We know you can’t turn back the clock, but we wouldn’t mind returning to a time when full-size pickups were simple, stripped-down, work-duty affairs, and they cost less than a large sedan, and we called them “half-ton” trucks.With the average price of a basic, no-frills full-size pickup creeping toward $40,000,we don’t even need to debate whether the cost of entry has gotten too high. New trucks are simply too expensive, and we’re holding onto our old pickups for longer these days, even if that means spending more money to keep them running. The Average American Truck Is Now 12 Years…
On July 19, a shooting took place in Asheville, N.C. Two people were killed, and seven others were injured. Right now, police still haven’t caught the suspect, which is less than good, to say the least. It’s safe to say that while the media calls this a “mass shooting,” it bears no resemblance to what happened in Idaho over the weekend. This was likely a targeted attack over a personal beef. In other words, it was likely gang-related.But, like so many other mayors of decent-sized cities across the country, rather than admit that she’s sucked…
An Xbox insider suggests that Xbox could potentially have plans in place that would allow the company to leave a popular platform in the future. Credit: Image via Microsoft Originally published by Game Rant A new insider report suggests that Xbox could put itself in a position to pull out of Steam as part of greater changes to the company’s PC strategy. The Microsoft gaming brand has been pushing its intent to make significant changes to Xbox in recent months. The new leadership at Xbox is looking to bring sweeping overhauls to the popular Microsoft gaming brand. Xbox officially named Asha…
The police chief in Twin Falls, Idaho was quick to credit an off-duty police officer and an armed citizen for saving lives on Saturday when a 24-year-old man opened fire at an In-N-Out restaurant. Three people were killed in the attack and seven others injured, but Police Chief Matthew Hicks said the two men were “heroes” for engaging the gunman, since their actions “helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties.” As you might expect, none of the major gun control groups have acknowledged the role that armed citizens played in limiting…
A man who the U.S. Coast Guard found on a boat off the shore of Southern California coast has died, the maritime service announced. The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach found a boat carrying 21 suspected illegal immigrants on Wednesday some 14 miles west of San Clemente Island after it received a tip from a member of the public. Upon boarding the vessel, the service realized that a 56-year-old man on the boat was unresponsive. Coast Guard crews gave him CPR and a Coast Guard Air Station Ventura MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew airlifted him to Ronald Reagan UCLA…
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If you’re looking for the best military movies and shows on Netflix this August, we’re here to save you from another long night of scrolling through menu tiles while your dinner slowly becomes tomorrow’s breakfast. Netflix has a lot to watch, which sounds useful until the algorithm turns your search for Navy SEALs into a reality series about attractive people selling beachfront property. This list should help narrow the field. Several of these movies and shows are new to Netflix in August, including all seven seasons of SEAL Team, a new Indian Air Force drama and a few familiar military…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the 5-month-old Iran war. It starts with a grim warning to Tehran that he’s on the cusp of ordering U.S. forces to “obliterate” its power plants or seize key parts of its oil industry if its leaders don’t quickly agree to U.S. terms to end the war. It ends with him edging away with a last-minute declaration, sometimes at the behest of Gulf allies, that he’s going to give diplomacy more time. The hardball strategy — one that Trump honed during his years competing in New York’s real…
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TJ spoke from a darkened room with the blinds closed. Even there, surrounded by houseplants she could barely see, the light still felt too bright. Years earlier, she had worked around aircraft, engines and flight-deck noise as a Navy “yellow shirt” stationed in Japan. She directed aircraft movement aboard the ship, moving between the hangar bay and flight deck while also finding time to run, lift weights and compete in shipboard races. TJ said her first severe headaches began after she suffered a concussion shortly after reporting to the ship. More concussions followed, and the headaches gradually became harder to…
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You get a letter telling you that you are unfit to keep serving. It arrives with a deadline, too, sometimes less than a week, and it sets in motion a process that will decide whether you keep your career or not. Whether you get a severance check, a retirement, health care for your family, or nothing. Somewhere in that packet is a line about your right to consult a lawyer. In the Army, that line has led to the Office of Soldiers’ Counsel, a small unit of attorneys who exist for exactly this type of thing. A growing number of…
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Iran said mediators have been in touch with proposals on how to ease hostilities with the U.S. after several days of clashes, though tensions remain high after a threat by the Tehran-backed Houthi group to blockade Saudi Arabia. Esmail Baghaei, the Islamic Republic’s foreign ministry spokesman, said “ideas from some mediators have been conveyed” to Tehran, without giving further details. Tehran said its interior minister, Eskandar Momeni, is traveling to Pakistan on Monday. Qatar and Pakistan, the main intermediaries in the conflict, see a return to U.S.- Iran positions of pre- July 9 as a first step, according to semi-official…
Remember the First Gulf War? Persian Gulf War? Desert Storm and/or Desert Shield? They’re all the same war. Whatever we call it now, it was the war that expelled Iraqi troops from Kuwait, checked a decade of Saddam Hussein’s aggression toward his neighbors, and broke the specter of Vietnam that loomed over the U.S. military. U.S. troops had seen smaller actions before that time, but nothing like the scale and scope of a real “mother of all battles,” pitting Saddam’s Iraq vs. the United States and its UN-mandated coalition partners. “Yours is a society which cannot accept 10,000 dead in…
Gunsite Academy turns 50 this year and CEO Sheriff Ken Campbell dishes on this monumental period. We talked about custom guns, their charity shoot, and even cigars and rye whiskey. While attending the 2026 National Rifle Association Annual Meeting, Campbell stopped by to discuss Gunsite’s 50th anniversary, the academy, their charity shoot, beginners getting involved at Gunsite, youth camp, and much more. This interview was made possible by Beretta Holding, the sponsor of the Voices of the Second Amendment at the NRAAM.The Gunsite Academy was founded in 1976 by Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper. When the…
Drafts of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act have cleared both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees with bipartisan agreement on one thing: Military pay is going up Jan. 1, 2027. What Congress has not agreed on is how much — or whether every service member should get the same rate. The House passed a version of the NDAA that backs the White House’s proposal for a tiered pay raise, with the biggest increases going to junior enlisted personnel. The Senate passed a version that rejects the tiered approach entirely and proposes a flat 3.6 percent raise…
