A majority of Americans oppose U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and Greenland, along with other nations, according to a new poll.The latest Marist Poll published Friday shows varied opinions on the role of the U.S. abroad based mainly on political partisanship, with the majority of Democratic and independent voters discouraging a U.S. military presence in Venezuela, Greenland, Iran, Cuba and Mexico while most Republican voters are in favor.Roughly 56% of survey respondents either strongly oppose or oppose the U.S. taking military action in Venezuela, while 43% either strongly support or support such action.Opposition grows when respondents were asked about Greenland,…

U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Larry Martens, 21, and Lance Cpl. Rodney “Rocky” Padilla, 19, were found brutally murdered on Sept. 7, 1980. More than 45 years later, the cold case remains on people’s minds while DNA evidence could unseal truths long held below the surface.A new episode of the true crime podcast APB Cold Case revisits the two military service members’ deaths and how no culprits to this day have been held responsible for what happened that fateful night in Hawaii. The episode, titled “The K-Bay Killings,” examines and explores how Martens and Padilla—both stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii—were found…

Most people train their everyday carry the same way every time. Two hands. Comfortable stance. Calm breathing. Nice, predictable rhythm. It looks great on the range. It looks even better on Instagram. It also assumes nothing will go wrong. Real life, unfortunately, has never signed onto that plan. Two-handed shooting is a baseline, not a guarantee. The Myth of “Normal” Shooting Most defensive training starts, and often ends, with the assumption that both hands will always be available, cooperative, and uninjured. That assumption quietly falls apart the moment: You’re injured or knocked off balance You’re using one hand to create…

Veterans keep fighting long after the uniform comes off. Some battles unfold in families, careers and friendships. Others stay locked inside the mind.Sheepdog, a new independent film, brings those unseen struggles into the open and refuses to leave them there.Written and directed by Steven Grayhm and produced by Matt Dallas, Sheepdog follows a decorated combat veteran 10 years after his last deployment as he confronts loss, survivor’s guilt and the search for post-traumatic growth. The film premiered in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Navy Memorial and Heritage Center, and is backed by the National Guard Association of the United States…

The Pentagon’s sudden push to reshape the longtime military publication Stars and Stripes has ignited a high-stakes fight over whether the military’s historic newspaper can remain independent while operating inside the Department of Defense.The Defense Department announced Thursday that it wants the publication to shift editorial emphasis toward warfighters—a change newsroom leaders and press freedom advocates said threatens the paper’s congressionally protected editorial independence. The move affects a newspaper that has reported on U.S. forces worldwide since World War II and remains a primary news source for service members stationed overseas.Military.com reached out for comment to the Pentagon, the Defense…

This article was originally published by Thiago V. S. Coelho at The Mises Institute. As Étienne de la Boétie pointed out, the state is absolutely dependent on ideological support, without which it could not even command an army to force obedience from the public. Rothbard’s Anatomy of the State points out that the state acquires this support by means of its court intellectuals, who frame power as “public service,” while framing skepticism as childish, antisocial, or “conspiratorial”—especially the simple habit of asking cui bono (“who benefits?”). In a previous article, I highlighted the need for libertarians to criticize how academia and journalism can serve as the primary vehicles…