A ready-to-eat meal (MRE) is designed to give troops the calories and nutrients they need when a hot meal isn’t available. Each MRE contains about 1,250 calories, enough to provide roughly one-third of a service member’s recommended daily energy and nutritional needs in the field. But that calculation assumes the service member eats everything inside. In the field, some troops shed components to lighten their load. Others have little time to stop, heat an entrée or finish everything they carry. In the field, some troops shed components to lighten their load. Others have little time to stop, heat an entrée…
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One of the many issues with gun-free zones is that they disarm people not just on a piece of property, but on the entire path from where they leave their gun to the door itself. Even if a school, for example, could guarantee safety inside the building and anywhere on the property, which they can’t, there’s literally no way they can guarantee it for people to and from the school. So it’s a terrible shame that a Florida principal was arrested for having a gun in his privately owned vehicle recently.The school board, however, seems…
Two former members of the U.S. Air Force have been sentenced to a combined 189 months in federal jail after they participated in a $2.4 million cyber fraud scheme. Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu, 25, and Harafat Mogaji, 26, both Airmen at the time of their offenses, were sentenced Sept. 25 to a combined 189 months in federal prison. They were legally found to have diverted more than $2.4 million via wire transfers from two victims into bank accounts controlled by their conspirators, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Iowa. “When cyber intrusion schemes target businesses…
One thing that has been concerning lately is the way a lot of people have been open to political violence, particularly from the Left. They’ve engaged in plenty of it, over the last handful of years, and there was little evidence that they intended the second Trump administration to be any different. Well, if that were the case, they might have started off strong, but now things have declined.Namely, support for it has gone down according to a recent study.Despite an increasingly volatile and fraught political climate in the United States, researchers have found a…
LONDON (AP) — Police on Thursday arrested a dual U.K.-Iranian national on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England that British authorities have linked to Tehran. The 27-year-old man was arrested in London on Thursday, and police have searched two properties in the U.K. capital, Counter Terrorism Policing said in a statement. A 26-year-old British national was interviewed by police “under caution,” which means the interview was recorded and can be used in future prosecutions. On Sunday, five men, all British nationals in their 20s and from London, were…
Maryland’s juvenile justice system is already plagued with many of the same problems that exist in other states, including a lack of increased supervision and incarceration for repeat offenders. Now juvenile justice is taking another step backward in the state, with new “reforms” going into effect that could make it much harder to hold young offenders accountable for their crimes. The Youth Charging Reform Act, signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore back in May, takes effect today, and that means (among other things) that 16- and 17-year-olds charged with first degree assault and other…
Survivors receive a one-time, tax-free payment of $100,000. The death gratuity is a one-time, tax-free payment to survivors to help with financial hardships due to the death of a service member. How Much Is the Death Gratuity? A payment of $100,000 is payable to survivors. The death gratuity is tax-free from federal and state income taxes. Who Is Covered By the Death Gratuity? The death gratuity is payable to survivors of those who died under the following conditions: A member who dies while on active duty or while on authorized travel A reservist who dies while on inactive duty training…
Police have accused a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) worker of stealing more than 7,500 doses of opioids prescribed by the Veterans Affairs program. The Greensboro Police Department in North Carolina said in a Sept. 3 press release that the 22-year-old worker, Martez Murphy, stole more than 50 VA prescriptions for opioids between July and September this year. The prescriptions amounted to over 7,500 doses. Police said they arrested Murphy at his home. “Following a lengthy investigation, and with the assistance of U.S. Postal Service personnel, Martez Murphy was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 2, and a search warrant was executed at his…
Civilizational Comeback It was the culmination of close to 30 years of an international liberal order coming apart. The first mistake was when the American public voted into office Bill Clinton, rather than George Bush, the father. This choice proved the public has pivoted towards something fresh, something new, instead of proven traditional American leadership. Bush represented the CIA, the U.N. and the Cold War, which the U.S. had won, but he also represented carrying a heavy load, living in fear of atomic weapons and sending troops abroad to stop the spread of communism. Americans wanted to turn the page…
Most people who joined the military after 2001 have never known a Department of Defense structured the way it was Sept. 10 of that year. The combatant command responsible for defending the U.S. homeland didn’t exist. Airport security was run by private contractors, not a federal workforce. Special operations forces numbered in the tens of thousands rather than the tens of thousands more they field today. Twenty-five years later, the institutional scaffolding built in direct response to that morning is still the scaffolding most service members serve inside, regardless of whether they recognize its origin. A New Command — Built…
Veterans of civil rights groups are among those intended to safeguard polling places against voter intimidation in several states during November’s midterm elections. The elections are critical as they may upset the balance of power in Congress. Some Democrats have expressed concerns that President Donald Trump’s administration could use troops or other instruments of the federal government—like U.S. Immigration and Customes Enforcement, or ICE, agents—to intimidate voters and interfere in the results of the elections. Republican lawmakers have pushed legislation in Congress like the SAVE Act to, as they claim, protect the electoral process from non-citizen votes that could impact…
If you are a veteran, active-duty service member, or surviving spouse looking to refinance your mortgage, the Department of Veterans Affairs offers two powerful options: the VA Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan (IRRRL) and the VA Cash-Out Refinance. Both programs provide significant advantages over conventional loans, including competitive rates, zero mortgage insurance, and flexible qualification guidelines. However, each program serves a distinct financial purpose. Here is a breakdown to help you decide which loan fits your goals and how to get started today. Understanding Your VA Refinance Options Whether your priority is lowering your monthly payment with minimal effort or…
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When new research about guns comes out, the breathless media can’t wait to tell us everything the so-called researchers found. We’ve outlined the issues with the research before. Several times before. Even recently. But the research isn’t the only problem.One massive issue is that the media simply doesn’t challenge any of it. Sure, it would be easy to chalk it all up to anti-gun sentiment, but I can’t. There’s a lot more going on than just the fact that these supposed reporters just don’t like guns.It’s because we already know they’re too lazy to be…
President Donald Trump has named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary after his predecessor, Daniel Driscoll, departed from the same role earlier this week. “He is a Great Patriot, who is respected by all,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, adding that Telle Telle is assuming the position “effective immediately.” Telle’s appointment comes after Driscoll resigned on Tuesday. He didn’t publicly explain his reasoning for the resignation that occurred 18 months into the role, though multiple reports after the fact described repeated clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Pentagon chief ousting some of Driscoll’s allies in…
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