike targeted the United Arab Emirates’ sole nuclear power plant on Sunday, sparking a fire on its perimeter. There were no reports of injuries or radiological release, but it highlighted the risk of renewed war as the Iran ceasefire remains tenuous. No one immediately claimed responsibility, and the UAE did not blame anyone. It has however accused Iran of launching drone and missile attacks in recent days as tensions rise over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital energy waterway still gripped by Iran, which is under a U.S. naval blockade. The UAE…
Braden Peters, better known as “Clavicular”, could see a misdemeanor charge of discharge of a firearm in public wiped off his record thanks to a deal his attorneys have worked out with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. Peters was charged after a livestream showed him and a second influencer shooting at what appeared to be an alligator carcass in the Everglades Wildlife Management Area back in March, but People reports that he agreed to plead no contest to the charge on Friday in exchange for a pretty sweet deal. During a May 15 court appearance, Peters…
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War, that saw it support the U.S. war with Iran and the capture of Nicolás Maduro when he was Venezuela’s president. The most advanced U.S. warship and two accompanying destroyers docked at Naval Station Norfolk with about 5,000 sailors waiting to see their families for the first time since June. Besides combat operations and traversing continents, the sailors aboard the carrier faced a noncombat-related fire that left hundreds without places to…
A Navy veteran’s breakthrough research could make it easier for doctors to detect pneumonia in children. Shereiff Garrett, who recently earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Fayetteville State University (FSU) in Fayetteville, N.C., won first place in a national competition by using artificial intelligence (AI) in pediatric X-rays to spot pneumonia, which can sometimes lead to hospitalization and even death in small children. In March, Garrett took home the top prize in the Computer Science and Information Management oral presentation division at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Atlanta. Garrett had stiff competition. The contest, hosted by…
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