Marine lights candles for romantic hotel surprise, sets room on fire
What was intended to be a passionate hotel room rendezvous turned into nothing more than a smoldering chamber of sorrow after approximately 20 candles lit by a Marine sparked a fire that left the room’s confines crispier than intended. The unnamed sergeant, assigned to Camp...
Holiday Posting Schedule
As we prepare to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends and settle in for a long holiday weekend, we want to first, thank all of the readers of The Truth About Guns and wish you a very happy holiday. For you support, interest...
Navy updates exercise standards for Fitness Enhancement Program
The Navy will not require some sailors to undergo the Fitness Enhancement Program if they do not pass the Navy’s Body Composition Assessment portion of the Physical Fitness Assessment. Starting next year, sailors who do not meet the BCA standards but do score an Excellent-Low...
East Coast Marine drone squadron conducts first Reaper flight
East Coast Marines will soon have their own MQ-9A Reaper drone training unit after recently completing a successful flight of the platform at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron, or VMUT 2, Marine Aircraft Group 14,...
Taurus Reintroduces the Taurus 650
Wheelguns continue to remain popular for concealed carry, something that the folks at Taurus are well aware of. With the increased number of people exercising their rights to concealed carry and constitutional carry the time was right for the reintroduction of the Taurus 650. The...
SOCOM must improve high-risk training oversight, report says
A recent report recommends U.S. Special Operations Command take various actions to reduce high-risk training injuries and deaths, which account for the bulk of non-combat accidents. Released this month, the Government Accountability Office report found that from 2012 to 2022, an estimated 80% of the...
Best Compact 9mm Pistol: The Perfect CCWs?
THE MOST POPULAR OPTION FOR CONCEALED CARRY WEAPONS, A COMPACT 9MM PISTOL IS JUST ABOUT PERFECT IN EVERY WAY Much of life is spent looking for that Goldilocks item. The bed that is not too soft, the coffee that is just hot enough or the...
Russian jets intercept B-52s during Baltic training flight
Two Russian fighters intercepted a pair of B-52H Stratofortresses near the Baltic Sea on Monday, a U.S. defense official confirmed Wednesday. The B-52s were conducting a training flight when the Russian Su-27 fighters intercepted them near Kaliningrad. The defense official said the interception was safe...
Sleeping man saved from rolling off bridge by police officer, Good Samaritan in dramatic video
Dramatic new video has been released showing the moment a quick-thinking police officer and a Good Samaritan saved a sleeping man from certain death after he rolled off a bridge in Oklahoma. The heart-pounding footage, taken from the bodycam of an Oklahoma City Police Department...
Biden’s FBI Reportedly Altering Murder Data to Suit Gun Violence Narrative
In October, Dr. John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) broke the news that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had stealth-revised its reported violent crime data for 2022 to show a 4.5% increase, rather than the originally reported 2.1% decrease, for that year. Among...
