Military pay deductions are an important part of your total pay situation. They are one of the two types of money withheld from your pay before it is paid to you. Deductions are shown in the middle column of your monthly Leave and Earnings Statement (LES), and sometimes there are a lot of them. Understanding your pay deductions helps you know where your money is going.Understanding the Mid-Month Pay DeductionEvery service member has a deduction on their monthly LES that represents their mid-month pay. Military pay is calculated on a monthly basis. The mid-month pay deposit is essentially a micro-loan…
Corey at Viewpoint Campervans gave me this build order. It reflects a sequence tested repeatedly at the professional level. This isn’t Reddit theory or advice borrowed from an Instagram or YouTube “van lifer.” It’s a sequence refined in a professional shop environment, where mistakes cost real time and real money. You don’t need to be a carpenter or electrician to build a functional campervan. But you do need to respect the sequence. Crafting a campervan isn’t as straightforward as you might first think. Curved walls, limited access, and tightly stacked systems mean one misstep often forces you to undo work…
For several months now we’ve been hearing that a House vote on H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, is imminent. The government shutdown may have stymied a vote for several weeks last fall, but hopefully the bill will soon receive a floor vote in the House of Representatives. While the odds of passage in the lower chamber are pretty good, HR 38 faces an uphill fight in the Senate. Still, The Trace is out with a new explainer on what national right to carry reciprocity would mean, and as you might expect, the…
Gun Owners of America isn’t mad at the Department of Justice because it’s trendy. GOA is mad because DOJ keeps stepping on rakes, picking the rake back up, and then insisting it’s actually the most pro-rake department in history. Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Department of Justice keeps insisting it’s a friend of the Second Amendment while actively acting like the guy who “supports your diet” by bringing donuts to every meeting. Lots of talk. Zero discipline. GOA isn’t alone here. Across the gun-rights world, patience is wearing thinner than an ATF interpretation letter. Groups, like Firearms Policy Coalition,…
January used to be a quiet month for streaming. Not anymore.In 2026, the year kicks off with a surprisingly strong slate of movies across the best streaming services, including Netflix, Max, Disney+, Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock, and niche genre streamers. From prestige dramas and buzzy documentaries to franchise rewatches, cult favorites, and action-heavy comfort viewing, January’s lineup looks less like a post-holiday cooldown and more like a strategic content drop aimed at keeping subscribers locked in.Here’s what’s worth watching in January. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You blends dark humor and emotional intensity in one of January’s most talked-about…
Images by the author unless otherwise noted While this article focuses primarily on Turkish-made pistols, a few well-known non-Turkish imports are included for context and comparison. I have owned, over the decades, dozens of handguns. Whether revolvers or pistols, many have graced my gun safe. Some have taken up permanent residence there, while others were more transient and moved on. This situation is no different for many readers of this report, I’m sure. We tend to keep some of the guns we buy, while others were more of a “flash in the pan” and got moved on. I think back…
It’s a mystery that’s stymied investigators in East Hartford, Connecticut, for more than seven years – who killed disabled Air Force veteran Dominic Marino? What’s KnownHere’s what local police do know. On Nov. 18, 2018, an intruder kicked in the front door of Marino’s house along Suffolk Drive, subdued him by taping up his wrist and ankles, and shot him in the chest, leaving him to die. Police were notified when Vinny, a brother who lived with Marino, 30, arrived home and reported the incident. After a medical examiner ruled Marino’s death a homicide, detectives began investigating the case. However, seven years…
REI is well-known for its generous return policy. Co-op members have a year to return almost any product, even if it’s been used. That product then gets placed in the used gear section, where members can buy it at major discounts. Whenever a customer returns a product, a sales associate creates a tag with the product info, the new discounted price, and the customer’s “stated reason” for the return. As you might imagine, the reasons (sometimes excuses) people give for returning used gear to REI run the gamut. (Photo/Shutterstock) For instance, some of the stated reasons for return are sensible.…
For years, the Ninth Circuit was easily the most anti-gun court in the nation. There wasn’t a gun control law they didn’t love. The only good news came from decisions handed down by “Saint” Roger Benitez. He was the isolated voice of sanity in a sea of crazy, though, and so his decisions didn’t last very long. But following the Bruen decision, there’s far less ambiguity for the lower courts to play with. Now, there’s a line in the sand that has to be crossed before a law can be declared constitutional, and states like…
The NRA convention is not only a great opportunity for Gun Nation to ogle, fondle, and shop acres of firearms and related gear, it’s also a happy hunting ground for photographers looking to get lots of great photos of people of all ages who are doing those things. As you might imagine, lots of those photos are later used by the corporate media and others to illustrate their stories about crime, mass shootings, the allegedly deplorable easy access Americans have to firearms, yadda, yadda, yadda. One of the photos taken in Indianapolis by Reuters’ Evelyn Hockstein has resulted in enough…
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that the United States is facing an “economic catastrophe” if the ruling class waits “until the last minute” to raise the debt ceiling. A default on the nation’s debt would be “disastrous,” according to Yellen. During a meeting with business executives from California on Tuesday, Yellen warned that a default would result in job losses and push household payments on mortgages and credit cards higher. The Treasury secretary insisted it was a “basic responsibility” of Congress to increase or suspend the $31.4 trillion borrowing cap. “A default on our debt would produce an economic and financial…
The last time FASTER Colorado’s founder Laura Carno joined us on Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co it was shortly after the shootings at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, and Carno told us that the horrific incident had prompted a number of school districts around the state to reach out and learn more about their training for armed school staff. On today’s program, Carno tells Bearing Arms that the recent shootings at Covenant School in Nashville has resulted in an even larger surge in demand for FASTER Colorado’s services, with about three times as many districts reaching out over the past…
By Larry Keane Michigan lawmakers – including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer – are toying with the idea of turning state courtrooms into political arenas for gun control instead of forcing criminals to stand before judges for their crimes. State legislators are considering introducing a bill that would allow victim families to sue firearm manufacturers, distributors and retailers for the heinous crimes committed by criminals. Let’s say that again so it is clear. Michigan’s legislators want to allow lawsuits against the firearm industry for crimes they didn’t commit. There’s no talk about dragging murderers, thugs, gang members and other criminals into courts to face a judge…
WASHINGTON — The remains of a U.S. Army corporal killed during the Korean War have been identified 73 years after he was declared missing and was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery, U.S. and South Korean officials said Wednesday. Luther H. Story of Buena Vista, Georgia, was posthumously awarded the nation’s highest military award for his actions during an intense attack by the North Korean army on Sept. 1, 1950. U.S. officials said that Story “fearlessly stood in the middle of the road, throwing grenades into the truck. Out of grenades, he crawled to his squad, gathered up additional…
From Aero Precision . . . Due to the passage of House Bill 1240 by the Washington Legislature and Governor Jay Inslee signing it in to law on 4/25/23, Aero Precision has filed a lawsuit in conjunction with several other plaintiffs to combat this overreaching legislation, seeking temporary and permanent injunction based on the unconstitutionality of this law. The case was filed on 4/25/23 in the Eastern District of Washington, U.S. District Court. Plaintiffs include Aero Precision LLC , Amanda Banta (2012 Olympian Sport Shooter), Sharp Shooting Indoor Range & Gun Shop, The Range LLC, and the National Shooting…
Southern Baptists have long been held to be among the most politically conservative Christians in the nation. While many religious denominations seem to be rolling left, it looked like Southern Baptists weren’t interested in doing the same. And yet, it now seems that the head of a commission within the organization and other Baptist leaders have come out in favor of gun control. The head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and 12 other Baptist leaders and pastors in Tennessee have urged state lawmakers to take action to help prevent further gun violence after last month’s…
While it won’t ever be as close to the real thing as you want, you now have a chance to own a replica RPG-7. Atlantic Firearms has for sale on their site right now new production RPG-7s made from cold-cast poly-resin and fiberglass – much more durable than other replica models on the market. These new models are available now along with a couple of their other replica firearms including the Browning BA M1918A2, as well as the M60. More Rocket-Propelled Grenade Articles @ TFB: New Production Replica RPG-7 Models Available from Atlantic Firearms Replica RPG Rocket Launcher Features These…
WASHINGTON — Presidents Joe Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday will sign an agreement that includes plans to have U.S. nuclear-armed submarines dock in South Korea for the first time in more than 40 years, a conspicuous show of support to Seoul amid growing concern about nuclear threats by North Korea, according to senior Biden administration officials. The planned dock visits are a key element of what’s being dubbed the “Washington Declaration,” aimed at deterring North Korea from carrying out an attack on its neighbor. It is being unveiled as Biden is hosting Yoon for a state visit during…
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach answered questions from members of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. While mostly focused on budget and appropriations matters, committee members asked the director a range of questions, including about the Final Rule defining stabilizing arm braces attached to pistols as short-barreled rifles (SBRs), the agency’s new “zero tolerance” policy, what constitutes “willful violations” by federal firearms licensees (FFL), suppressors, ATF form processing and tracing request backlogs, illegal firearm trafficking and more. During the hearing, Director Dettelbach mentioned ATF’s partnerships with NSSF on Real Solutions. Safer Communities. initiatives that data shows…
Longtime Second Amendment advocates may remember the name Loretta Weinberg, who was the architect of New Jersey’s original “smart gun” law that would have banned all “dumb guns” from being sold in the state once a “smart gun” came to market. Weinberg served in the New Jersey legislature for decades until her retirement in 2022, but though she’s no longer in office she’s still doing all she can to infringe on the rights of law-abiding residents of the Garden State, including rallying her fellow senior citizens to call for gun bans and other infringements at her nursing home earlier this…
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — In the action movie “Tourist,” military instructors with the Russian mercenary group Wagner deploy to the Central African Republic and find themselves reluctant warriors against rebels and a corrupt ex-politician ahead of a presidential election. Then there’s “Granit,” another big-budget action flick whose title character, a grizzled but idealistic Russian military trainer, sacrifices himself to protect the southern African country of Mozambique from ISIS-style bandits. And in the more recent “Best in Hell,” Wagner fighters duke it out with an unnamed enemy — clearly meant to be Ukrainians — in an unspecified location that’s an obvious stand-in for the…
