Marine retiree shares a warning about this Tricare payment problem
A retired Marine staff sergeant recently took steps to ensure he and his wife don’t lose their health care coverage after his allotment for Tricare payments was mistakenly stopped during the military’s transition to the new contracts in January. Russ Clark is worried that other...
North Korea fires missiles as US, South Korea begin major joint military exercise
North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday, just hours after South Korea and the United States kicked off their first major joint military exercise of President Donald Trump’s second term. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings were...
Best Bullpup Shotguns: Compact Superior Firepower [2025]
WANT TO GET SHORT WITHOUT GETTING THE ATF MAD AT YOU? BULLPUPS SHOTGUNS OFFER A GREAT WAY TO GET MINIMUM LENGTH AND STAY TOTALLY LEGAL A shotgun is a shotgun some would claim, but a bullpup is a whole other beast. From tactical home-defense guns...
Court-martial convenes for Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira
A court-martial convened on Monday for Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who was sentenced in federal court last year to 15 years in prison for leaking highly classified military documents after the most consequential national security breach in years. Teixeira pleaded guilty last year to six...
Wilson Combat’s Division 77: Project One
Photos by Sabastian Mann In 1977, a competitive handgun shooter from Berryville, Arkansas — who just happened to be a watchmaker by trade — started building custom 1911 handguns. Bill Wilson was a good jeweler and a good shooter, and he became one of the...
We Knife Winsome Doesn’t Seem Likely to Lose Some
Something wicked this way comes, via We Knife Co.’s design team. Late March will see the release of the Winsome which, despite its innocuous name, is a big and bold folder with a coolly sinister look and styling. There are some blade lengths that you...
Marine gets highest noncombat award for acts in fatal Osprey crash
The air crew told their Marines that the Osprey was going down. Capt. Joshua Watson, nearly two dozen other Marines and a sailor braced for impact. Watson shoved his radio operator into the brace position before protecting himself. Everything not strapped down became a projectile,...
Czech-Ered Past: Sellier & Bellot Turn 200 Years Old
Happy birthday, S&B. It’s not often a company marks its 200th anniversary, especially one based in a country that’s been invaded by both Nazis and Communists, experienced the death of an empire, survived the transition from state control to free market capitalism, and recently, acquisition...
Stopgap budget bill includes extra funds for military, VA programs
A stopgap federal spending bill unveiled by House Republicans this weekend would add $6 billion in new spending for the Defense Department and another $6 billion for Veterans Affairs operations this fiscal year, but it still could cause financial headaches for both agencies in the...
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira who shared docs on Ukraine war faces court martial
Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty last year to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine online, is scheduled to begin his court-martial on additional charges Monday. Teixeira pleaded guilty last March to six counts of willful...