SHOT Show Day 1: CRKT Introduces Sheathless Morphing Axe
Here’s a pretty wild reveal from CRKT, following a week after the massive drop of their main new for 2025 line. This is the Provoke X, with which we see Joe Caswell taking his famous Kinematic concept and making a sheathless, transforming axe. Way, way...
How a Korean War helicopter pilot made Medal of Honor history
During the Korean War, Lt. j.g. John Koelsch, equipped with a promising new helicopter, dedicated his service to rescuing downed pilots. Koelsch’s most notable sortie ultimately cost him his life, but through his actions, the pilot he risked his life to save survived. Koelsch was...
Tricare West Region beneficiaries get second payment update extension
Tricare officials have extended the payment update deadline to Feb. 28 for beneficiaries who live in the West Region. Beneficiaries who pay for their Tricare coverage using bank electronic funds transfer, credit card or debit card need to update their payment information with TriWest Healthcare...
Trump revokes order allowing transgender troops to serve in military
Soon after taking office Monday, President Donald Trump repealed a rule established by former President Joe Biden that allows transgender people to openly serve in the U.S. military. The rule, implemented through an executive order in 2021, required the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security,...
Army lawyer sentenced for deleting files, lying about Russian contacts
A former Army Ranger and military attorney was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison after lying to investigators about making contact with the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and deleting national security materials, according to the Department of Justice. First Lt. Manfredo Martin-Michael Madrigal...
SCOTUS Relists Pair Of 2A Cases
We recently reported that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear two cases related to the Second Amendment—one challenging Delaware’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” and “high-capacity” magazines, and the other targeting Maryland’s handgun licensing requirements. To most gun-rights activists, the decision to not consider...
Pentagon announces slate of new officials for second Trump term
The Pentagon on Tuesday released a list of new officials sworn in this week to run the Defense Department — the most comprehensive look yet at its new team of leaders under the Trump administration. The 32 positions include advisers and deputy assistant secretaries, none...
Convicted veterans among Jan. 6 rioters granted pardons, commutations
President Donald Trump granted sweeping clemency hours after his inauguration Monday to more than 1,500 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol, including some veterans convicted of organizing the riot. Trump signed a proclamation to grant “full, complete...
Franklin Armory Does a Rapid Fire Drop of New Products for SHOT Show
Franklin Armory is coming into 2025 swinging, with a series of new drops. We covered the new 22-EZ 10/22 trigger the other day and then they hit us us with four more new releases over the past day or so. They start out by bringing...
Trump taps officer who blasted ‘wokeness’ for Air Force undersecretary
President Donald Trump on Friday tapped a former Space Force lieutenant colonel — who was fired after publicly criticizing the military’s diversity programs and alleged leftist and Marxist ideology in the ranks — to be the Air Force’s next undersecretary. In May 2021, while serving...
