If a policy that won preliminary approval in the Lexington-Richland 5 school district this week is implemented, students may be protected by armed school staff in the future. Then again, they might not, even if the district allows for the practice. That’s because the policies that the district is planning on putting in place are so burdensome that officials might not find any staffers willing to shoulder the responsibility. The newly-drafted ordinance requires staff carrying weapons to wear a district Security Department badge visible or “clothing that clearly identifies the employee as a member of the…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping left their Washington meetings last week with a list of eight “deliverables and understandings.” The list covers trade, artificial intelligence and Iran, along with diplomatic and symbolic commitments. It is not eight separately signed treaties or completed deals. A proposed military crisis agreement appears separately, and neither government has announced that it is in operation. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping participate in an arrival ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) China’s published list identifies these eight outcomes: Strategic stability: The leaders agreed…
Let’s start off by noting that yes, warning shots are stupid. I don’t feel like getting into why, generally speaking, in this piece, because it’s not about that. It’s about a California man facing charges for firing warning shots. It started with the nightmare scenario for many people: the proverbial bump in the night. Someone was inside of the home in the dark of night who shouldn’t have been there.So a man who works as a security guard decided he needed to do something, but he apparently didn’t want to hurt anyone.A security guard was…
An Air Force officer who was arrested after calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment has been recommended to stand trial by general court-martial—the military’s most serious level of trial—on most of the charges against him, according to his attorney. Maj. Jason Watson was arrested in uniform on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in July as he called for Trump to be impeached, arguing that the president had violated the Constitution and that Trump and Vice President JD Vance should be removed from office. Watson has said he acted not out of partisanship but to uphold his oath to defend…
The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has already successfully gone after the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department over its unreasonable delays in processing concealed carry applications and recently targeted San Jose, California over its excessive fees for concealed carry permits, but now the division is seeking to strike down another local law on the books in San Jose. The Justice Department filed its first complaint against the city’s $1591 application fee a couple of weeks ago, but on Tuesday the agency filed an amended complaint this week that challenges San Jose’s requirement that concealed carry applicants undergo…
The U.S. Marine Corps is following the Department of Defense (DOD) and Air Force, issuing new deadlines for service members to revise their religious affiliation as part of a major shift in the U.S. Armed Forces that began months ago. On Tuesday, the Marine Corps published its own official Marine Corps Administrative Message (MARADMINS) implementing the policy change that will affect personnel. This MARADMIN “announces implementation of the revised Department of War Religious Affiliation Codes (RAC) and directs Marines to review and update their religious affiliation information.” Military.com was the first to report how DOD dramatically reduced its official number…
Midterm elections are fast approaching. A former governor told Military.com that active-duty military personnel who plan to vote should be privy to their rights and engage in their civic duty. Hundreds of thousands of American military members worldwide are under pressure to make sure they are registered to vote for the elections taking place Nov. 3, notably requesting and receiving an absentee ballot so they can be returned in time for tabulation. Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republican and U.S. Army veteran, told Military.com he is reminding all active-duty service members of their rights and protections in the voting…
Western veterans, including U.S. veterans, are reportedly training Russians to fight in Ukraine. A leaked intelligence memo compiled for Five Eyes intelligence agencies found with “strong confidence” that Russia has recruited the veterans to train their citizens as well as “active duty military” via a European combat camp, as initially reported by The Telegraph earlier this month. The memo said the combat camp in northern Bulgaria, run by military training company Alfa-Metal, employs instructors from U.S. police forces and U.S. Navy SEALs, as well as instructors from other backgrounds—including the SAS and the Australian Commando Regiment. Alfa-Metal denied these allegations.…
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A concealed carry holder in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park was able to defend himself during armed robbery attempt on Tuesday morning. The intended victim was filling up his car at a gas station when a masked man approached and pulled out a handgun. Surveillance video from the gas station shows the customer reaching behind his back and drawing a gun of his own before firing multiple shots. The would-be armed robber then dropped his gun and fled the scene.Orland Park police described the incident as an attempted armed holdup and confirmed that the…
The United States Air Force celebrates its 79th birthday on Sept. 18, the date it was established as a separate military service in 1947. The USAF’s history goes back much further. American military aviation went through the Army Signal Corps, the Army Air Corps and the Army Air Forces before the National Security Act reorganized the military after World War II. This line of succession provides viewers with nearly a century of stories concerning bomber crews, test pilots, nuclear deterrence, combat rescue and remotely piloted aircraft. To mark the Air Force’s birthday, the following eight movies and television programs from…
In 2022, Cam wrote a piece about how a Bloomberg columnist exposed the shady world of garbage anti-gun research. Yes, I’m framing it that way, because, while Cam was more polite about it than I’m going to be, I don’t see how else to frame it. At that time, Cam wrote:One example that Brown raises is the oft-repeated claim that “gun homicides” dropped by 40% after the state of Connecticut adopted a permit-to-purchase law requiring handgun owners to first receive a gun permit from their local police department. This was breathlessly reported back in 2015…
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The loved ones of the 67 people who died last year when an airliner and Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., urged Congress and regulators Tuesday to do more now so other families aren’t left clutching belongings and memories instead of their spouses and children. Several of the victims’ families joined with top lawmakers and the head of the National Transportation Safety Board outside the U.S. Capitol to demand action, but it may be difficult for this Congress to pass anything ahead of the midterm elections. And lawmakers are still trying to draft a compromise bill that will combine elements…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court ruled on Wednesday that North Korea should pay the South 44.6 billion won ($32.5 million) for blowing up a joint liaison office between the countries in 2020 as their relations deteriorated following the collapse of nuclear negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington. The ruling by the Seoul Central District Court was symbolic as South Korea has no clear way to force the North to pay amid a diplomatic breakdown. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in recent years has suspended all meaningful diplomacy with the South and declared it his most hostile…
A Navy veteran and former CIA officer who was found with more than $40 million in gold bars in his Virginia home is nearing a plea deal. David Rush reached a tentative plea agreement, according to a joint court filing by prosecutors and his attorney. A federal judge extended the deadline to formally indict him to Oct. 8 to give the parties time to finalize it. In their filing, both sides told the court the resolution would serve the public interest, in part because a trial could involve significant litigation over classified material. So far, Rush faces a single charge—theft…
The United States’ military operation against Iran cost American taxpayers roughly $38 billion, with costs continuing to increase due to a prolonged conflict. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Tuesday released a 19-page report estimating the costs of U.S. combat operations against Iran, prepared in response to a request from Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, in addition to other congressional Democrats. The latest financial report comes as the Pentagon seeks billions’ more dollars as part of a hoped $1.5 trillion defense budget still being debated in Congress for Fiscal Year 2027, which Defense…
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Submitting application after application and hearing nothing back has long been one of the most frustrating parts of looking for a job after military service. But Tim Best says something has changed. After decades working in veteran employment, the RecruitMilitary CEO says the frustration he hears from job seekers today is different, and more intense, than at any other point in his career. “There’s a lot of frustration more than I’ve ever seen in my career from job seekers around the job search right now,” Best said. Best, a former Army special operations helicopter pilot, recently sat down with Military.com…
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