Shelter is a top priority for survival, and tents are the best all-in-one solution to cover it. A tent can be a highly personal choice that adjusts to your specific use case, whether you are pitching it for your family in an emergency or using it in a bushcraft setup in the woods.I’ve been using tents long before my time in the military, spanning from Cub Scouts and solo bushcraft excursions in the woods to family camping getaways.My main recommendation is the Combat One ICS, which is an affordable, battle-tested military surplus tent that works for a wide range of…
These are tough times for the anti-gunners at March For Our Lives, or at least the few who remain. Last March the group laid off 13 of its 16 full-time employees, and since then the group has basically been running on fumes. In an attempt to regain some relevance within the gun control movement (and to attract some donations as well), the group has launched a brand new campaign called “The Machine.” For years the gun lobby has counted on confusion. They want you to believe gun violence is a force of nature and something…
The VA’s tutorial assistance program is available to help GI Bill recipients who struggle academically. If you’re taking classes using your GI Bill benefit and run into academic trouble, the Department of Veterans Affairs may pay for the cost of hiring a tutor to help with difficult courses. It can help you pay for necessary tutoring and is a supplement to your GI Bill benefit. Tutorial assistance is available if you are receiving VA educational assistance at the half-time rate or greater and have a deficiency in a subject, making tutoring necessary. The monthly rate of tutorial assistance may not…
The Post-9/11 GI Bill provides a stipend of up to $1,000 per year for books and supplies. Post-9/11 GI Bill students are eligible to receive up to $1,000 for books and supplies per academic year. This applies to active-duty members, veterans, reservists and National Guard members who have qualifying active-duty service, as well as dependents using transferred benefits. The $1,000 annual stipend is equal to $41.67 per credit hour for a maximum of 12 hours per semester. So, for each typical semester you are enrolled as a full-time student, you will receive $500. The money is paid directly to you…
Even one of the world’s best shooters isn’t safe from the keyboard commandos.Lena Miculek is a 10-time world champion competitive shooter. She has titles across shotgun, rifle, pistol-caliber carbine, multi-gun, and the NRA World’s Greatest Shooter. She was raised on the range by Jerry and Kay Miculek, two of the most decorated names in the sport. She has spent more than two decades refining technique, winning championships, developing products, and teaching. She is, by any measurable standard, one of the most accomplished female shooters alive. None of that stops the internet.A recent video Lena posted…
Foreclosure rarely happens without warning. It’s usually the end result of a string of smaller problems that build up over weeks or months, often consecutive missed payments or ignored letters from your lender. The good news is that most foreclosures are preventable if you catch the warning signs early and act fast. Here are 10 signs that you might be headed toward foreclosure, along with a clear action plan and a list of who to call for help. Key Takeaways Missed mortgage payments or ignored servicer notices are early foreclosure warnings → call your servicer now. Contact HUD counselors or…
The Marine Gunnery Sgt. John David Fry Scholarship provides education benefits to the surviving spouses and children of service members who die in the line of duty after Sept. 10, 2001. The scholarship was created to honor the memory of Fry, of Lorena, Texas. With only a week left in his Iraq tour in 2006, Fry, 28, injured his hand and was given the option of going home early with a Bronze Star. Fry declined the offer and volunteered to go on one last run to defuse bombs. Fry was killed March 8, 2006, by an improvised explosive device in…
Twenty soldiers at Fort Stewart have already claimed an unusual Army reenlistment incentive: four days off, timed to the release of one of the most anticipated video games of all time. The 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, is offering eligible soldiers a four-day pass around the Nov. 19 release of Grand Theft Auto VI as part of a localized effort to meet its fiscal 2027 reenlistment goals, division officials confirmed to Military.com. Of the battalion’s 130 soldiers currently eligible to reenlist, 20 have already selected the gaming-themed pass as part of their reenlistment…
It’s been more than 80 years since the last naval shipyard was built in the United States. It may be “too little, too late,” a security expert told Military.com. Earlier this month, President Trump signed a national security presidential memorandum green lighting a plan to establish the first naval shipyard to be built in the United States in more than 80 years. It remains unknown where the shipyard will be constructed, or how much it will ultimately cost. Retired Marine intelligence officer Hal Kempfer, an expert in global security, strategic risk and intelligence operations, said a new naval shipyard is…
More than 20 years before Gene Roddenberry sent the USS Enterprise across the galaxy, he was trying to keep a B-17 from running off an island runway in the South Pacific. On Aug. 2, 1943, Roddenberry was piloting Yankee Doodle during a takeoff from Espiritu Santo when the bomber failed to build enough speed. He aborted, but the B-17 ran off the runway and broke apart in the jungle. Two crew members died. Roddenberry survived. He went on to create Star Trek, which turns 60 on Sept. 8, 2026. His path from the military to science fiction was unusual, but…
Giffords and other gun control organizations like to say that they don’t want to destroy the Second Amendment. They claim to respect your right to keep and bear arms. They just want some “common sense” regulations that will make the world safer for little kittens and puppies. Sure, their founder once told a Time reporter, “No more guns,” but that didn’t count. Nope, they just want a few regulations and nothing more, and their latest endorsement proves their sincerity.We’re proud to endorse Dr. @AbdulElSayed for the US Senate in Michigan!Dr. El-Sayed understands that America’s gun violence crisis…
An Air Force reservist who produces early-morning television out of Kentucky has received a regional Emmy Award for her team’s coverage of a deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville. Staff Sgt. Tabitha Awoniyi, a member of the commander’s support staff with the 442nd Force Support Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, received the award July 25 as part of WLKY-TV’s morning news team. The news team won the Morning, Daytime, or Weekend Newscast Category for its coverage of the Nov. 4, 2025, crash of UPS flight 2976, according to a 442nd Fighter Wing news release. When she is…
A Marine Corps Veteran living in Arizona was prepared to give up his three elderly dogs that had been with his family for over 10 years after he was left homeless and unable to transition them to a new place. An employee at Maricopa County Animal Care and Control helped Rick Dennis find housing where all four of them could remain together. Through the Department of Veterans Affairs, Dennis found alternative means of living. The problem was that the housing was unable to accommodate the animals. With this in mind, the Marine veteran opted to live out of his car…
A veteran takes a lump-sum payment on the way out of the military and files for disability years later. They then move on with life. Eventually, a letter arrives from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The monthly disability check, it says, will not be coming. Not reduced, mind you. Withheld entirely, month after month, until the government recovers separation pay it handed the veteran years or even decades earlier. That is the practice two U.S. senators are now trying to stop. How they would stop it says a lot about what kind of relief disabled veterans might see. A Democrat…
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Tatyana Jordan breathed a sigh of relief, maybe her biggest, as she learned the outcome of a months-long internal Army investigation. Military.com was the first to report how Jordan, 30, of Columbia, S.C., alleged that her superior made derogatory and racist remarks toward her in 2025 as she worked at Fort Jackson. Jordan, a Black female U.S. Army captain and Adjutant General (AG) officer, came to the Chaplain School in January 2025 on active duty and served as a force management officer. She claimed that on Aug. 13, 2025, her supervisor, Chaplain Maj. Edward Blackledge, purportedly made a remark involving…
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